| Province of Rome | |||
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| Map highlighting the location of the province of Rome in Italy | |||
| Country | Italy | ||
| Region | Lazio | ||
| Capital(s) | Rome | ||
| Comuni | 121 | ||
| Government | |||
| • President | Nicola Zingaretti (PD) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 5,352 km2 (2,066.4 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 4,184,293 | ||
| • Density | 781.8/km2 (2,024.9/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | n/a | ||
| Telephone prefix | 06, 0774, 0766 | ||
| Vehicle registration | RM | ||
| ISTAT | 058 | ||
The Province of Rome (Italian: Provincia di Roma), is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. The province can be viewed as the extended metropolitan area of the city of Rome, although in its more peripheral portions, especially to the north, it comprises towns surrounded by rural landscape.
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The Province of Rome covers almost one-third of the territory of Lazio. It occupies the flat area of the Roman and the Tiber Valley to the mountains and dell'Aniene Lucretili Sabini and, in addition to the mountainous regions of the Tolfa and Monti Sabatini to the north-west, the area of the mountains Tiburtini Prenestini Simbruini and east, the area of the Colli Albani and the northern foothills of the mountains, and high Lepine Sacco valley to the south-east. The western boundary of the province is represented by the Tyrrhenian Sea on which spread to about 130 km from the coast near Rome from Civitavecchia to Torre Asturias. In the territory there are several lakes, almost all of volcanic origin, which are concentrated in the north-west of the mountains and Sabatini in the south-east of the Colli Albani.
The main comuni by population are:[1]
| Commune | Population |
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| Rome | 2,744,941 |
| Guidonia Montecelio | 83,039 |
| Fiumicino | 69,329 |
| Pomezia | 60,438 |
| Tivoli | 56,300 |
| Civitavecchia | 52,203 |
| Velletri | 53,215 |
| Anzio | 54,238 |
| Nettuno | 47,055 |
| Ciampino | 38,199 |
| Marino | 38,934 |
| Albano Laziale | 39,677 |
| Monterotondo | 39,003 |
| Ladispoli | 40,154 |
| Ardea | 41,889 |
| Cerveteri | 35,640 |
| Fonte Nuova | 27,840 |
| Genzano di Roma | 24,008 |
| Colleferro | 22,181 |
| Frascati | 20,993 |
| Grottaferrata | 20,963 |
| Mentana | 20,911 |
| Palestrina | 21,232 |
| Ariccia | 18,343 |
| Anguillara Sabazia | 18,469 |
| Santa Marinella | 18,004 |
| Bracciano | 18,481 |
The Province of Rome is governed by Rome's Provincial Council, which is composed by 45 members. The President of the province of Rome is elected by people since 1993 every 5 years and is assisted by an executive body, the Provincial Executive.
President and members of Council are elected together by resident citizens: the coalition of the elected President (who needs an absolute majority in the first or second round of voting) gains the three fifths of the Council's seats.
The incumbement president is Nicola Zingaretti (PD), elected on 27–28 April 2008 with the 51% of the votes on the second round.[2]
The current Provincial Council has been elected on 13–14 April 2008 and the distribution of seats is this:
| Political Group | Seats |
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| PD | 20 |
| PDL | 14 |
| Left and IDV | 7 |
| UDC | 1 |
| The Right | 1 |
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