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Olbia (Italian pronunciation: ⓘ, [2] [3] locally; Sardinian: Terranoa; Gallurese: Tarranoa) [4] is a city and commune of 60,346 inhabitants (May 2018) in the Italian insular province of Sassari in northeastern Sardinia, Italy, in the historical region of Gallura.
Even now, around 60% of all Italian and NATO military installations in Italy are on Sardinia, whose area is less than one-tenth of all the Italian territory and whose population is little more than the 2.5%; [107] furthermore, they comprise over 35,000 hectares used for experimental weapons testing, [108] [109] where 80% of the military ...
[2] [3] As of 2015, the province had a total population of 159,950 inhabitants and covered an area of 3,406.18 square kilometres (1,315.13 square miles), so had a population density of 46.96 inhabitants per square kilometer. The province contained 26 comuni (sg.: comune). [3] The largest comuni in the province were Olbia (population of 45,366 ...
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The number of provinces in Italy has been steadily growing in recent years, as many new ones are carved out of older ones. Usually, the province's name is the same as that of its capital city. According to the 2014 reform, each province is headed by a President (or Commissioner) assisted by a legislative body, the Provincial Council, and an ...
Map of Gallura Capo Testa (Capu Testa in Gallurese and Corsican) Gallura (Gallurese: Gaddura or Gaddhura [ɡaˈɖːura]; Sardinian: Caddura [kaˈɖːuɾa]) is a region in North-Eastern Sardinia, Italy. The name Gallùra is allegedly supposed to mean "stony area".
After Olbia and Tempio Pausania, it is the third largest commune in Gallura by inhabitants. The Albucciu nuraghe near Arzachena. The frazione of Porto Cervo is the main resort area of Costa Smeralda for summer tourism, which since the 1960s has replaced agriculture as the main local source of economic activity.
Terminal building and control tower Departure gate area before refurbishment in 2020 General aviation apron. A military airfield was opened at Olbia (then Terranova Pausania) in 1921, and a seaplane base was inaugurated close to the Isola Bianca harbour in 1927, although poor loads from the island on the flights to Ostia and Cagliari led to the service's stop in Terranova being discontinued in ...