Terralba is a comune

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 Oristano

Province of Oristano

Oristano is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Oristano.It has an area of 3,040 km², and a total population of 167,971 . There are 88 municipalities in the province ). As of June 2005, the main communes by population are:-Politics:-External...

 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 70 km northwest 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...

 and about 20 km south of Oristano

Oristano

Oristano is a town and comune, capital of the Province of Oristano, on the island of Sardinia, Italy. It has approximately 32,500 inhabitants.Its economy is mainly based on fishing, agriculture and, to a certain extent, tourism.-History:...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 10,087 and an area of 34.9 km².

The municipality of Terralba 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) Marceddì e Tanca Marchese.

Terralba borders the following municipalities: Arborea

Arborea

Arborea is a town and comune in the province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy, whose economy is largely based on agriculture, with production of vegetables and fruit.- History :...

, Arbus

Arbus (Sardinia)

Arbus is a comune in the Province of Medio Campidano in the Italian region of Sardinia. Located in the south west coast of the island, Arbus is known for its coastline, the Costa Verde, and for several archeological sites, such as the mines of Montevecchio...

, Guspini

Guspini

Guspini is a town and comune of about 13,000 inhabitants in west Sardinia , in the province of Medio Campidano. It is 62 km away from the capital Cagliari and 14.6 km from the railway station at San Gavino Monreale....

, Marrubiu

Marrubiu

Marrubiu is a comune in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 70 km northwest of Cagliari and about 15 km south of Oristano. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,034 and an area of 61.2 km².Marrubiu borders the following municipalities:...

, San Nicolò d'Arcidano

San Nicolò d'Arcidano

San Nicolò d'Arcidano is a comune in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 70 km northwest of Cagliari and about 25 km south of Oristano....

, Uras

Uras

For the Sumerian goddess see UrasUras is a comune in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 60 km northwest of Cagliari and about 25 km southeast of Oristano...

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External links

• www.comune.terralba.or.it/Index.htm