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{{Short description|Province of Italy}}
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| name                    = Province of Ascoli Piceno
| native_name             = {{native name|it|Provincia di Ascoli Piceno}}
| native_name_lang        = it<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "it" for Italian -->
| settlement_type         = [[Provinces of Italy|Province]]
| image_skyline           = 544AscoliPPrefettura.JPG
| image_alt               =
| image_caption           = Palazzo del Governo, the provincial seat
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| image_shield            = Provincia di Ascoli Piceno-Stemma.svg
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| image_map               = Ascoli Piceno in Italy.svg
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| map_caption             =  Map highlighting the location of the province of Ascoli Piceno in Italy
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = {{flag|Italy}}
| subdivision_type1       = Region
| subdivision_name1       = [[Marche]]
| established_title       =
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| seat_type               = Capital(s)
| seat                    = [[Ascoli Piceno]]
| parts_type              = ''[[Comune|Comuni]]''
| parts_style             = para
| p1                      = 33
| government_footnotes    =
| leader_party            =
| leader_title            = President
| leader_name             = Sergio  Loggi
| unit_pref               = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->
| area_footnotes          =
| area_total_km2          = 1228
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| population_footnotes    =
| population_total        = 201,462<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tuttitalia.it/marche/provincia-di-ascoli-piceno/|title=Provincia di Ascoli Piceno|publisher=tuttitalia.it|access-date=March 7, 2024|language=it}}</ref>
| population_as_of        = 1 January 2023
| population_density_km2  = auto
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| demographics_type2 = GDP
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name=":0">[http://stats.oecd.org/ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3)], OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.</ref>
| demographics2_title1 = Total
| demographics2_info1 = €5.181 billion (2015)
| demographics2_title2 = Per capita
| demographics2_info2 = €24,593 (2015)
| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1             = +1
| timezone1_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
| postal_code_type        = Postal code
| postal_code             = 63100, 63074
| area_code_type          = Telephone prefix
| area_code               = 0736, 0735
| iso_code                =
| registration_plate      = [[Italian car number plates|AP]]
| blank_name_sec1         = [[Istituto Nazionale di Statistica|ISTAT]]
| blank_info_sec1         = 044
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The '''province of Ascoli Piceno''' ({{langx|it|provincia di Ascoli Piceno}}) is a [[Provinces of Italy|province]] in the [[Marche]] region of [[Italy]]. Its capital is the city of [[Ascoli Piceno]], and the province is bordered by the [[Adriatic Sea]] to the east, the [[province of Fermo]] to the north, and it faces the regions of [[Umbria]] and [[Abruzzo]] to the south. The province contains 33 ''[[comuni]]'' ({{singular}}: ''[[comune]]'').<ref name="02domenico">{{cite book|author=Roy Palmer Domenico|title=The Regions of Italy: A Reference Guide to History and Culture|url=https://archive.org/details/regionsitalyrefe00dome|url-access=limited|year=2002|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-30733-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/regionsitalyrefe00dome/page/n228 213]}}</ref> The population of the province is mostly located in coastal areas and in the city of [[San Benedetto del Tronto]], which has a population of 47,075; the province has a total population of 201,462 as of 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tuttitalia.it/marche/provincia-di-ascoli-piceno/25-comuni/popolazione/|title=Comuni in prov. di Ascoli Piceno per popolazione|publisher=tuttitalia.it|access-date=March 7, 2024|language=it}}</ref>
The first settlers of the province were located on the banks of River [[Tronto]] by the [[Picentes]] tribe. It was later conquered by the Romans and became known as Asculum Picenum by 268 BCE.<ref name="02domenico"/> From 91-88 BCE the Picentes revolted against the Romans and attempted to re-claim the land, but Gnaeus [[Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo|Pompeius Strabo]] besieged and sacked the city. The town of Ascoli Piceno managed to revive, but after the collapse of the [[Western Roman Empire]], it was conquered many times. King of the [[Ostrogoths]] [[Totila]] invaded the town in 545. Ascoli Piceno was then under strong control from the church and was made free in 1185, but the bishop declared it under his control in 1212.<ref name="02domenico"/>
[[Image:Ascoli mappa.png|thumb|450px|Map of the provincial territory]]
== See also ==
* [[Monte Ascensione]]
* [[Riviera delle Palme (Marche)|Riviera delle Palme]]
==References==
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==External links==
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{{Wikivoyage|Ascoli Piceno (province)}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170605190138/http://provincia.ap.it/ Official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110505051853/http://www.picenos.com/en/ Wines and recipes from Ascoli Piceno]
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