Geography Atlas

Where Everything Happened
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme

Switch Atlas

City

Latina, Lazio

Southern Europe

Latina is the capital of the Province of Latina in the Lazio region of central Italy, about 62 kilometers south of Rome. Founded on 30 June 1932 under the name Littoria by Benito Mussolini as part of a project to drain the long-marshy Pontine Marshes, it was inaugurated after just 171 days of construction and renamed Latina in 1946 following the Second World War. As of 2024 the city had 127,486 inhabitants, the second largest in the region after Rome, and it is counted among the youngest cities in Italy, laid out with rationalist architecture by architects including Marcello Piacentini and Angiolo Mazzoni.

Facts
Population
127,450 1
Area (sq km)
277.62 2
Founding Year
1932 2
Elevation (m)
21 2
Latitude
41.467222 degrees north 2
Longitude
12.903611 degrees east 2
Sources
1. Latina, Lazio (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    As of 2024, with a population of 127,450, it is the 30th-largest city in Italy, as well as the 2nd-largest city in the region, after the national capital Rome.
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source
2. Latina, Lazio (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1932-06-30T00:00:00Z
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 41.467222, longitude 12.903611
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 21 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 277.62 sq km
View the Source
Wikidata: Latina, Lazio
Wikidata Q13410, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.