Guspini

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Comune di Guspini
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Sardinia
Province Medio Campidano (VS)
Elevation 126 m (413 ft)
Area 174.73 km² (67 sq mi)
Population (as of December 31, 2004)
 - Total 12,560
 - Density 72/km² (186/sq mi)
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 39°32′N, 8°38′E
Gentilic Guspinesi
Dialing code 070
Postal code 09036
Frazioni Montevecchio, Sa Zeppara
Patron San Nicolò Vescovo
 - Day December 6
Website: www.comune.guspini.ca.it

Guspini is a town of about 13,000 inhabitants in west Sardinia (Italy), in the province of Medio Campidano. It is 62 km away from the capital Cagliari and 14.6 km from the railway station at San Gavino Monreale.

Close to Guspini, at the mines of Montevecchio and Gennamari, galena and sphalerite were extracted in the past. Today the people at Guspini are concentrated on agriculture, on tourism and on smaller to middle enterprises. Close to Guspini there are some very good obtained Nuraghes.

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