Province of Bergamo

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Province of Bergamo

The Province of Bergamo is a province

Provinces of Italy

In Italy, a province is an administrative division of intermediate level between municipality and Regions of Italy .|||}A province is composed of many municipalities, and usually several provinces form a region....
in the Lombardy region of 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....
. It has a population of 1,022,428 (2006), an area of 2,723 square km, and contains 244 comuni (singular: comune
Comune

In Italy, the comune, is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality....
). Its capital is the city of Bergamo

Bergamo

Province of Sondrio

The Province of Sondrio is a Provinces of Italy in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Sondrio.It has an area of 3,212 km?, and a total population of 176,856 ....
to the north, the province of Brescia

Province of Brescia

The Province of Brescia is a Provinces of Italy in Lombardy, Italy. It borders with the province of Sondrio in the N and NW, the province of Bergamo in the W, province of Cremona in the SW and S, the province of Mantova to the S, and to the east, the province of Verona and the Province of Trento ....
to the east, the province of Cremona

Province of Cremona

The Province of Cremona is a Provinces of Italy in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Cremona.The province has an area of 1,771 km? and a population of 335,939 ; communes number 115 ....
to the south and the provinces of Milan

Province of Milan

The Province of Milan is a Provinces of Italy in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Milan.It has an area of 1,984 km?, and a total population of 3,893,959....
and Lecco

Province of Lecco

The Province of Lecco is a Provinces of Italy in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lecco.On 1 January 2001 the province had a population of 311,452 on a surface of 816 km? divided in 90 communes ....
to the west. The northern part is made up of the Orobian Alps with the highest point at 3,052 m (Mt.

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The Province of Bergamo is a province

Provinces of Italy

Italy

Bergamo

Province of Sondrio

Province of Brescia

Province of Cremona

Province of Milan

The Province of Milan is a Provinces of Italy in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Milan.It has an area of 1,984 km?, and a total population of 3,893,959....
and Lecco

Province of Lecco

Val Brembana

Val Brembana is a valley in Lombardy, northern Italy. It takes its name from the river crossing it, the Brembo .The Bergamo Alps form the valley's northern limits, notably the Pizzo Tre Signori and Pizzo del Diavolo di Tenda Peaks, while at south lies the plain of Bergamo....
. The southern part is mainly made up of flatlands.

Its rivers include the Serio

Serio River

The Serio is an Italy river that flows entirely within Lombardy, crossing the provinces of Province of Bergamo and Province of Cremona. It is 124 kilometers long and it flows into the Adda River at Bocca di Serio, to the south of Crema, Italy....
, the Brembo

Brembo River

The Brembo is a 74 km Italy river, a left tributary of the Adda River, which runs entirely within the Province of Bergamo in the Lombardy Regions of Italy....
and the Adda

Adda River

The Adda is a river in North Italy, a tributary of the Po River. It rises in the Alps near the border with Switzerland and flows through Lake Como....
at the southwestern boundary.

In the east, Lake Iseo

Lake Iseo

Lake Iseo or Lago d'Iseo or Sebino is the fourth largest lake in Lombardy, Italy, fed by the Oglio river.It is in the north of the country in the Val Camonica area, near the cities of Brescia and Bergamo....
forms its boundary which the Oglio from the Camonica Valley flows through. Minerals are founded in the area of Trescore Balneario

Trescore Balneario

Trescore Balneario is a town in the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy....
and San Pellegrino

San Pellegrino

San Pellegrino is a brand of mineral water with natural carbonation, produced and bottled at San Pellegrino Terme, in the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy....
(the source of the mineral water of the same name) and other places.

As of May 31, 2005, the main comuni by population are:

Comune	Population
Bergamo Bergamo Bergamo is a town in Lombardy, Italy, about 40km northeast of Milan. The commune is home to circa 117,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent Milan....	116,981
Treviglio Treviglio Treviglio is a town in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, northern Italy. Lying south of the capital city, in the lower territory marked by the Adda River and the Serio River rivers....	27,226
Dalmine Dalmine Dalmine is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italy region of Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km southwest of Bergamo....	22,312
Seriate Seriate Seriate is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italy region of Lombardy, located about 50 km northeast of Milan and about 4 km southeast of Bergamo....	21,788
Albino Albino, Italy Albino is a comune in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, northern Italy. It is located north of Bergamo and is situated in the Seriana valley....	17,449
Romano di Lombardia Romano di Lombardia Romano di Lombardia is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italy region of Lombardy, located about 45 km east of Milan and about 20 km southeast of Bergamo....	16,844
Caravaggio	14,960
Alzano Lombardo Alzano Lombardo Alzano Lombardo is a town in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy....	12,828
Stezzano Stezzano Stezzano is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italy region of Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km south of Bergamo....	11,324
Nembro Nembro Nembro is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italy region of Lombardy, located about 60 km northeast of Milan and about 10 km northeast of Bergamo, on the right bank of the Serio River....	11,216
Osio Sotto Osio Sotto Osio Sotto is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italy region of Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km southwest of Bergamo....	11,137
Ponte San Pietro Ponte San Pietro Ponte San Pietro is a comune in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. It is about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km west of Bergamo....	10,389
Cologno al Serio Cologno al Serio Cologno al Serio is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italy region of Lombardy, located about 45 km northeast of Milan and about 10 km south of Bergamo....	10,087

Agriculture

The low lying areas are rich in pastures along with corn, wine, grain, rice and flax that are cultivated. Hunting is common. Very common is also the breeding of poultry, pigs with modern techniques, and the traditional sheep herding.

Industry

The province of Bergamo

Bergamo

Bergamo is a town in Lombardy, Italy, about 40km northeast of Milan. The commune is home to circa 117,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent Milan....
economy is based on SMEs, so it is not easy to speak of main activities as very varied products are made. The main heavy industries of the province of Bergamo are mineral processing, especially iron

Iron

Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. Iron is a Group 8 element and period 4 element. Iron is lustrous and silvery in color....
,concrete

Concrete

Concrete is a construction material composed of cement as well as other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, construction aggregate , water , and Chemistry admixtures....
and marble

Marble

Marble is a nonfoliated metamorphic rock resulting from the metamorphism of limestone, composed mostly of calcite . It is extensively used for Marble sculpture, as a architecture material, and in many other applications....
. There is also a large tractor plant, in Treviglio

Treviglio

Treviglio is a town in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, northern Italy. Lying south of the capital city, in the lower territory marked by the Adda River and the Serio River rivers....
, and a large pipe plant, in Dalmine

Dalmine

Dalmine is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italy region of Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km southwest of Bergamo....
Silks, metallurgical products and clothing are also common. Bergamo masons and assemblers are very famous for their ability and dedication to work.

Demography

As the end of 2006 the province of Bergamo host 92000 immigrants from country outside the European union. About 15000 of them came from Bolivia

Bolivia

The Republic of Bolivia , named after Sim?n Bol?var, is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west....
especially the city of Cochabamba

Cochabamba

Cochabamba is a city in central Bolivia, located in a valley bearing the same name in the Andes mountain range. It is the Capital of the Cochabamba Department and is the list of cities in Bolivia with an urban population of 608,276 and a metropolitan population of more than 1,000,000 people....
due to the strong relations of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bergamo

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bergamo

The Diocese of Bergamo is a Episcopal see of the Catholic Church in Italy, and is suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan. It was founded in the fourth century Common Era, and its first bishop was Saint Narno....
and the Archidiocese of Cochabamba.