Province of Caltanissetta

The Province of Caltanissetta (Italian: Provincia di Caltanissetta; Sicilian: Pruvincia di Nissa; officially Libero consorzio comunale di Caltanissetta) is a province in the southern part of Sicily, Italy. Following the suppression of the Sicilian provinces, it was replaced in 2015 by the Free municipal consortium of Caltanissetta. It contains 22 comuni, which are listed at Comuni of the Province of Caltanissetta. Its coat of arms is a red crest and two green leaf stems on top with a laurel leaf on the right and a crown in the middle. The River Salso is the main river of the province; it is 122 kilometres (76 mi) long and originates in the province of Palermo, and it flows into the Mediterranean in this province at the end of the Gulf of Gela.[1]

Province of Caltanissetta
Province
Landscape at Mussomeli.
Map highlighting the location of the province of Caltanissetta in Italy
Country Italy
RegionSicily
Capital(s)Caltanissetta
Comuni22
Government
 • CommissarRosalba Panvini
Area
 • Total2,128 km2 (822 sq mi)
Population
 (1 January 2016)
 • Total271,758
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
93100, 93010-93020
Telephone prefix0934, 0933, 0922
Vehicle registrationCL
ISTAT085

Bordering provinces and metropolitan cities

In counterclockwise order:[2]

Geography

The province extends to the central part of Sicily in the northwestern direction where the capital is located. The commune of Resuttano is found in an enclave of the province of Palermo near Caltanissetta between Monte Stretto and Portella del Vento.[3] Another example in the same province is that of the two small localities of Cannetti and Corfidato, two frazioni of the comune of Enna, 15 km (9.3 mi) away, within the territory of the comune of Caltanissetta. The land extends to the Gela Plain and into the Gulf of Gela, where the main river of the province, the Salso, meets the Mediterranean.[2]

See also
  • Comuni of the Province of Caltanissetta

References
  1. Finley, Israel Moses (1979). History of ancient Sicily. Bari, Laterza. p. 13.
  2. Roy Palmer Domenico (2002). The Regions of Italy: A Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-313-30733-1.
  3. Giovanni Uggeri (2004). La Viabilitā della Sicilia in Etā Romana. Mario Congedo Editore. ISBN 978-88-8086-559-9.

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