Sinnai
Encyclopedia
Sinnai is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Cagliari
in the Italian
region Sardinia
, located about 12 km northeast of Cagliari
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Sinnai borders the following municipalities: Burcei
, Castiadas
, Dolianova
, Maracalagonis
, Quartucciu
, San Vito, Settimo San Pietro
, Soleminis
, Villasalto
, Villasimius
.
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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 12 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...
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Sinnai borders the following municipalities: Burcei
Burcei
Burcei is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 25 km northeast of Cagliari.Burcei borders the following municipalities: San Vito, Sinnai, Villasalto....
, Castiadas
Castiadas
Castiadas is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 35 km east of Cagliari. Founded in the 14th century and repopulated in the 19th century after centuries of abandonment, it is part of the Sarrabus-Gerrei historical region.Castiadas borders the...
, Dolianova
Dolianova
Dolianova is an Italian town and comune in the province of Cagliari, Sardinia. The town was born on June 25, 1905 from the fusion of two centers: Sicci San Biagio and San Pantaleo. Its economy is based on agriculture . The name "Dolianova" has obscure origins...
, Maracalagonis
Maracalagonis
Maracalagonis is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 12 km northeast of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,961 and an area of 101.5 km²....
, Quartucciu
Quartucciu
Quartucciu is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 8 km northeast of Cagliari.-History:Before the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Quartucciu was attacked by the Vandals...
, San Vito, Settimo San Pietro
Settimo San Pietro
Settimo San Pietro is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 9 km northeast of Cagliari, it had a population of 6,079 and an area of 23.2 km²....
, Soleminis
Soleminis
Soleminis is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 15 km northeast of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,698 and an area of 13.0 km²....
, Villasalto
Villasalto
Villasalto is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 40 km northeast of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,282 and an area of 130.1 km²....
, Villasimius
Villasimius
Villasimìus is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 35 km east of Cagliari.-History:...
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Twin towns
Tempio PausaniaTempio Pausania
Tempio Pausania is a town c. 14,000 inhabitants in the Gallura region of northern Sardinia, Italy, the administrative capital of the province of Olbia-Tempio.- History :...
, Italy Armungia, Italy Bovolone
Bovolone
Bovolone is a town and a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 90 km west of Venice and about 25 km southeast of Verona....
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