Cagliari metropolitan area (Italian

Italian language

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: Area metropolitana di Cagliari) is a term for the urbanized area around the city 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...

, Italy

Italy

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. The metropolitan area

Metropolitan area

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 is composed of the cities of Quartu Sant'Elena

Quartu Sant'Elena

Quartu Sant'Elena is a city and comune in the Province of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. It is the third biggest city of Sardinia with a population of c. 71,000 as of 2008.- History:...

 , Assemini

Assemini

Assemini is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 12 km northwest of Cagliari in the plain of the Cixerri, Flumini Mannu and Sa Nuxedda rivers. It includes notable forest area which are part of the Sulcis Regional Park...

 , Selargius

Selargius

Selargius is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 6 km northeast of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 28,548 and an area of 26.7 km².-History:...

 , Monserrato

Monserrato

Monserrato is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 5 km northeast of Cagliari.-History:Still 1991, when it was separated with a local referendum, Monserrato was a district of Cagliari...

 , Quartucciu

Quartucciu

Quartucciu is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 8 km northeast of Cagliari.-History:Before the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Quartucciu was attacked by the Vandals...

 , Elmas

Elmas

Elmas is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region of Sardinia, located about 8 km northwest of Cagliari....

 , Capoterra

Capoterra

Capoterra is a town and comune in the province of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.It is located on the western arm of the Golfo degli Angeli, c. 15 km from Cagliari. Economy is mostly based on agriculture, although the tourism sector grew notably in the past decades....

 and Sestu

Sestu

Sestu is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 10 km north of Cagliari.-External links:* * *...

 . It covers 490,50 km².

The metropolitan area is strictly statistical and does not imply any kind of administrative unity or function.

Economy

Inside the metropolitan area of Caglari (between Cagliari and Capoterra) is located the industrial agglomeration of Macchiareddu-Grogastu one of the most important industrial spot of Sardinia

Sardinia

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. Also developed is the Tertiary sector. In general the metropolitan area of Cagliari is one of the wealthiest (the per capita income

Per capita income

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 of the Province of Cagliari

Province of Cagliari

Cagliari is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Cagliari.It has an area of 4,470 km², and a total population of 543,310 . There are 71 comuni in the province....

 as a whole was about 20.000 euro in 2008 ) areas of the island.

Demography

As for 2009 the estimated population was 370.000 inhabitants (+10.000 compared to 2001) , 97.9% of the population was Italian

Italian people

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 while the largest immigrant group were : Filipino

Filipino people

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 (1.170) , Senegalese (950) , Romanians

Romanians

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 (866) , Chinese (857) , Ukrainians

Ukrainians

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 (849) , Moroccans (287) , Pakistani (258) , Germans (256) and others

Comune	Area (km²)	Population(1)
Cagliari	85.45	157,146
Assemini Assemini Assemini is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 12 km northwest of Cagliari in the plain of the Cixerri, Flumini Mannu and Sa Nuxedda rivers. It includes notable forest area which are part of the Sulcis Regional Park...	117.50	26,743
Capoterra Capoterra Capoterra is a town and comune in the province of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.It is located on the western arm of the Golfo degli Angeli, c. 15 km from Cagliari. Economy is mostly based on agriculture, although the tourism sector grew notably in the past decades....	68.25	23,841
Elmas Elmas Elmas is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region of Sardinia, located about 8 km northwest of Cagliari....	13.70	8,972
Monserrato Monserrato Monserrato is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 5 km northeast of Cagliari.-History:Still 1991, when it was separated with a local referendum, Monserrato was a district of Cagliari...	6.50	20,585
Quartucciu Quartucciu Quartucciu is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 8 km northeast of Cagliari.-History:Before the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Quartucciu was attacked by the Vandals...	27.87	12,600
Quartu Sant'Elena Quartu Sant'Elena Quartu Sant'Elena is a city and comune in the Province of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. It is the third biggest city of Sardinia with a population of c. 71,000 as of 2008.- History:...	96.20	71.360
Selargius Selargius Selargius is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 6 km northeast of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 28,548 and an area of 26.7 km².-History:...	26.71	29,065
Sestu Sestu Sestu is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 10 km north of Cagliari.-External links:* * *...	48.32	19,551
Total	490.50	369,862

• ⁽¹⁾ – ISTAT, August 2009