Pula, Italy
Encyclopedia
Pula is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Cagliari
in the Italian
region Sardinia
, located about 25 km southwest of Cagliari
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,937 and an area of 138.7 km².
The municipality of Pula contains the frazione
(subdivision) S.Margherita di Pula.
Pula borders the following municipalities: Domus de Maria
, Sarroch
, Teulada
, Villa San Pietro
.
Pula is a popular holiday resort with many famous hotels and beaches. The most popular month is August. Pula is also a centre of education with the Alberghiera School and the Wiseword English School, a Trinity Centre for international qualifications.
The Nora archaeological site is a pre-Roman village on which the Romans later built. The theatre and the thermal baths are still in good condition.
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 25 km southwest 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...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,937 and an area of 138.7 km².
The municipality of Pula contains the frazione
Frazione
A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...
(subdivision) S.Margherita di Pula.
Pula borders the following municipalities: Domus de Maria
Domus de Maria
Domus de Maria is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 35 km southwest of Cagliari...
, Sarroch
Sarroch
Sarroch is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 20 km southwest of Cagliari...
, Teulada
Teulada, Italy
Teulada is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 40 km southwest of Cagliari....
, Villa San Pietro
Villa San Pietro
Villa San Pietro is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 25 km southwest of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,849 and an area of 39.6 km²....
.
Pula is a popular holiday resort with many famous hotels and beaches. The most popular month is August. Pula is also a centre of education with the Alberghiera School and the Wiseword English School, a Trinity Centre for international qualifications.
The Nora archaeological site is a pre-Roman village on which the Romans later built. The theatre and the thermal baths are still in good condition.