Ploaghe (Sardinian: Piàghe) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 160 kilometres (99 mi) north of Cagliari and about 21 kilometres (13 mi) southeast of Sassari.
Ploaghe
Piaghe | |
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| Comune di Ploaghe | |
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Location of Ploaghe  | |
  Ploaghe Location of Ploaghe in Sardinia  Ploaghe Ploaghe (Sardinia) | |
| Coordinates: 40°40′N 8°45′E / 40.667°N 8.750°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sardinia |
| Province | Sassari (SS) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Carlo Sotgiu |
| Area | |
| • Total | 96.27 km2 (37.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 427 m (1,401 ft) |
| Population (30 September 2015)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,565 |
| • Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Ploaghesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 07017 |
| Dialing code | 079 |
| Website | Official website |
Ploaghe borders the following municipalities: Ardara, Chiaramonti, Codrongianos, Nulvi, Osilo, Siligo.
Notable people
edit- Andrea Arru (born 2007), actor
- Giovanni Spano (1803-1878), scholar of archaeology, linguist, and politician.[3]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ploaghe.
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ^ Brief biography of Giovanni Spano (in Italian).
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