Ploaghe
Encyclopedia
Ploaghe is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Sassari
in the Italian
region Sardinia
, located about 160 km north of Cagliari
and about 20 km southeast of Sassari
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,781 and an area of 96.1 km².
Ploaghe borders the following municipalities: Ardara
, Chiaramonti
, Codrongianos
, Nulvi
, Osilo
, Siligo
.
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 Sassari
Province of Sassari
The Province of Sassari is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Sassari.-Geography:It has an area of 4,282 km², and a total population of 322,326 . There are 66 municipalities in the province, the largest of which are Sassari The...
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region Sardinia
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...
, located about 160 km north of Cagliari
Cagliari
Cagliari is the capital of the island of Sardinia, a region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name Casteddu literally means castle. It has about 156,000 inhabitants, or about 480,000 including the outlying townships : Elmas, Assemini, Capoterra, Selargius, Sestu, Monserrato, Quartucciu, Quartu...
and about 20 km southeast of Sassari
Sassari
Sassari is an Italian city. It is the second-largest city of Sardinia in terms of population with about 130,000 inhabitants, or about 300,000 including the greater metropolitan area...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,781 and an area of 96.1 km².
Ploaghe borders the following municipalities: Ardara
Ardara (SS)
Ardara is a comune in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 160 km north of Cagliari and about 25 km southeast of Sassari.It was one of the capitals of Giudicato di Torres...
, Chiaramonti
Chiaramonti
Chiaramonti is a comune in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 170 km north of Cagliari and about 25 km east of Sassari...
, Codrongianos
Codrongianos
Codrongianos is a comune in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 170 km north of Cagliari and about 13 km southeast of Sassari...
, Nulvi
Nulvi
Nulvi is a comune in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 180 km north of Cagliari and about 20 km northeast of Sassari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,983 and an area of 67.7 km².Nulvi borders the following municipalities:...
, Osilo
Osilo
Osilo is a comune in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 170 km north of Cagliari and about 10 km east of Sassari...
, Siligo
Siligo
Siligo is a comune in the region of Logudoro - Meilogu in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southeast of Sassari....
.
Notable people of Ploaghe
- Giovanni SpanoGiovanni SpanoGiovanni Spano , also a priest and a linguist, is considered one of the first archaeologists to study the Mediterranean island of Sardinia....
Ploaghe 1803- Cagliari 1878: scholar of archaeology, linguistic, arts and so on. Politician.