Guspini

Guspini
Comune
Comune di Guspini
Coat of arms
Guspini Location of Guspini in Italy
Coordinates: 39°32′N 8°38′E / 39.533°N 8.633°E / 39.533; 8.633
Country	Italy
Region	Sardinia
Province	Medio Campidano (VS)
Frazioni	Montevecchio, Sa Zeppara
Government
• Mayor	Rossella Pinna
Area
• Total	174.73 km2 (67.46 sq mi)
Elevation	126 m (413 ft)
Population (1 January 2009)
• Total	12,465
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Demonym	Guspinesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	09036
Dialing code	070
Patron saint	St. Nicholas of Myra
Saint day	December 6
Website	Official website

Guspini, Gùspini in sardinian language, is a town and comune of about 13,000 inhabitants in west Sardinia (Italy), in the province of Medio Campidano. It is 62 kilometres (39 mi) from the capital Cagliari and 14.6 kilometres (9.1 mi) 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 are some well-built nuraghes and the Phoenician-Punic archaeological site of Neapolis.

See also

• Montevecchio
• Arbus

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guspini.

• Unofficial page (Italian)

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