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Monte Argentario is a comune (municipality) and a peninsula belonging to the Province of Grosseto in the Italian (Italy) region Tuscany, located about 150 km south of Florence and about 35 km south of Grosseto. The peninsula is connected with the mainland by three dams which form two lagoons, the Laguna di Ponente on the west side and the Laguna di Levante on the east side of the middle dam.
The two main villages on Monte Argentario are Porto Santo Stefano, facing north, and Porto Ercole facing south.
The panoramic road Strada panoramica starts in Porto Santo Stefano allowing splendid views of the coast and the Tuscan Archipelago.
Monte Argentario borders the comune of Orbetello, which is located on the middle dam between the two lagoons.
Official Name: Comune di Monte Argentario
Image Skyline: Porto Santo Stefano 001.jpg
Latd: 42 latm = 26 lats = latNS = N
Longd: 11 longm = 7 longs = longEW = E
Coordinates Type: type:city(12,937)_region:IT
Coordinates Display: title
Region: Tuscany
Province: Grosseto (Province of Grosseto) (GR)
Frazioni: Cala Moresca, Cala Piccola, Carrubo, Porto Santo Stefano, Porto Ercole, Pozzarello, Santa Liberata, Sbarcatello, Terrarossa
Mayor: Nazzareno Alocci (since June 2004)
Area Total Km2: 60.3
Population Total: 12990
Population As Of: 2008
Population Demonym: Santostefanesi
Elevation M: 5
Saint: Sts. Erasmus (Erasmus of Formiae) and Stephen (St. Stephen)
Day: June 2
Postal Code: 58019
Area Code: 0564
Website: www.comunemonteargentario.it/}}
Footnotes: ''Isola Rossa'', seen from the ''strada panoramica''. (Image:Monte Argentario Isola Rossa.jpgthumb)