LATINA

city, capital of Latina provincia, Lazio (Latium) regione, south-central Italy, 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Rome. Built in 1932 as the first centre of the newly reclaimed Agro Pontino (see Pontine Marshes), it became the provincial capital when Latina province was formed from Roma province in 1934. Both the town and the province were known as Littoria until 1947. Latina has a beet-sugar refinery, a fruit and vegetable cannery, and glass factories. There is a nuclear-power station nearby. Pop. (1989 est.) mun., 100,663; province, 470,784.