Province of Nuoro

The province of Nuoro (Italian: provincia di Nuoro; Sardinian: provìntzia de Nùgoro) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia, Italy. Its capital is the city of Nuoro.

Province of Nuoro Provincia di Nuoro (Italian) Provìntzia de Nùgoro (Sardinian)
Province
View of Supramonte mountain range, located in the province
Flag Coat of arms
Map highlighting the location of the province of Nuoro in Sardinia
Country	Italy
Region	Sardinia
Capital(s)	Nuoro
Comuni	74
Government
• President	Costantino Tidu
Area
• Total	5,638.06 km2 (2,176.87 sq mi)
Population  (31 July 2017)
• Total	210,972
• Density	37/km2 (97/sq mi)
GDP [1]
• Total	€2.943 billion (2015)
• Per capita	€18,656 (2015)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	08010-08040, 08042-08049, 08100
Telephone prefix	070, 079, 0484, 0782, 0784, 0785
Vehicle registration	NU
ISTAT	091

It has an area of 5,638 square kilometres (2,177 sq mi), and, As of 2017^[update], a total population of 210,972. The province is divided into 74 comuni (sg.: comune), the largest of which are Nuoro (36,925 inhabitants), Siniscola (11,492), Macomer (10,043), and Dorgali (8,576).^[2] The other comuni are generally not so large, even if Oliena (7,123 inhabitants) and Orosei (7,025) can be considered as well as populated towns.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1951	195,449	—
1961	219,310	+12.2%
1971	216,620	−1.2%
1981	227,093	+4.8%
1991	227,091	−0.0%
2001	221,062	−2.7%
2011	215,165	−2.7%
2021	200,376	−6.9%
Source: ISTAT

The province was established in 1927.^[3] In 2005, the territory of the province of Nuoro was substantially reduced as a consequence of the establishment in the island of four new provinces; subsequent administrative reforms have increased its size once again in 2016, through the annexation of 22 out of the 23 communes which made up the short-lived Ogliastra.

In April 2021, under Sardinian Regional Council's Regional Law Nr. 7,^[4] the annexation was reversed, restroring the Ogliastra province and reducing the province of Nuoro back to pre-2016 borders (plus the comune of Seulo that was previously located in the Province of South Sardinia).^[5] Whilst the Italian government challenged the law,^[6] thus stalling its implementation,^[7] on March 12, 2022, the Constitutional Court ruled in favor of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia.^[8] On April 13, 2023, the regional council, at the proposal of the regional government, approved an amendment to the 2021 reform, defining the timeframe and manner of its implementation, which would see its full implementation in 2024.^[9]

Parks located in the province include the National Park of the Gulf of Orosei and Gennargentu.

It is known for its purported high concentration of centenarians and supercentenarians. From 5 March 2001 to 3 January 2002, Antonio Todde, from Tiana, was the oldest man in the world. It is also one of the so-called blue zones.

Government

List of presidents of the province of Nuoro

	President	Term start	Term end	Party
	Salvatore Angelo Piras	1987	1990	Italian Socialist Party
	Francesco Achille Crisponi	1990	1993	Christian Democracy
	Federico Caredda	1993	1995	Christian Democracy
	Giuseppe Matteo Pirisi	1995	1999	Democratic Party of the Left Democrats of the Left
	Francesco Maria Licheri	2000	2005	Italian People's Party The Daisy
	Roberto Deriu	2005	2010	The Daisy Democratic Party
		2010	2014
–	Sabina Bullita	2015	2016	Special Commissioner
–	Alessandra Pistis	2016	2016	Special Commissioner
–	Maria Cristina Madeddu	2016	2016	Special Commissioner
–	Costantino Tidu	2016	Incumbent	Special Commissioner