The Province of Vibo Valentia (Italian: Provincia di Vibo Valentia) is a province in the Calabria region of Italy, set up by a national law of 6 March 1992 which came into effect on 1 January 1996, and formerly part of the Province of Catanzaro. Its capital is the city of Vibo Valentia and its vehicle licence plate code is VV.
The Province has an area of 1,139 km² (7.6% of the total surface of Calabria), and a total population of 168,894 (ISTAT 2005). There are 50 comuni (singular: comune) in the province, see Comuni of the Province of Vibo Valentia.
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