Sorgono

Sorgono is a comune in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 90 kilometres north of Cagliari and about 35 kilometres southwest of Nuoro. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,927 and an area of 56.2 square kilometres.

Sorgono borders the following municipalities: Atzara, Austis, Belvì, Neoneli, Ortueri, Samugheo, Tiana, Tonara.

The novelist D. H. Lawrence visited Sorgono in 1921 and described the town and its inhabitants in Chapter 5 of Sea and Sardinia.

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