The Province of Trieste (Italian: Provincia di Trieste, Slovene: Tržaška pokrajina) is a province in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Trieste.It has an area of 212 square kilometres (82 sq mi) and a total population of 236,520 (April 2009). It has a coastal length of 48.1 kilometres (29.9 mi).There are 6 communes in the province.