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Ancona
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Marche
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Ancona
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448,627
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Enzo Giancarli
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Ancona is a
Province in the
Marche region of central
Italy .
The province, with an area of 1940 sq km and a 2001 population of 448,627 in 49 west to the
Apennines , its relief becoming steadily higher and more mountainous. Its population is mostly concentrated near the coast, and the city of
Ancona , its capital, accounts for nearly a quarter of it; the other principal towns are
Castelfidardo ,
Chiaravalle ,
Fabriano ,
Falconara Marittima ,
Jesi ,
Loreto ,
Osimo , and
Senigallia .
The coastal strip of Ancona Province is given over to sandy beaches popular among Italians rather than foreigners; moving inland, the central portion is an area of rolling farmland, producing red and white wines mainly of the Sangiovese & Montepulciano and Verdicchio grape varieties; the mountain zone is densely forested, and its most famous agricultural product is the
Black Truffle , the main market for which, however, is in
Acqualagna just across the border in the province of
Pesaro E Urbino .
Famous natives of Ancona Province include the painter
Gentile Da Fabriano , born in Fabriano; composer
Gaspare Spontini , born in Maiolati, now named after him
Maiolati Spontini ;
Vito Volterra (Ancona);
Pope Leo XII (Genga, although a minority opinion holds he was born in the
Umbria n town of
Spoleto );
Pope Pius IX (Senigallia); and
Maria Montessori (Chiaravalle).
