Regions of Italy

Italy is a country in the south of Europe. It is divided into 20 regions. A region is a part of the country with a government and a President.

In Italy, regions can decide on some things. They can give money to local business. They can also decide things about hospitals, schools, and transport.

In some regions, citizens speak other languages. In Alto Adige/Südtirol many citizens speak primarily German. So this region is "special" and can make more decisions.

Sardinia and Sicily are islands of Italy. They have different problems than other regions. They have also some different laws. These regions are called "regions with special laws" (Italian: Regione a statuto speciale).

List of the regions

Every region has a capital. Here is the list of the regions, the capital and other information.

Flag	Name	Capital city	Area (km2)	Population	Pop. density	Provinces	Communes	Metropolitan cities	Status
	Abruzzo	L'Aquila	10,763	1,307,919	122	4	305	-	Ordinary
	Aosta Valley	Aosta	3,263	126,933	39	0	74	-	Autonomous
	Apulia	Bari	19,358	4,045,949	209	6	258	Bari	Ordinary
	Basilicata	Potenza	9,995	575,902	58	2	131	-	Ordinary
	Calabria	Catanzaro	15,081	1,954,403	130	5	409	Reggio Calabria	Ordinary
	Campania	Naples	13,590	5,761,155	424	5	551	Naples	Ordinary
	Emilia-Romagna	Bologna	22,446	4,354,450	194	9	348	Bologna	Ordinary
	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Trieste	7,858	1,219,356	155	4	218	Trieste	Autonomous
	Latium	Rome	17,236	5,550,459	322	5	378	Rome	Ordinary
	Liguria	Genoa	5,422	1,565,349	289	4	235	Genoa	Ordinary
	Lombardy	Milan	23,861	9,749,593	409	12	1544	Milan	Ordinary
	Marche	Ancona	9,366	1,541,692	165	5	239	-	Ordinary
	Molise	Campobasso	4,438	312,394	70	2	136	-	Ordinary
	Piedmont	Turin	25,402	4,366,251	172	8	1206	Turin	Ordinary
	Sardinia	Cagliari	24,090	1,637,193	68	8	377	Cagliari	Autonomous
	Sicily	Palermo	25,711	4,994,817	194	9	390	Catania, Messina, Palermo	Autonomous
	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol	Trento	13,607	1,036,707	76	2	333	-	Autonomous
	Tuscany	Florence	22,994	3,679,027	160	10	287	Florence	Ordinary
	Umbria	Perugia	8,456	885,535	105	2	92	-	Ordinary
	Veneto	Venice	18,399	4,865,380	264	7	581	Venice	Ordinary