Province of Fiume

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Province of Fiume Province of Carnaro Provincia di Fiume (Italian) Provincia del Carnaro (Italian)
Province of the Kingdom of Italy
1924–1947
Flag Coat of arms
Location of the province of Fiume in the Kingdom of Italy
Capital	Fiume
Area
• Coordinates	45°20′N 14°26′E / 45.333°N 14.433°E / 45.333; 14.433
• 1938	1,121.29 km2 (432.93 sq mi)
Population
• 1938	109,018
Government
Prefect
• 1924	Gaetano Giardino (first)
• 1943–1945	Alessandro Spalatin (last)
Historical era	Interbellum · World War II
• Established	22 February 1924
• Invasion of Yugoslavia	6–17 April 1941
• OZAK formed	10 September 1943
• Paris Peace Treaty	10 February 1947
Preceded by Succeeded by Free State of Fiume Kingdom of Yugoslavia Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Today part of	Croatia Slovenia

The Province of Fiume (or Province of Carnaro) was a province of the Kingdom of Italy from 1924 to 1943, then under control of the Italian Social Republic and German Wehrmacht from 1943 to 1945. Its capital was the city of Fiume. It took the other name after the Gulf of Carnaro (Golfo del Carnaro).

The province was divided into 13 municipalities and in 1938 had an area of 1,121.29 km² (432.93 sq mi) with a population of 109,018 inhabitants and a population density of 109 inhabitants per square kilometre (280/sq mi).^[1]