Province Of Vercelli
Vercelli (Italian: Provincia di Vercelli) is a province in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Its capital is Vercelli.
As of 2001, it has an area of 2,088 km², and a total population of 176,829. There are 86 communes in the province (source: Italian institute of statistics Istat, see this link). Is famous for the cultivation of Rice
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