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The regions of Italy (Italian: regioni d'Italia) are the first-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, constituting its second NUTS administrative level. [1] There are twenty regions, five of which are autonomous regions with special status .
The provinces of Italy (Italian: province [proˈvintʃe]; sing. provincia [proˈvintʃa] ⓘ) are the second-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, on an intermediate level between a municipality and a region (regione). Since 2015, provinces have been classified as "institutional bodies of second level". [1]
The Italian geographic region, Italian physical region or Italian region is a geographical region [1] of Southern Europe delimited to the north by the mountain chains of the Alps. This subregion is composed of a peninsular and continental part and an insular part .
Italy, [a] officially the Italian Republic, [b] is a country in Southern [12] and Western Europe. [13] [c] It consists of a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. [15]
This category groups articles on the official administrative Regions of Italy. See also Category:Geographical, historical and cultural regions of Italy . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Regions of Italy .
Italy portal; This category groups articles on the geographical, historical and cultural regions of Italy, as opposed to the twenty contemporary administrative regions which are placed in Category:Regions of Italy. See also Category:Italian states. Articles on such former states which retain a contemporary resonance are likely to appear both in ...
Sardinia is the 14th most productive region in the country and is the 16th for GRP per capita among Italian regions. [142] The Sardinian economy is, however, constrained due to the high costs of the transportation of goods and electricity, which is twice that of the continental Italian regions, and triple that of the EU average.
Central Italy encompasses four of the country's 20 regions: . Lazio; Marche (the Marches); Tuscany (Toscana); Umbria; The easternmost and southernmost parts of Lazio (Cittaducale, Amatrice, Sora, Cassino, Isola del Liri, Sperlonga, Fondi, Gaeta and Formia districts, as well as the islands of Ponza and Ventotene) are sometimes connected to southern Italy (the so-called Mezzogiorno) for cultural ...