Nuragus

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Nuragus

Total population

1,025

Elevation359 m

Land area19.9 km²

Coordinates39.78°, 9.04°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Nuragus is a small town, in administrative terms a comune (municipality), in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari in the Italian autonomous region of Sardinia, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of the local capital Cagliari.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Giovanni Lilliu

Italian archeologist, academician, politician (1914-2012)

Ignatius of Laconi

Sardinian saint

A

Alfredo Madau

Nicola da Gesturi

Italian religious (1882-1958)

Raffaele Melis

Italian presbyter (1886-1943)

V

Vanni Lòriga

Italian writer and journalist

Valentino Martelli

Italian politician

A

Antonio Loi

Italian footballer

Pietro Mura

poet (1901-1966)

Duilio Casula

F

Francesco Mulargia

Italian geophysicist (born 1951)

S

Silverio Zedda

A

Antonio Melis

Italian Xaverian missionary (1953-)

G

Giuseppe Corongiu

Sardinian senior civil servant, journalist, writer, scholar and activist

S

Sandro Ghiani

Italian librarian (born 1953)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Sardinia

• Crastu
  2.4 mi away · pop. 72
• Nuradda/Nurallao
  2.5 mi away · pop. 1,431
• Gèsturi/Gesturi
  3.1 mi away · pop. 1,430
• Ìsili/Isili
  4.5 mi away · pop. 3,030
• Nureci
  4.7 mi away · pop. 393
• Barùmini/Barumini
  5.5 mi away · pop. 1,413
• Tuili
  6 mi away · pop. 1,185
• Giauni/Genuri
  6.5 mi away · pop. 386
• Assolu/Assolo
  6.8 mi away · pop. 485
• Is Pratzas/Las Plassas
  7.2 mi away · pop. 269
• Sini
  7.3 mi away · pop. 597
• Turri
  8.1 mi away · pop. 533

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Recently spotted species

Domestic Horse

Equus caballus

Seen 2026-09-21

Mediterranean Mantis

Iris oratoria

Seen 2026-09-21

Flat-headed Root-borer

Capnodis tenebrionis

Seen 2026-09-21

Viperine Snake

Natrix maura

Seen 2026-09-21

Spotted Flycatcher

Muscicapa striata

Seen 2026-09-04

Armadillo officinalis

Armadillo officinalis

Seen 2026-09-03

European Bee-eater

Merops apiaster

Seen 2026-09-02

Green Whip Snake

Hierophis viridiflavus

Seen 2026-08-31

Asilus barbarus

Asilus barbarus

Seen 2026-08-27

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

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