Province of Pescara

The province of Pescara () is a province in the Abruzzo region of Southern Italy, along the Adriatic Sea. Its capital is the city of Pescara.

Geography
Pescara is the smallest province in Abruzzo with an area of . The province is bordered to the northeast by the Adriatic Sea, to the north by the province of Teramo, to the east by the province of Chieti, and to the south and west by the province of L'Aquila.

The final part of the Aterno-Pescara river flows through this province; other rivers are smaller and most of them are tributaries of the Aterno-Pescara river. The city of Pescara, the capital of the province, is at the mouth of this river.

The highest mountain in the province is Monte Amaro,() in the Majella massif, Apennines; it is  high and is the highest mountain of three provinces: Chieti, L'Aquila and Pescara of the Abruzzo.

Population
There are 321,309 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population

 Municipalities 
There are 46 municipalities (or comuni) in the province; they are:

 Abbateggio
 Alanno
 Bolognano
 Brittoli
 Bussi sul Tirino
 Cappelle sul Tavo
 Caramanico Terme
 Carpineto della Nora
 Castiglione a Casauria
 Catignano
 Cepagatti
 Città Sant'Angelo
 Civitaquana
 Civitella Casanova
 Collecorvino
 Corvara	
 Cugnoli
 Elice
 Farindola
 Lettomanoppello
 Loreto Aprutino
 Manoppello
 Montebello di Bertona
 Montesilvano
 Moscufo
 Nocciano
 Penne
 Pescara
 Pescosansonesco
 Pianella
 Picciano
 Pietranico	
 Popoli
 Roccamorice
 Rosciano
 Salle
 San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore
 Sant'Eufemia a Maiella
 Scafa
 Serramonacesca
 Spoltore
 Tocco da Casauria
 Torre de' Passeri
 Turrivalignani
 Vicoli
 Villa Celiera

The largest comune is Penne, with  and the smallest is Cappelle sul Tavo, with . The comune with fewest people living in it is Corvara with 247 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  Pescara    34.36    4 2  Montesilvano    23.57    5 3  Spoltore    37.01    185 4 Città Sant'Angelo    62.02    317 5  Penne    91.20    438 6  Cepagatti    30.82    145 7  Pianella    47.05    236 8 Loreto Aprutino    59.50    294 9  Manoppello    39.26    257 10  Collecorvino    31.99    253

Gallery

Related pages
 List of comuni of the Province of Pescara

References

Other websites

 Province of Pescara official website  

Pescara