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The Regional Council of Calabria was originally composed of 40 regional councillors. The number of regional councillors increased to 42 in the 1995 regional election, to 43 in the 2000 regional election and finally to 50 in the 2005 regional election.
Starting in the third century BC, the name Calabria was given to the Adriatic coast of the Salento peninsula in modern Apulia. [7] In the late first century BC this name came to extend to the entirety of the Salento, when the Roman emperor Augustus divided Italy into regions and modern Calabria was known as Regio III Lucania et Bruttii. [56]
The Politics of Calabria, Italy takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Government is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Regional Council.
The province of Cosenza (Italian: provincia di Cosenza) is a province in the Calabria region of Italy.Its capital is the city of Cosenza.It contains 150 comuni (sg.: comune), listed at list of comuni of the province of Cosenza.
Reggio Calabria, served by air from the Reggio Calabria Airport (IATA: REG, ICAO: LICR) also known as Aeroporto dello Stretto or Tito Minniti Airport, is located a few kilometres south of Reggio. The airport has been at the center of polemics about its financial loss, risking to be closed. [ 64 ]
Belmonte was founded in about 1270, under the reign of King Charles I of Anjou, with the construction of a castle in the territory of Amantea by Drogone di Beaumont, the marshal responsible for new fortification in Calabria, in order to provide resistance against partisans fighting for the claimant Conradin of Hohenstaufen.
The province of Catanzaro (Italian: provincia di Catanzaro; Catanzarese: pruvincia e Catanzaru) is a province of the Calabria region of Italy. The city Catanzaro is both capital of the province and capital of the region of Calabria. The province contains 80 comuni (sg.: comune). Its provincial president is Sergio Abramo. [2]
Official website Soveria Mannelli ( Sicilian : Suverìa Mannielli ) is a town and comune in the province of Catanzaro , in the Calabria region of southern Italy . The town is bordered by Bianchi , Carlopoli , Colosimi , Decollatura , Gimigliano , Pedivigliano .