Apulia

Apulia

'**Puglia'**
Apulia 'Puglia'
Region of Italy
	Flag of Apulia Flag Coat of arms of Apulia Coat of arms
	Anthem: O bella Puglia
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Country	Italy
Capital	Bari
Government
• President	Michele Emiliano
Area
• Total	19,450.90 km2 (7,510.03 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2015)
• Total	4,077,166
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Demonym	Pugliese (English: Apulian)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
GDP/ Nominal	€68.9 billion (2006)
NUTS Region	ITF
Website	www.regione.puglia.it

(Italian: Puglia; Albanian: Pulia; Ancient Greek: Ἀπουλία) is one of the twenty regions of Italy, in southern Italy on the Adriatic Sea. The capital is Bari.

Its southernmost portion, known as Salento peninsula, has the shape of a high heel on the "boot" of Italy.

Geography[change]

Apulia is in Southern Italy. It has an area of 19,450.90 km² (7,510 sq mi).^[2] There are 4,077,166 people living in the region, for a density of 209.6.^[1]

The region is bordered by Molise to the northwest, Campania to the west, Basilicata to the southwest, the Strait of Otranto and the Ionian Sea to the southeast, the Gulf of Taranto to the south, and the Adriatic Sea to north and to the east.

Provinces[change]

The region is divided into six provinces:

File:Apulia Provinces.png

Province	Abbreviation	Area (km²)	Population^[1]	Density (inh./km²)	Comuni
Bari	BA	3,862.88	1,263,820	327.2	41
Barletta-Andria-Trani	BT	1,542.95	393,534	255.1	10
Brindisi	BR	1,861.12	398,661	214.2	20
Foggia	FG	7,007.54	630,851	90.0	61
Lecce	LE	2,799.07	804,239	287.3	97
Taranto	TA	2,467.35	586,061	237.5	29

Provinces[change]

Castel del Monte in Andria, symbol of the region

Castel del Monte in Andria, symbol of the region
Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari

Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari
The medieval town of Ostuni

The medieval town of Ostuni

References[change]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT" (in italiano). Demo.istat.it. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
↑ "'Puglia" (in italiano). Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

Other websites[change]

Official website (in Italian)
Environmental League Puglia Archived 2019-10-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)

[pop-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT" (in italiano). Demo.istat.it. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

[area-2] "'Puglia" (in italiano). Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

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