Ottana

Ottana
Country	Italy
region	Sardinia
province	Nuoro  (NU)
Local name	Otzana
Coordinates	40 ° 14 '  N , 9 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 14 '0 "  N , 9 ° 2' 0"  E
height	185  m slm
surface	45.16 km²
Residents	2,254 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	50 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	08020
prefix	0784
ISTAT number	091070
Popular name	Ottanesi
Patron saint	San Nicola

Ottana is a place in the province of Nuoro in the Italian region of Sardinia with 2254 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). Ottana is south of the SS131 expressway approximately 30 km west of Nuoro .

Ottana used to be the center of pasture farming and was known for archaic customs. The black trachyte church of San Nicola is the only single-nave cathedral in Sardinia. It was built in the first half of the 12th century on the ruins of a Byzantine church. Ottana was the seat of a bishopric until 1503.

During the Second World War, there was a military airfield near Ottana ( ⊙ ).

The neighboring municipalities are: Bolotana , Noragugume , Olzai , Orani , Sarule and Sedilo ( OR ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.