The Province of Nuoro, in the heart of Sardinia, has a surface area of 4,143 square km, with a total population of about 165,000 inhabitants, the largest centers being Nuoro, Macomer, Siniscola. It is administratively divided into 52 Municipalities since May 2005, when 23 communes were separated to form the new Ogliastra province, and others were included in the Province of Cagliari, Oristano and Olbia-Tempio.
Its territory includes plains, plateau, the island’s highest mountains and deepest valleys, wonderful beaches, and the enchanting, historic area of the Barbagie hills, where traces of the Neolithic and Nuragic past blend with monuments from the Punic, Roman and Medieval periods.