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Some data about the province of Ragusa


Population and territory

The province of Ragusa counts 299.644 inhabitants. It covers a surface of 1614.02 square kilometers, the population density therefore is 185.65 inhabitants for square kilometer.

Infrastructures
The province has no airport, the next one turns out to be that one of Catania-Fontanarossa. There are several ports for passengers and goods ad well as of armament for fishing fleets. They are no highways, there are 132 Km. of state roads, 947 Km. of provincial roads and 259 Km. of other roads, for a total of 1,338 kilometers of roads. There are also 117 Km. of single, not electrified track.

Tourism
Tourism is increasing with time, with excellence performances as for the city of Ragusa. The province counts 33 hotels for a total of 4,504 places in 2.258 rooms and other 41 exercises for a total of 4,508 places in 2.260 rooms.

Labor market
The data analisys for age and sex give account of the persistent conditions of disadvantage in matter of job for the young people. The unemployment rate regarding men turns out however to be less pronounced that one of the women. Agriculture and industry show an active balances, counterwise in the services there is a loss of job opportunities due to the block of the turnover put into effect by Public Administration.

Enterprises
A global overview of the enterprises in the province of Ragusa is reported in the following table:

Town Enterprises Independent workers Employees Total
Acate 292 356 245 601
Chiaramonte Gulfi 433 612 413 1.025
Comiso 1.648 2.074 1.351 3.425
Giarratana 182 249 327 576
Ispica 744 981 921 1.902
Modica 3.097 4.019 4.522 8.541
Monterosso Almo 139 169 57 226
Pozzallo 724 945 741 1.686
Ragusa 4.776 6.289 9.255 15.544
Santa Croce Camerina 368 490 326 816
Scicli 1.269 1.651 1.429 3.080
Vittoria 2.669 3.445 2.702 6.147
Total 16.341 21.280 22.289 43.569
Source: 2001 ISTAT census
Data: 1996 Intermediate ISTAT census Data: ISTAT 2001-1996 data comparison


Table of enterprises classified by number of employees.
Town 1 2 3 to 5 6 to 9 10 to 15 16 to 19 20 to 49 50 to 99 100 to 199 200 to 249 250 to 499 500 to 999 Total
Acate 194 48 41 5 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 292
Chiaramonte Gulfi 243 92 63 21 9 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 433
Comiso 1.053 278 219 59 25 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 1.648
Giarratana 110 30 25 10 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 182
Ispica 397 150 136 37 12 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 744
Modica 1.675 523 588 190 64 24 28 5 0 0 0 0 3.097
Monterosso Almo 99 19 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139
Pozzallo 421 135 117 27 16 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 724
Ragusa 2.622 818 803 291 140 34 48 13 5 0 1 1 4.776
Santa Croce Camerina 234 58 50 18 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 368
Scicli 753 231 211 49 14 1 6 2 2 0 0 0 1.269
Vittoria 1.624 490 392 111 28 3 14 5 2 0 0 0 2.669
Total 9.425 2.872 2.662 822 316 81 124 27 10 0 1 1 16.341
Source: 2001 ISTAT census
Data: 1996 Intermediate ISTAT census Data: ISTAT 2001-1996 data comparison