Ballao
Encyclopedia
Ballao is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Cagliari
in the Italian
region Sardinia
, located about 45 km northeast of Cagliari
, in the Gerrei traditional subregion.
It was founded around 1300, when the inhabitants of the ancient hill village of Nuraxi moved in the nearby plain, nearer to the Flumendosa
river, to improve their agricultural output. It is home to the Funtana Coberta, a Bronze Age archaeological site.
Ballao borders the following municipalities: Armungia
, Escalaplano
, Goni
, Perdasdefogu
, San Nicolò Gerrei
, Silius
, Villaputzu
.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province of Cagliari
Province of Cagliari
Cagliari is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Cagliari.It has an area of 4,470 km², and a total population of 543,310 . There are 71 comuni in the province....
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region Sardinia
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...
, located about 45 km northeast of Cagliari
Cagliari
Cagliari is the capital of the island of Sardinia, a region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name Casteddu literally means castle. It has about 156,000 inhabitants, or about 480,000 including the outlying townships : Elmas, Assemini, Capoterra, Selargius, Sestu, Monserrato, Quartucciu, Quartu...
, in the Gerrei traditional subregion.
It was founded around 1300, when the inhabitants of the ancient hill village of Nuraxi moved in the nearby plain, nearer to the Flumendosa
Flumendosa
The Flumendosa is a river of southern Sardinia, Italy. With a length of , it is the second river of the island behind the Tirso.The Flumendosa's springs are located in the Gennargentu massif, at the feet of the Monte Armidda; it flows into the Tyrrhenian Sea in the area of the towns of Muravera and...
river, to improve their agricultural output. It is home to the Funtana Coberta, a Bronze Age archaeological site.
Ballao borders the following municipalities: Armungia
Armungia
Armungia is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 40 km northeast of Cagliari.Armungia borders the following municipalities: Ballao, San Nicolò Gerrei, Villaputzu, Villasalto....
, Escalaplano
Escalaplano
Escalaplano is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 50 km northeast of Cagliari....
, Goni
Goni
Goni is a town and comune in the province of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy...
, Perdasdefogu
Perdasdefogu
Perdasdefogu is a comune in the Province of Ogliastra in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 60 km northeast of Cagliari and about 35 km southwest of Tortolì....
, San Nicolò Gerrei
San Nicolò Gerrei
San Nicolò Gerrei is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 35 km northeast of Cagliari, in the Gerrei traditional subregion....
, Silius
Silius
Silius is a town and comune in the province of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. As of 2001, it has a population of 1,384....
, Villaputzu
Villaputzu
Villaputzu is a municipality in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region and island of Sardinia, located about 45 km northeast of the sardinian capital Cagliari...
.