Province of Caltanissetta | |
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Country | ![]() |
Region | Sicily |
Capital(s) | Caltanissetta |
Comuni | 22 |
Government | |
• Commissar | Rosalba Panvini |
Area | |
• Total | 2,128 km2 (822 sq mi) |
Population (1 January 2016) | |
• Total | 271,758 |
• Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
GDP | |
• Total | €4.163 billion (2015) |
• Per capita | €15,255 (2015) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 93100, 93010-93020 |
Telephone prefix | 0934, 0933, 0922 |
Vehicle registration | CL |
ISTAT | 085 |
The province of Caltanissetta (Italian: provincia di Caltanissetta; Sicilian: pruvincia di Nissa or pruvincia di Cartanissetta; officially libero consorzio comunale di Caltanissetta) is a province in the southern part of Sicily, Italy. Following the suppression of the Sicilian provinces, it was replaced in 2015 by the free municipal consortium of Caltanissetta (Italian: libero consorzio comunale di Caltanissetta). The province contains 22 comuni (sg.: comune). Its coat of arms is a red crest and two green leaf stems on top with a laurel leaf on the right and a crown in the middle. The River Salso is the main river of the province; it is 122 kilometres (76 mi) long and originates in the province of Palermo, and it flows into the Mediterranean in this province at the end of the Gulf of Gela.[2]