Province o Siena

The Province o Siena () is a province in the Tuscany region o Italy. Its caipital is the ceety o Siena.

It haes an aurie o 3,821 km² (1475 mile²), an a total population o 252,288 (2001). There are 36 comuni (singular: comune) in the province . At 30 Juin 2005, the main comuni bi population are:

ComunePopulationSiena54,337Poggibonsi28,634Colle di Val d'Elsa20,276Montepulciano14,142Sinalunga12,335Sovicille8,882Chiusi8,746Monteriggioni8,189Castelnuovo Berardenga8,081Monteroni d'Arbia7,548Castel del Piano7,473Torrita di Siena7,305Chianciano Terme7,221
The province is dividit intae seiven historical auries:
 Alta Val d'Elsa
 Chianti senese
 The urban aurie o (Monteriggioni an Siena)
 Val di Merse
 Crete senesi Val d'Arbia
 Val di Chiana senese
 Val d'Orcia and Amiata

The aurie is a hilly ane: in the north is Monte del Chianti; Monte Amiata is the heichest point at 1738 m; an in the sooth is Monte Cetona. Tae the wast are the Colline Metallifere (“Metallic Hills”), whilst the Val di Chiana lees tae east.  

Historically, the province corresponds tae the umwhile republic o Siena.

The chief occupations are agricultural (wheat, grapes an fruit) an silk cultur. The wine kent as Chianti is producit here as well as in ither pairts o Tuscany: the Chianti Colli Senesi, housomeivver, is limitit tae this province.

Apairt frae the ceety o Siena the principal touns are Poggibonsi, Colle di Val d'Elsa, Montepulciano, Chiusi, an San Gimignano.

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