a province in the duchy of Piedmont, in the continental Sardinian dominions. It is a fine plain of 366 square miles, or 234,240 acres, producing abundant harvests of corn, wine, fruits, oil, and truffles, besides the best silk. The cattle are not numerous. There are no mines, but quarries of marble, slate, and rock-salt. The inhabitants amount to 150,000, living in two cities and 75 towns and villages. There is scarcely any demand for labour, but that which agriculture requires.

a city of Italy, capital of the province of the same name, in Piedmont. It is situated on the river Tanaro, between Asti and Cherasco; is the seat of a bishop, and contains, besides the cathedral, six churches and seven religious establishments for the two sexes of ecclesiastics. Pop. 8286. Long. 8. 3. E. Lat. 44. 36. N.