Meilogu is a geographical,
cultural
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and
natural region
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From the ecology, ecological point of view, the naturally occurring fl ...
located in the northern part of Sardinia, in the
province of Sassari
The province of Sassari ( it, provincia di Sassari, sc, provìntzia de Tàtari, sdc, prubìnzia di Sàssari, ca, província de Sàsser, french: province de Sassari, co, pruvincia di Sassari) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sa ...
, which can be considered a sub-region of
Logudoro
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The first denomination of the area is ...
.
It borders to the north with the Sardinian sub-regions of Sassarese, to the east of
Montacuto, to the south of the
Goceano
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It covers a surface of 480 km2 and has a population of 13,000 inhabitants (27 inhabitants/km2). It is located inside the Province ...
and
Marghine and to the west of the
Planargia.
Bonorva
Bonorva ( sc, Bonòlva) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia
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is the main municipality in the territory.
Morphology
The territory of Meilogu is mainly volcanic and the
cinder cone
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s make it unique in the context of a geologically ancient land, so much so that the
Italian
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soldier
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Etymology
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and
naturalist Alberto La Marmora
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had called it ''Sardinian
Auvergne
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''.
[''Crateri vulcanici del Meilogu'']
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Its soils are therefore among the most fertile of the island
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.
References
Bibliography
* G. Deriu, ''L'insediamento umano medioevale nella curatoria di "Costa de Addes"'' (Comuni di Bonorva e Semestene), Sassari, Magnum, 2000
* S. Ginesu, ''I vulcani del Logudoro-Mejlogu'', Sassari, 1992.
* Alberto La Marmora, ''Itinéraire de l'ile de Sardaigne'', Turin, 1860.
* Alberto La Marmora, ''Voyage en Sardaigne'' ou Description statistique, physique et politique de cette ile, avec des recherches sur ses productions naturelles, et ses antiquités. Bertrand, Paris, Bocca, Turin, 1826.
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