Province of Olbia-Tempio

The province of Olbia-Tempio (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) was a province in the autonomous region of Sardinia, Italy. It had two provincial capitals, Olbia (58,723 inhabitants) and Tempio Pausania (14,342 inhabitants).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="tuttitalia"/> As of 2015, the province had a total population of 159,950 inhabitants and covered an area of Template:Convert, so had a population density of 46.96 inhabitants per square kilometer. The province contained 26 comuni (Template:Singular: comune).<ref name="tuttitalia">Template:Cite web</ref>

The largest comuni in the province were Olbia (population of 45,366 as of 2001), Tempio Pausania (13,992 as of 2001), Arzachena (12,080 as of 2001) and La Maddalena (11,369 as of 2001).<ref name="tuttitalia"/> The former province of Olbia-Tempio was formed by a 2001 regional law that became effective in 2005.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ital">Template:Cite web</ref> It contained a section of historic Gallura and was bordered by the provinces of Nuoro and Sassari.<ref name="ital"/>

On 6 May 2012 the regional referendums of Sardinia took place regarding the abolition of certain provinces and a variety of other matters. The suggestion of reforming or abolishing certain provinces in Sardinia was approved by the Regional Council of Sardinia on 24 May 2012.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Due to this, the former province of Olbia-Tempio was ordered to form a new administrative body or be abolished on 1 March 2013, but this expiry date for constitutional changes was extended to 1 July 2013.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Olbia-Tempio was suppressed as a province by the 2016 Regional Decree.

In April 2021, under Sardinian Regional Council's Regional Law Nr. 7,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the province was restored now under the name of Province of Gallura North-East Sardinia (Provincia della Gallura Nord-Est Sardegna).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Whilst the Italian government challenged the law,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> thus stalling its implementation,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> on March 12, 2022, the Constitutional Court ruled in favor of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On April 13, 2023, the regional council, at the proposal of the regional government, approved an amendment to the 2021 reform, defining the timeframe and manner of its implementation, which would see its full implementation in 2025.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Government

List of presidents of the province of Olbia-Tempio

	President	Term start	Term end	Party
Template:White	Anna Pietrina Murrighile	9 May 2005	31 May 2010	Sardinia Project Democratic Party
Template:White	Fedele Sanciu	31 May 2010	1 July 2013	The People of Freedom
–	Francesco Pirari	1 July 2013	30 April 2014	Special Commissioner
–	Giovanni Antonio Carta	30 April 2014	20 April 2016	Special Commissioner

Provincial elections

Olbia-Tempio Provincial Election Results June 2010
	Name	Party	1st Preference Votes	%
Template:Party color cell	Fedele Sanciu	PdL	38,156	53.2
Template:Party color cell	Gesuino Giovanni Giuliano Achenza	PD	28,240	39.3