Province of Campobasso

Infobox_ProvinceIT
fullname = Province of Campobasso
name = Campobasso
region = Molise
capital = Campobasso
commune = 84
area = 2,909
population_as_of = (2001)
population = 230,692
populationdensity = 63
vehicle = CB
postal_code = 86010, 86010-86049
telephone_prefix = 0874, 0875
ISTAT = 070
president = Nicolino D'Ascanio




The Province of Campobasso (Italian: "Provincia di Campobasso"; Molise Croatian dialect: "Pruìnč de Cambuàš") is a province in the Molise region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Campobasso.

It has an area of 2,909 km², and a total population of 230,692 (2001). There are 84 comunes ( _it. comuni) in the province: Comunes of the Province of Campobasso.

A substantial number of the local population is of Croatian ancestry and speak a somewhat archaic dialect of the Croatian language known as the Molise Croatian dialect.

External links

* [http://www.provincia.campobasso.it/ Official website]
* [http://www.ditoto.com/ American Descendants of Campobasso Natives] From 1890-1930, many left Campobasso and settled in America (many in the state of Connecticut)
* [http://ditoto.com/campobasso_molise_italy.html Campobasso Genealogy & History] Italian-American Surnames originating in Campobasso (di Tota, Pietrunti, di Cesare, Santoro, and others