Apulia
| Capital | Bari |
| President | Nichi Vendola (The Union) |
| Provinces | Bari Brindisi Foggia Lecce Taranto |
| Municipalities | 258 |
| Area | 19,366 km² |
| - Ranked | 7th (6.4 %) |
| Population (2001) - Total - Ranked | 4,020,707 7th (7.1 %) 208/km² |
| Map higlighting the location of Puglia in Italy | |
Apulia is a region of Italy (called Puglia in Italian), bordering on Molise to the north-west, Campania to the south-west, Basilicata to the south, the Adriatic Sea to the east and the Ionian Sea to the south-east. It is close to Albania, which is 80 km across the Adriatic. The region covers 19,223 km² and has a population of 4.02 million.
The region encompasses the "heel" of Italy, the peninsula known as Salento or Terra di Lecce.
The regional capital is Bari.
The most important towns are:
- Bari – BA
- Taranto – TA
- Foggia – FG
- Lecce – LE
- Brindisi – BR
- Alberobello – BA
- Conversano – BA
- Canosa – BA
- Martina Franca – TA
- Mesagne – BR
- Molfetta – BA
- Otranto – LE
- Santa Maria di Leuca – LE
- Trani – BA
- Barletta – BA
| Regions of Italy | |
|---|---|
| Regular Regions | |
| Abruzzo | Basilicata | Calabria | Campania | Emilia-Romagna | Lazio (Latium) | Liguria | Lombardia (Lombardy) | Marche | Molise | Piemonte (Piedmont) | Puglia (Apulia) | Toscana (Tuscany) | Umbria | Veneto | | |
| Regions with special autonomous status | |
| Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Sardegna (Sardinia) | Sicilia (Sicily) | Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-South Tyrol) | Valle d'Aosta (Aosta Valley) | |
Categories: Regions of Italy