Ussaramanna 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 Medio Campidano

Province of Medio Campidano

Medio Campidano is a province in the autonomous region of Sardinia, Italy.It was created in 2005 from part of the province of Cagliari. It contains 28 communities, the largest of which by population are :-Politics:...

 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 60 km northwest 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 15 km north of Sanluri

Sanluri

Sanluri is the capital town of the province of Medio Campidano, Sardinia, Italy....

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Ussaramanna borders the following municipalities: Baradili

Baradili

Baradili is a comune in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 60 km northwest of Cagliari and about 35 km southeast of Oristano....

, Baressa

Baressa

Baressa is a comune in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 60 km northwest of Cagliari and about 35 km southeast of Oristano....

, Pauli Arbarei

Pauli Arbarei

Pauli Arbarei is a comune in the Province of Medio Campidano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 50 km northwest of Cagliari and about 11 km north of Sanluri....

, Siddi

Siddi (Sardinia)

Siddi is a comune in the Province of Medio Campidano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 50 km northwest of Cagliari and about 11 km north of Sanluri in the Marmilla historical sub-region....

, Turri

Turri

Turri is a comune in the Province of Medio Campidano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 60 km northwest of Cagliari and about 15 km north of Sanluri. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 500 and an area of 9.6 km².Turri borders the following municipalities:...

. The economy is based on agriculture, with the production of vine and olive oil. The municipal territory is home to the San Pietro nuraghe

Nuraghe

The nuraghe is the main type of ancient megalithic edifice found in Sardinia. Today it has come to be the symbol of Sardinia and its distinctive culture, the Nuragic civilization...

, at 165 meters above the sea level.