Province o L'Aquila

The Province o L'Aquila (Provincia dell'Aquila) is the lairgest, maist muntainous an least densely populatit province o the Abruzzo region o central Italy. 

Geografie
It comprises aboot hauf the landmass o Abruzzo an occupees the wastren pairt o the region. 

It haes borders wi the provinces o Teramo tae the north, Pescara an Chieti to the east, Isernia (in Molise region) tae the sooth an Frosinone, Rome an Rieti (in Lazio region) tae the wast. Its caipital is the ceety o L'Aquila. 

The Province o L'Aquila includes the heichest muntains o the Apennines (Gran Sasso, Maiella and Velino-Sirente), their heichest peak, Corno Grande, the heich plain o Campo Imperatore, an Europe's soothmaist glacier, the Calderone. The province's major rivers are the Aterno-Pescara, Sangro, Liri, Salto, an the Turano; its major lakes are Lago Scanno an Lago Barrea.  It ance includit the lairgest lake on the Italian peninsulae, Lago Fucino, which was drained in ane o the 19t century's lairgest ingineerin projects.  The lake basin is the day a flourishin agricultural aurie and an important technological destrict.

Economy an population
The province is kent for its mony castles, fortresses an pristine medieval hill touns. The province's twa major ceeties, L'Aquila an Avezzano, experiencit rapid economic expansion in the last twa decades wi the growth o transportation manufacturin, telecommunications, an computer industries. Throughoot maist o the 20t century, the province's rural auries experiencit serious population declines wi the near collapse o it pastoral agricultural economy. In recent years wi the creation the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga Naitional Pairk, the Majella Naitional Pairk an the Sirente-Velino Regional Pairk, tourism haes boostit the economy o rural L'Aquila an begun tae reverse its population decline.

It haes an aurie o 5,034 km², an a total population o 297,592 (2001).
Yirdquauks

Yirdquauks mark the history o the province, especially its caipital ceety L'Aquila. which wis stricken bi yirdquauks in the 14t, 15t, an 16t centuries an maist recently on 6 Apryle 2009 causin extensive damage tae the ceety an auries o the province juist ootside l'Aquila, pairticularly alang SS 17. At 01:32 GMT (03:32 CEST) on Apryle 6 an yirdquauk o 6.3 magnitude struck central Italy wi its epicentre near L'Aquila, at .

Ceeties an touns
There are 108  comunes in all 

The lairgest are:

ComuneInhabitantsL'Aquila71,761Avezzano39,670Sulmona25,363Celano11,012Pratola Peligna7,890Tagliacozzo6,820Trasacco6,115Castel di Sangro6,109Luco dei Marsi5,776Capistrello5,473Carsoli5,238
See an aw
Comunes o the Province o L'Aquila

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References

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