Province of Trieste

Regional decentralization entity of Trieste
Province
Piazza Vittorio Veneto in Trieste, housing the provincial seat in the palace at left
Coat of arms
Map highlighting the location of the province of Trieste in Italy
Country	Italy
Region	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Established	1920
Disestablished	30 September 2017
Capital(s)	Trieste
Comuni	6
Government
• President	Paolo Viola
Area
• Total	212 km2 (82 sq mi)
Population  (30 June 2016)
• Total	234,668
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
GDP [1]
• Total	€7.886 billion (2015)
• Per capita	€33,490 (2015)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	34121-34151 (Trieste); 34010-34018 (surroundings)
Telephone prefix	040
ISO 3166 code	IT-TS
Vehicle registration	TS
ISTAT	032

The province of Trieste (Italian: provincia di Trieste)^[2] is a province in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. Its capital was the city of Trieste. It had an area of 212 square kilometres (82 sq mi) and it had a total population of 234,668 (as of June 2016). It had a coastal length of 48.1 kilometres (29.9 mi). Abolished in 2017, it was reestablished in 2019 as the regional decentralization entity of Trieste (Italian: ente di decentramento regionale di Trieste; Slovene: enota deželne decentralizacije Trst; Friulian: ent di decentrament regjonâl di Triest), and was reactivated on 1 July 2020.^[3]

The province contains 6 comuni (sg.: comune).