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Arborea is a town in the province of Oristano
Province of Oristano

Oristano is a Provinces of Italy in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Oristano.It has an area of 3,040 km?, and a total population of 167,971 ....
, Sardinia
Sardinia

Sardinia is the Mediterranean islands#By area island in the Mediterranean Sea . The area of Sardinia is . The island is surrounded by the France island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Tunisia and the Balearic Islands....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, whose economy is largely based on agriculture, with production of vegetables and fruit.

Arborea was built by the Fascist government of Italy in the 1920s, after the draining of the marshes which covered the area. The original name was Mussolinia (with which it was inaugurated on October 29, 1928), which was replaced by the current name after World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
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Arborea is a town in the province of Oristano
Province of Oristano

Oristano is a Provinces of Italy in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Oristano.It has an area of 3,040 km?, and a total population of 167,971 ....
, Sardinia
Sardinia

Sardinia is the Mediterranean islands#By area island in the Mediterranean Sea . The area of Sardinia is . The island is surrounded by the France island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Tunisia and the Balearic Islands....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, whose economy is largely based on agriculture, with production of vegetables and fruit.

Arborea was built by the Fascist government of Italy in the 1920s, after the draining of the marshes which covered the area. The original name was Mussolinia (with which it was inaugurated on October 29, 1928), which was replaced by the current name after World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. Arborea lies within the historical Giudicato of Arborea but it was never the seat of the giudicato
Giudicati

The giudicati were the indigenous kingdoms of Sardinia from about 900 until 1410, when the last fell to the Crown of Aragon. The rulers of the giudicati were giudici , from the Latin language iudice , often translates as "judge"....
 (Oristano and Tharros were). The name Arborea was just taken in honour of the historical region.

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