Assemini is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 12 kilometres northwest of Cagliari in the plain of the Cixerri, Flumini Mannu and Sa Nuxedda rivers. It includes notable forest area which are part of the Sulcis Regional Park. It has also a long tradition in the production of ceramics, lasting from the Carthaginian domination.