Guarda Veneta is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Rovigo

Province of Rovigo

The Province of Rovigo is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Rovigo.It borders on the north with the provinces of Verona, Padua and Venice, on the south with the province of Ferrara, on the west with the province of Mantua, and on the eastwith the Adriatic Sea.-...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region of Veneto

Veneto

Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...

, located about 60 km southwest of Venice

Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...

 and about 9 km south of Rovigo

Rovigo

Rovigo is a town and comune in the Veneto region of North-Eastern Italy, the capital of the eponymous province. -Geography:...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,151 and an area of 17.3 km².

The municipality of Guarda Veneta contains the frazioni

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Borgo Moia, Case Zuecca, La Roccata, and Quarti.

Guarda Veneta borders the following municipalities: Bosaro

Bosaro

Bosaro is a comune in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 km southwest of Venice and about 8 km south of Rovigo...

, Crespino

Crespino

Crespino is a comune in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 km southwest of Venice and about 12 km southeast of Rovigo...

, Polesella

Polesella

Polesella is a comune in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 70 km southwest of Venice and about 11 km south of Rovigo...

, Pontecchio Polesine

Pontecchio Polesine

Pontecchio Polesine is a comune in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 km southwest of Venice and about 6 km southeast of Rovigo...

, Ro

Ro, Italy

Ro is a comune in the Province of Ferrara in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 60 km northeast of Bologna and about 15 km northeast of Ferrara...

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