Lanusei

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Lanusei

Total population

5,841

Elevation595 m

Land area53.17 km²

Coordinates39.88°, 9.54°

Demographic figures from ISTAT. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Lanusei is a town and comune (municipality) which along with Tortolì is a co-capital of the Province of Ogliastra in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) northeast of Cagliari and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southwest of Tortolì. It has 4,881 inhabitants.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Lanusei

Il villaggio nuragico di Lanusei

Angelino Usai · 1970

Notizie e considerazioni sull'Archivio notarile dei distretti riuniti di Cagliari e Lanusei

Tomaso Lixi · 1903

Logos peri tes Sardous

Raimondo Zucca · 2004

L'opera salesiana in Sardegna ...

Angelino Usaì · 1973

Chiese e arte sacra in Sardegna

Antioco Piseddu · 1998

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Indian fig opuntia

Opuntia ficus-indica

Seen 2026-09-04

Mediterranean Shag

Gulosus aristotelis desmarestii

Seen 2026-08-27

Scarlet Sesbane

Sesbania punicea

Seen 2026-08-27

Moorish Gecko

Tarentola mauritanica

Seen 2026-08-15

Egyptian Bird Grasshopper

Anacridium aegyptium

Seen 2026-08-15

Sceliphron spirifex

Sceliphron spirifex

Seen 2026-08-13

Eurasian Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla

Seen 2026-08-12

Five-spotted Velvet Ant

Mutilla quinquemaculata

Seen 2026-08-08

Blue Myrtle-cactus

Myrtillocactus geometrizans

Seen 2026-08-07

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers