Editing Sardinia (section)

=== Administrative divisions ===
Since 2016, Sardinia is divided into four provinces<ref>{{cite web
|title=Legge regionale approvata il 27 gennaio 2016
|url=http://consiglio.regione.sardegna.it/XVLegislatura/Leggi%20approvate/lr2016-02.asp
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160228094221/http://consiglio.regione.sardegna.it/XVLegislatura/Leggi%20approvate/lr2016-02.asp
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=28 February 2016
|publisher=Consiglio regionale della Sardegna
|access-date=15 October 2017
}}</ref> ([[Province of Nuoro|Nuoro]], [[Province of Oristano|Oristano]], [[Province of Sassari|Sassari]], [[Province of South Sardinia|South Sardinia]]) and the [[Metropolitan cities of Italy|metropolitan city]] of [[Cagliari]].

{| class="wikitable centered"
|-
! style="background:#ccf;"|Province
! style="background:#ccf;"|Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
! style="background:#ccf;"|Population
! style="background:#ccf;"|Density (inh./km<sup>2</sup>)
|-
| [[Metropolitan City of Cagliari|Cagliari (metropolitan city)]]
| 1,248
| 431,568
| 345.8
|-
| [[Province of Nuoro]]
| 5,786
| 213,206
| 36.8
|-
| [[Province of Oristano]]
| 3,034
| 160,864
| 53.0

|-
| [[Province of Sassari]]
| 7,692
| 494,388
| 64.2
|-
| [[Province of South Sardinia]]
| 6,339
| 358,229
| 56.5
|-
|}
In April 2021, under Sardinian Regional Council's Regional Law Nr. 7,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Legge regionale 12 aprile 2021, n. 7 |trans-title=Regional law 7 of April 12, 2021 |url=http://www.regione.sardegna.it/documenti/1_422_20210419102943.pdf |website=Region of Sardinia |language=it}}</ref> Sardinian administrative divisions were reorganized; the former provinces of Olbia-Tempio (now bearing the name Gallura-North East Sardinia), Ogliastra, Medio Campidano and Carbonia-Iglesias (now bearing the name Sulcis Iglesiente) were restored, the metropolitan city of Cagliari would be expanded with other municipalities from the to-be eliminated Province of South Sardinia, and the western part of the Province of Sassari would be reorganized into the new metropolitan city of Sassari.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cenni storici - Province |url=https://www.sardegnaautonomie.it/cenni-storici-province |website=Autonomous Region of Sardinia |language=it}}</ref> Whilst the Italian government challenged the law,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leggi impugnate dal Governo |url=https://www.consregsardegna.it/xvilegislatura/attivita/attivita-legislativa/leggi/leggi-impugnate-dal-governo/ |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Consiglio regionale della Sardegna |language=it-IT}}</ref> thus stalling its implementation,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Politica, nuove Province in alto mare: irrisolto il nodo referendum |url=https://www.lanuovasardegna.it/regione/2021/12/01/news/nuove-province-in-alto-mare-irrisolto-il-nodo-referendum-1.40985443 |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=La Nuova Sardegna |language=it}}</ref> on 12 March 2022, the Constitutional Court ruled in favor of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Madeddu |first=Davide |date=2022-03-12 |title=Sardegna, la Consulta salva la riforma delle Province |url=https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/sardegna-consulta-salva-riforma-province-AEkGfhJB?refresh_ce=1 |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Il Sole 24 ORE |language=it}}</ref> On 13 April 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 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-12 |title=Altre 5 Province in Sardegna, iter nel collegato al bilancio - Notizie - Ansa.it |url=https://www.ansa.it/sardegna/notizie/2023/04/12/altre-5-province-in-sardegna-iter-nel-collegato-al-bilancio_f6308759-d400-4df8-aae0-173f9af315bf.html |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Agenzia ANSA |language=it}}</ref>