Abruzzo

Abruzzo (pronounced [aˈbruttso]) is a region in Italy, its wastren border lyin less nor 50 mile (80 km) due east o Roum. Abruzzo borders the region o Marche tae the north, Lazio tae the wast an sooth-wast, Molise tae the sooth-east, an the Adriatic Sea tae the east. Although it is geographically mair o a central than soothren region, ISTAT (the Italian statistical authority) considers it pairt o Soothren Italy, a vestige o Abruzzo's historic association wi the Kinrick o the Twa Sicilies.

Abruzzo
Region o Italy
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Kintra	Italy
Caipital	L'Aquila
Govrenment
• Preses	Giovanni Chiodi (PdL)
Area
• Total	10763 km2 (4,156 sq mi)
Population  (28 Februar 2011)
• Total	1,342,975
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
GDP/ Nominal	€ 28.7[1] billion (2008)
GDP per capita	€ 21,400[2] (2008)
NUTS Region	ITF
Website	www.regione.abruzzo.it

Govrenment an politics

Main airticle: Politics o Abruzzo

Abruzzo provinces

Admeenistrative diveesions

The region is dividit intae 4 provinces:

Province	Aurie (km²)	Population	Density (inh./km²)
Province o Chieti	2,588	396,190	153.1
Province o L'Aquila	5,034	308,876	61.3
Province o Pescara	1,225	318,701	260.1
Province o Teramo	1,948	308,769	158.5