Province o Reggio Calabria | |
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![]() Map heichlichtin the location o the province o Reggio Calabria in Italy | |
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Region | Calabrie |
Caipital(s) | Reggio Calabria |
Comuni | 97 |
Govrenment | |
• Preses | Giuseppe Raffa |
Area | |
• Total | 3183 km2 (1,229 sq mi) |
Population (December 2011) | |
• Total | 566,573 |
• Density | 180/km2 (460/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 89010-89018, 89020-89036, 89039-89050, 89052, 89054, 89056-89058, 89060, 89063-89065, 89069 |
Telephone prefix | 0964, 0965, 0966 |
Vehicle registration | RC |
ISTAT | 080 |
The Province o Reggio Calabria (Italian: provincia di Reggio Calabria, [proˈvint͡ʃa di ˈreddʒo kaˈlaːbrja]) wis a province in the Calabrie region, Italy. Its caipital is the ceety o Reggio.
It haes an aurie o 3,183 km², an a total population o mair 565,000. There are 97 comuni (singular: comune) in the province,[1] see Comuni o the Province o Reggio Calabria.
The region is famous for the production o the Bergamot orange. Production maustly is limitit tae the Ionian coastal region o the province o Calabrie in Italy, tae such an extent that it is a seembol o the entire region. Maist o the bergamot comes frae a short stretch o land thare whare the temperatureis favourable. It is cultivatit in Argentinae, Brazil, Turkey an the US state o Georgie an aw, but the quality o the obtained essence is no comparable wi the essence producit frae the bergamots o Reggio due tae the argillite, limestane an alluvial deposits foond thare.