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Province o Genoa
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The Province o Genoa (It. Provincia di Genova) is a province in the Ligurie region o Italy. Its caipital is the ceety o Genoa.
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Province o Genoa | |
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Region | Ligurie |
Caipital(s) | Genoa |
Comuni | 67 |
Govrenment | |
• President | Alessandro Repetto |
Area | |
• Total | 1838 km2 (710 sq mi) |
Population (2009-04-30) | |
• Total | 884,251 |
• Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 16010 - 16049, 16100 |
Telephone prefix | 010, 0185 |
Vehicle registration | GE |
ISTAT | 010 |
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It haes an aurie o 1,838 km², an a total population o aboot 900,000 (2009). There are 67 communes in the province (source: Italian institute o statistics Istat, see this link Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine).
Namit efter a meethical twa-heidit Greek God, Janus, protector o ships. The name derives frae a Ligurian tribal wird, for "knee" (genu), or the Laitin name for gate, "janua".
The ceety is set at the fuit o muntains in the Guwf o Genoa at the maist northerly end o the Tyrrhenian Sea, whare at ane time it ruled the maritime warld. Genoa haes fine examples o Baroque Kirk an Palace airchitectur.