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promontory. The climate is mild. The Agro Pontino is the most economically developed part of the province, housing a flourishing agricultural sector and numerous service firms and industries. It also houses much of the water basins of the province, like the coast Lakes of Fogliano, Caprolace, and
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or Latina. Tourism is an increasing interesting resource, attracted especially by the uncontaminated nature and by artistic traces of the Middle Ages (
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region until 1934. Traces of the different cultural milieu can be identified in the costumes and, most of all, in the local dialect, a variant of
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Although the smallest of the provinces in the Lazio region, the province of Latina includes a variety of geographical and historical areas.
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Once mainly used as penitentiaries, the Pontine Islands are now a renowned tourist resort in summer. The only inhabited islands are
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It has an area of 2,251 square kilometres (869 sq mi) and a population of 561,189 (2012). The province contains
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The province of Latina was founded on 18 December 1934, encompassing mainly the drained areas of the
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Cities rich of ancient and medieval history, Gaeta and Formia were traditionally part of the
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The mainland area is, in the south- and north-eastern part, mostly occupied by
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Map highlighting the location of the province of Latina in Italy
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still continuing. From 350 BC onwards, the colonies of Cora (
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gaeta#Province of Latina
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or Latina itself. The sole mountain peak is that of
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It is bordered by the provinces of 1454:Parco regionale urbano Monte Orlando 785: 158:2,251 km (869 sq mi) 13: 1329:Cima del Redentore (monti Aurunci) 1022: 813: 14: 1865: 923: 853: 332:Metropolitan City of Rome Capital 966: 603:mountain ranges, as well as the 363:Comuni of the Province of Latina 85: 69: 54: 44: 729: 902: 876: 865: 777:in pink and Southern Italian ( 1: 847: 357:Sub-divisions of the province 1854:1934 establishments in Italy 885:"Parco Nazionale del Circeo" 661: 330:to the northeast and by the 7: 1538:List of presidents of Lazio 835: 769:Linguistic map of Southern 571: 561: 551: 541: 531: 521: 511: 501: 491: 481: 471: 461: 451: 441: 431: 421: 411: 401: 391: 10: 1870: 817: 578: 360: 1820:41.4675972°N 12.9037000°E 1626: 1567: 1546: 1523: 1477: 1176: 1080: 1033: 1020: 979: 890:. University of Groningen 607:archipelago. 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Flag of Province of Latina
Coat of arms of Province of Latina
Map highlighting the location of the province of Latina in Italy
Italy
Lazio
Latina
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Time zone
UTC+1
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Official website
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province
Lazio
Italy
Latina
Frosinone
Metropolitan City of Rome Capital
comuni
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Comuni of the Province of Latina
Latina

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