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Apulia
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| Zone | South Italy |
| Capital | Bari |
| President | Raffaele Fitto (House of Freedoms) |
| Provinces |
Bari Brindisi Foggia Lecce Taranto |
| Municipalities | 258 |
| Area | 19,000 km² |
| Population - Total - Density |
4,000,000 210/km² |
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| 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 region is divided into five provinces: Bari, Taranto, Foggia , Lecce and Brindisi.
Other towns include:
- Alberobello
- Conversano
- Canosa
- Martina Franca
- Mesagne
- Molfetta
- Otranto
- Santa Maria di Leuca
- Trani
| Regions of Italy |
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| 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) | |
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