Geography
It has an area of 4,282 km², and a total population of 322,326 (2001). There are 66 municipalities (comuni) in the province, the largest of which are Sassari (pop. 120,729 in 2001 census), Alghero (38,404), Porto Torres (21,064), Sorso (12,842), Ozieri (11,334), Ittiri (9,000) and Sennori (7,300).
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