Province of Latina

The Province of Latina () is a province in the Lazio region of Central Italy. Its capital is the city of Latina.

History
The province of Latina was created in December of 1934 with the name of Littoria.

Geography
The province of Latina has an area of , the smallest province of the Lazio region.

The province is in the southwest of the Lazio region. It borders to the north with the Frosinone province, to the northwest and west with the Metropolitan City of Rome, to the southeast with the Campania region (Caserta), and to the south with the Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea).

The highest mountain in the province is Monte Petrella (), with an altitude of .

Population
In 2017, there are 574,891 persons living in the province, for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population in the province of Latina

Administration
There are 33 municipalities (or comuni) in the province; they are:

 Aprilia
 Bassiano
 Campodimele
 Castelforte
 Cisterna di Latina
 Cori
 Fondi
 Formia
 Gaeta
 Itri
 Latina
 Lenola
 Maenza
 Minturno
 Monte San Biagio
 Norma
 Pontinia
 Ponza
 Priverno
 Prossedi
 Rocca Massima
 Roccagorga
 Roccasecca dei Volsci
 Sabaudia
 San Felice Circeo
 Santi Cosma e Damiano
 Sermoneta
 Sezze
 Sonnino
 Sperlonga
 Spigno Saturnia
 Terracina
 Ventotene

The largest comune is Latina, with  and the smallest is Ventotene (). The comune with fewest people living in it is Campodimele with 622 inhabitants.

Main comuni
The following table shows the 10 comuni with more inhabitants with their population, and their area and altitude.

 No.   Comune  Population(2017)  Area(km²)  Density  Altitude(m) 1  Latina    277.62    21 2  Aprilia    178.11    80 3  Terracina    136.59    22 4  Fondi    143.92    8 5  Formia    74.17    19 6  Cisterna di Latina    144.16    77 7  Sezze    100.47    319 8  Gaeta    29.20    2 9  Sabaudia    145.37    17 10  Minturno    42.14    141

 Gallery 

Related pages
 List of communes of the Province of Latina

References

Other websites

 Official Site 

 Latina