# Canale Monterano > Italian comune **Wikidata**: [Q241922](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q241922) **Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canale_Monterano) **Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/canale-monterano ## Summary Canale Monterano is an Italian comune (municipality) located in the territory of the former Province of Rome and in the Metropolitan City of Rome, within the country of Italy. It is identified on maps at coordinates 42.133333333333° N, 12.1° E and maintains an official municipal website at http://www.comune.canalemonterano.rm.it. ## Key Facts - Classification: Canale Monterano is an Italian comune (municipality). - Location (administrative): Located in the former Province of Rome (a province in the Lazio region of Italy). - Location (administrative): Located in the Metropolitan City of Rome, an Italian metropolitan city whose inception is 2015-01-01. - Country: Canale Monterano is in Italy (the Italian Republic). - Coordinates: Latitude 42.133333333333, Longitude 12.1. - Official website: http://www.comune.canalemonterano.rm.it - Population property values (as provided): 4169.0, 4165.0, 4169.0. - Related settlement: Contains the human settlement Montevirginio (a locality of Canale Monterano). - Wikidata / Wikipedia identifiers: Wikipedia title "Canale Monterano"; Wikidata description "Italian comune"; sitelink_count: 55. - Montevirginio facts: Montevirginio is a human settlement in Canale Monterano, in the country Italy, with sitelink_count: 8. - Province of Rome facts: The Province of Rome is described as a former province in the Lazio region of Italy, with inception date 1870-10-15 and sitelink_count: 68. - Metropolitan City of Rome facts: The Metropolitan City of Rome is an Italian metropolitan city with inception date 2015-01-01 and sitelink_count: 51. - Related concept: Canale Monterano is an instance of "comune of Italy" (municipal divisions of Italy), which is a country-level administrative division in Italy. ## FAQs Q: What is Canale Monterano? A: Canale Monterano is an Italian comune (municipality) located within the area administratively associated with the former Province of Rome and the Metropolitan City of Rome, in the country of Italy. Q: Where exactly is Canale Monterano located? A: The municipal coordinates are 42.133333333333° N latitude and 12.1° E longitude. Administratively it sits within the former Province of Rome (Lazio region) and the Metropolitan City of Rome. Q: How can I find official information about Canale Monterano online? A: The official municipal website is http://www.comune.canalemonterano.rm.it. Q: What is the population of Canale Monterano? A: Population values provided in the dataset are 4169.0, 4165.0, and 4169.0 (no specific years given in the source material). Q: Does Canale Monterano include smaller settlements? A: Yes. The human settlement Montevirginio is a locality within Canale Monterano. Q: How is Canale Monterano represented in linked-data and encyclopedias? A: Its Wikipedia title is "Canale Monterano", it has a Wikidata description "Italian comune", and the dataset lists a sitelink_count of 55 for the municipality. Q: What higher-level administrative entities is Canale Monterano associated with? A: It is associated with the former Province of Rome (inception 1870-10-15) and the Metropolitan City of Rome (inception 2015-01-01), both within the country of Italy. ## Why It Matters Canale Monterano matters as a basic unit of local government and community identity within Italy’s administrative system. As a comune it provides municipal governance, local services, and a territorial identity for residents and subordinate settlements such as Montevirginio. Its placement within the administrative evolution from the historic Province of Rome to the Metropolitan City of Rome situates it in the wider process of regional and metropolitan reorganization in Lazio and the Italian public administration. The available municipal website and its representation in knowledge graphs (Wikipedia, Wikidata with a sitelink_count of 55) make Canale Monterano discoverable for civic information, tourism planning, demographic research, and digital mapping. ## Notable For - Being an Italian comune identified on major public knowledge platforms under the Wikipedia title "Canale Monterano" and the Wikidata description "Italian comune". - Its geographic coordinates: 42.133333333333° N, 12.1° E—useful for mapping and navigation. - Holding an official municipal website at http://www.comune.canalemonterano.rm.it for local governance information. - Administrative placement within both the former Province of Rome (established 1870-10-15) and the Metropolitan City of Rome (established 2015-01-01). - Hosting the locality Montevirginio, which is recorded as a human settlement within the comune. - Presence in structured data ecosystems (sitelink_count 55), indicating broad interlanguage and cross-database representation. ## Body ### Administrative status and relationships - Canale Monterano is formally classified as a comune of Italy, the standard municipal division used across the Italian Republic. - It is located within the geographical and administrative space historically associated with the Province of Rome. The Province of Rome is described in the source as a former province in the Lazio region of Italy; that province has an inception date recorded as 1870-10-15T00:00:00Z and a sitelink_count of 68. - Administratively Canale Monterano is also located in the Metropolitan City of Rome. The Metropolitan City of Rome is explicitly identified as an Italian metropolitan city with an inception date of 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z and a sitelink_count of 51. - The country for all these administrative layers is Italy (the Italian Republic). ### Identifiers and online presence - Official municipal website: http://www.comune.canalemonterano.rm.it. This URL is provided as the primary online municipal resource. - Wikipedia and Wikidata representation: The municipality’s designated Wikipedia title is "Canale Monterano" and its Wikidata description is "Italian comune". - Sitelink presence: The Canale Monterano item shows a sitelink_count of 55 in the source dataset, indicating the number of interlanguage or external links associated with the topic in linked-data resources. ### Geography and mapping - Canonical coordinates for geolocation: latitude 42.133333333333 and longitude 12.1. These coordinates position the comune within central Italy and are suitable for use in mapping and GPS applications. ### Population and demographic data - Population entries provided in the source are three numeric values: 4169.0, 4165.0, and 4169.0. The source does not attach explicit years to these numbers; they are recorded as population property values in the structured dataset. ### Subdivisions and settlements - Montevirginio: The source lists Montevirginio as a human settlement in Canale Monterano. Montevirginio’s metadata in the source includes its country (Italy) and a sitelink_count of 8. ### Context within Italy - Canale Monterano is part of the national structure of Italy. The source describes Italy as a country in southern Europe, officially the Italian Republic, and provides extended national-level context that frames the municipality’s national environment, including: - Italy’s classification as a sovereign state and parliamentary republic with capital Rome. - Inception dates for Italy’s modern constitutional republic (1946-06-18) and the Kingdom of Italy (1861-03-17) as noted in the source. - National-level identifiers, infrastructure and services that apply to municipalities within Italy (for example, country code +39, use of the euro currency since 2002, official language Italian). (These Italy-wide facts are provided in the source as contextual national data relevant to Canale Monterano’s country-level setting.) - The source includes extensive Italy-wide data (area, population, administrative divisions, memberships in international organizations, and cultural details). These national facts situate Canale Monterano within Italy’s legal, cultural, and infrastructural framework. ### Data provenance and linked-data metrics - The source assigns specific structured properties to Canale Monterano: website (http://www.comune.canalemonterano.rm.it), population values (4169.0; 4165.0; 4169.0), coordinates (42.133333333333, 12.1), sitelink_count (55), wikipedia_title (Canale Monterano), and wikidata_description (Italian comune). - Related entities in the dataset are explicitly linked: Province of Rome (former province; inception 1870-10-15), Metropolitan City of Rome (inception 2015-01-01), Italy (country), Montevirginio (locality), and the general concept "comune of Italy" (municipal division). ### Related administrative concepts - Comune of Italy: The source identifies "comune of Italy" as the municipal division type applicable to Canale Monterano; the broader concept is described as the municipal divisions of Italy with country associations Q38 and and a sitelink_count of 60. This establishes the legal and administrative category to which Canale Monterano belongs. ### Practical usage of the data - The coordinate pair and official website support mapping, travel planning, and accessing municipal services online. - The population values provide a baseline numeric reference for scale and local planning, subject to clarification when year-stamped data become available. - Links to structured-data identifiers (Wikidata/Wikipedia and sitelink counts) indicate the municipality’s integration into multilingual and machine-readable knowledge bases. ### Notes and limitations - Population values are included exactly as provided in the source but are not accompanied by year labels or provenance beyond the dataset listing. - The source does not provide a founding date, historical narrative specific to Canale Monterano, economic statistics for the comune, or municipal leadership names; such details are outside the provided material and therefore not asserted here. ### Summary of connected entities (explicit in the source) - Province of Rome: former province in the Lazio region of Italy; inception 1870-10-15; country Q38; sitelink_count 68. - Metropolitan City of Rome: Italian metropolitan city; inception 2015-01-01; country Q38; sitelink_count 51. - Italy: country in southern Europe; extensive national data provided in the source including inception dates, capital (Rome), and many national-level statistics and memberships. - Montevirginio: human settlement in Canale Monterano; country Q38; sitelink_count 8. - Comune of Italy: municipal divisions of Italy; country Q38, ; sitelink_count 60. (End of entry.) ## References 1. Indice alfabetico di tutti i luoghi dello Stato Pontificio 2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013 3. Italian National Institute of Statistics 4. [Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018. Italian National Institute of Statistics](http://demo.istat.it/pop2018/index3.html) 5. [Source](https://demo.istat.it/?l=it) 6. [Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011. Italian National Institute of Statistics](https://www.istat.it/it/archivio/156224) 7. Wiki Loves Monuments Italia 8. Seismic classification in Italy 9. [Source](https://rischi.protezionecivile.gov.it/it/sismico/attivita/classificazione-sismica)