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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. Under the Constitution of Italy, each region is an autonomous entity with defined powers.
Website. www.regione.toscana.it. Tuscany (/ ˈtʌskəni / TUSK-ə-nee; Italian: Toscana, Italian: [tosˈkaːna]) is a region in central Italy with an area of about 23,000 square kilometres (8,900 square miles) and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (Firenze).
Apulia (/ ə ˈ p uː l i ə / ə-POO-lee-ə), also known by its Italian name Puglia (Italian:), [3] [a] is a region of Italy, located in the southern peninsular section of the country, bordering the Adriatic Sea to the east, the Strait of Otranto and Ionian Sea to the southeast and the Gulf of Taranto to the south. The region comprises 19,345 ...
Italy (geographical region) 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.
It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the northwest. Piedmont also borders Switzerland to the north and France to the west. Piedmont has an area of 25,402 km 2 (9,808 sq mi), making it the second-largest region of Italy after Sicily. As of 31 January 2021 ...
Italy. (2024) [ 1 ] (8.1% of Italy) Sicily (Italian: Sicilia, pronounced [siˈtʃiːlja] ⓘ; Sicilian: Sicilia, pronounced [sɪˈ (t)ʃiːlja] ⓘ, officially Regione Siciliana) is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.
The total area of Italy is 301,230 km 2 (116,310 sq mi), of which 294,020 km 2 (113,520 sq mi) is land and 7,210 km 2 (2,784 sq mi) is water. It lies between latitudes 35° and 47° N, and longitudes 6° and 19° E. Italy borders Switzerland (698 km or 434 mi), France (476 km or 296 mi), Austria (404 km or 251 mi) and Slovenia (218 km or 135 mi).
Northern Italy (Italian: Italia settentrionale, Nord Italia, Alta Italia) is a geographical and cultural region in the northern part of Italy. [3] [4] The Italian National Institute of Statistics defines the region as encompassing the four northwestern regions of Piedmont, Aosta Valley, Liguria and Lombardy in addition to the four northeastern regions of Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto, Friuli ...