Province o Genoa

The Province o Genoa (It. Provincia di Genova) is a province in the Ligurie region o Italy. Its caipital is the ceety o Genoa.

It haes an aurie o 1,838 km², an a total population o aboot 900,000 (2009). There are 67 communes in the province (source: Italian institute o statistics Istat, see this link ).

Namit efter a meethical twa-heidit Greek God, Janus, protector o ships. The name derives frae a Ligurian tribal wird, for "knee" (genu), or the Laitin name for gate, "janua".

The ceety is set at the fuit o muntains in the Guwf o Genoa at the maist northerly end o the Tyrrhenian Sea, whare at ane time it ruled the maritime warld.
Genoa haes fine examples o Baroque Kirk an Palace airchitectur. 

Common mair populous
Belaw is a leet o the ten municipalities o the province sortit bi number o inhabitants at 31 December 2010:
Pos.CeetyPopulation (ab)1ºGenoa607.9062ºRapallo30.7853ºChiavari27.8154ºSestri Levante18.7945ºLavagna13.0136ºArenzano11.7247ºRecco10.1788ºSanta Margherita Ligure9.9159ºCogoleto9.20910ºSerra Riccò7.994
See an aw
Aveto Natural Regional Pairk

 References 

Freemit airtins
 ->Wikipedia in Ligurian language
Official website