Province o Messina

Province o Messina
Province
Map heichlichtin the location o the province o Messina in Italy
Kintra	Italy
Region	Sicily
Caipital(s)	Messina
Comuni	108
Govrenment
• Preses	Salvatore Leonardi
Area
• Total	3247 km2 (1,254 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	662,450
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	98000-98100
Telephone prefix	090, 0941, 0942
Vehicle registration	ME
ISTAT	083

Messina (Italian: Provincia di Messina; Sicilian: Pruvincia di Missina) is a province in the autonomous island region o Sicily in Italy. Its caipital is the ceety o Messina.

Geography an demography

It haes an aurie o 3,247 km² (12.6% o total o the island), an a total population o 662,450 (2001, 13% o the total population o Sicily). There are 108 comuni (singular: comune) in the province [1] Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine, see Comuni o the Province o Messina.

Giardini Naxos, a popular resort in the Province of Messina

The province includes the Aeolian Islands, aw pairt o the comune o Lipari (wi the exception o Salina). The territory is lairgely muntainous, wi the exception o alluvional plain at the mooths o the various rivers. The lairgest plain is that in the aurie atween Milazzo an Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, which, thegither wi Messina, form a metropolitan aurie o some 500,000 inhabitants, ane o the lairgest in soothren Italy. Hintle o the population is concentratit in the coastal aurie, efter the hill touns hae been lairgely abandoned frae the 19t century.

The main muntain ridges are the Peloritani (up tae 1300 m) an the Nebrodi (up tae 1,900 m) muntains, which are includit in a Regional Natural Reserve.

Rivers o the province include the Alcantara an the Pollina, which forms the border wi the province o Palermo at wast.

The main comunes by population are:

Comune	Population
Messina	246,951
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto	41,157
Milazzo	32,600
Patti	13,241
Sant'Agata di Militello	13,026
Capo d'Orlando	12,928
Taormina	10,909
Lipari	10,782

See an aw

• Strait of Messina
• History o Sicily
• Aeolian Islands

Freemit airtins

• Province wabsteid Archived 2010-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
• Picturs, history, tourism, gastronomy, books, local products, local surnames, transportation in the province of Messina
• Travel itineraries in Messina, Taormina an Lipari Islands. Sicily TravelNet Archived 2006-11-08 at the Wayback Machine