Uta (), is a ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' (municipality) in the

Metropolitan City of Cagliari The Metropolitan City of Cagliari (; Sardinian language, Sardinian: ''tzittadi metropolitana de Casteddu'') is a Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Sardinia, Italy. Its capital is the city of Cagliari and includes 17 ''comuni'' ( ...

in the

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

region of

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; ; ) is the Mediterranean islands#By area, second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the Regions of Italy, twenty regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia an ...

, located about northwest of

Cagliari Cagliari (, , ; ; ; Latin: ''Caralis'') is an Comune, Italian municipality and the capital and largest city of the island of Sardinia, an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy. It has about 146,62 ...

. It has 8,914 inhabitants. The main attraction is the Romanesque church of Santa Maria. In the area near

Monte Arcosu Monte Arcosu is a mountain in the Sulcis massif, in southern Sardinia, Italy. It has an elevation of . The mountain has a characteristically truncated cone shape, resulting from the differential erosion which followed its formation during the ...

were found also some Nuragic bronzes, in 1849. Uta borders the following municipalities:

Assemini Assemini (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northwest of Cagliari in the plain of the Cixerri, Flumini Mannu and Sa Nuxedda rivers. It has 25,577 inhabitant ...

Capoterra Capoterra (: ; from Latin , "head of the Earth") is a town and (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. It has 23,088 inhabitants. It is located on the western arm of the Golfo degli Angeli, about from Cagliari. E ...

Decimomannu Decimomannu ( or ) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari in the region of Sardinia in Italy, located about northwest of central Cagliari. It has 8,355 inhabitants. History Decimomannu's origins date back at least to Ro ...

Siliqua The siliqua (. siliquas or siliquae) is the modern namegiven without any ancient evidence to confirm the designationto small, thin, Roman silver coins produced in the 4th century and later. When the coins were in circulation, the Latin word wa ...

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