Economy and Population
The province is known for its many castles, fortresses and pristine medieval hill towns. The province's two major cities, L'Aquila and Avezzano, experienced rapid economic expansion in the last two decades with the growth of transportation manufacturing, telecommunications, and computer industries. Throughout most of the 20th century, the province's rural areas experienced serious population declines with the near collapse of it pastoral agricultural economy. In recent years with the creation the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park, the Majella National Park and the Sirente-Velino Regional Park, tourism has boosted the economy of rural L'Aquila and begun to reverse its population decline.
It has an area of 5,034 km², and a total population of 297,592 (2001).
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