Province of Perugia

The Province of Perugia (Italian: Provincia di Perugia) is the larger of the two provinces in the Umbria region of Italy, comprising two-thirds of both the area and population of the region. Its capital is the city of Perugia. The province covered all of Umbria until 1927, when the province of Terni was carved out of its southern third. The province of Perugia has an area of 6,334 km², and a total population of 606,413 (2001). There are 59 comunes (Italian: comuni) in the province. The principal towns in the province, with a population over 20,000, are: