ASTI, a province of the duchy of Piedmont, in the
continental dominions of the king of Sardinia. It is bounded on the north-east and east by Alessandria, on the south-east by Aquil, on the south-west by Alba, and on the west and north-west by Turin. It extends over 400 square miles, or 256,000 acres. It is a plain, with gentle undulations, watered by the Tanaro and the Po; fruitful in all the productions of Italy, but more especially in corn, wine, and silk. It contains one city and 109 towns and villages, inhabited by 110,623 persons.