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Mandas
Comune di Mandas
Aerial view of the town of Mandas
Aerial view of the town of Mandas
Country Italy
Region Sardinia
Province South Sardinia
Area
 • Total 45.0 km2 (17.4 sq mi)
Elevation
491 m (1,611 ft)
Population
 (Dec. 2004)
 • Total 2,401
 • Density 53.36/km2 (138.19/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
09040
Dialing code 070

Mandas is a comune (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,401 and an area of 45.0 square kilometres (17.4 sq mi).

Mandas borders the following municipalities: Escolca, Gergei, Gesico, Nurri, Serri, Siurgus Donigala, Suelli.

In January 1921, D. H. Lawrence and his wife Frieda (the Queen-Bee) visited the city on their way to Sorgono. An account of their visit can be read in one of Lawrence's travel books, Sea and Sardinia (1921).

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