Guspini
Gùspini | |
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| Comune di Guspini | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Guspini  | |
  Guspini Location of Guspini in Sardinia  Guspini Guspini (Sardinia) | |
| Coordinates: 39°32′N 8°38′E / 39.533°N 8.633°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sardinia |
| Province | South Sardinia |
| Frazioni | Montevecchio, Sa Zeppara |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Giuseppe De Fanti |
| Area | |
| • Total | 174.67 km2 (67.44 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 126 m (413 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 11,725 |
| • Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Guspinesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 09036 |
| Dialing code | 070 |
| Patron saint | St. Nicholas of Myra |
| Saint day | December 6 |
| Website | Official website |
Guspini (Gùspini in Sardinian) is a town and comune of about 12,000 inhabitants in west Sardinia (Italy), in the province of South Sardinia. It is 62 kilometres (39 mi) from the capital Cagliari and 14.6 kilometres (9.1 mi) from the railway station at San Gavino Monreale.
Close to Guspini, at the mines of Montevecchio and Gennamari, galena and sphalerite were extracted in the past. Today the people at Guspini are concentrated on agriculture, on tourism and on smaller to middle enterprises. Close to Guspini are some well-built nuraghes and the Phoenician-Punic archaeological site of Neapolis.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.