Online Encyclopedia
Campania
- For other uses, see Campania (disambiguation).
Zone | Southern Italy |
Capital | Naples |
President | Antonio Bassolino (Olive Tree) |
Provinces |
Avellino Benevento (province) Caserta Napoli Salerno |
Municipalities | 551 |
Area | 13,595 km² |
Population - Total - Density |
6,000,000 442/km² |
Map higlighting the location of Campania in Italy |
Campania is a region of Southern Italy, bordering on Lazio to the north-west, Molise to the north, Puglia to the north-east, Basilicata to the east, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. The region covers 13,595 km² and has a population of 5.7 million.
The name directly comes from Latin, as it was called by Romans Campania felix (lucky countryland).
The regional capital is Naples (Napoli). The region is divided into five provinces: Avellino, Benevento, Caserta, Napoli and Salerno.
Tourist attractions include the Sibyl's cave at Cumae, the Greek temples at Paestum, the Roman ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum, the volcanoes of Vesuvius and Solfatara, the Costiera Amalfitana from Sorrento to Salerno, and the islands of Capri and Ischia.
Other towns:
- Amalfi (Province of Salerno)
- Baiae, famous resort of the Ancient World
- Benevento
- Santa Maria Capua Vetere
- Cetara (Province of Salerno)
- Maiori (Province of Salerno)
- Minori (Province of Salerno)
- Nola
- Paestum (Province of Salerno)
- Pompei
- Positano (Province of Salerno)
- Pozzuoli
- Ravello (Province of Salerno)
- Salerno
Islands:
- Capri
- Ischia
- Procida
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) |