Lazio
Lazio (Latin: Latium) is one of the twenty regions of Italy, in central Italy. The capital is Rome.
Country | Italy |
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Capital | Rome |
Government | |
• President | Nicola Zingaretti[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 17,232.29 km2 (6,653.42 sq mi) |
Population (1 January 2017)[2] | |
• Total | 5,898,124 |
• Density | 342.27163/km2 (886.4795/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
GDP/ Nominal | €185.737[3] billion (2014) |
NUTS Region | ITI |
Website | Regione Lazio |
Geography
The region is in Central Italy with an area of 17,232.29 km2 (6,653.42 sq mi).[4] It is bordered to the northwest by the Tuscany region, to the north by the Umbria region, to the northeast with the Marche region, to the east with the Abruzzo and Molise regions, to the southeast is the Campania region and to the west is the Tyrrhenian Sea. The Vatican City is within the region.
The main river in the region is the Tiber. The highest mountain in the region is Monte Gorzano, on the border with the Abruzzo region, with an altitude of 2,458 m (8,064 ft).
The Pontine Islands (Italian: Isole Ponziane) are an archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the west coast of Italy. They are part of Lazio.
Provinces
Lazio has four provinces: Viterbo, Rieti, Latina, Frosinone, Rome (The Regional Capital)
Province | Abbreviation | Capital | Area (km²) |
Population[2] (1 January 2017) |
Density (inh./km²) |
Comuni |
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Frosinone | FR | Frosinone | 3,247.08 | 493,067 | 151.8 | 91 |
Latina | LT | Latina | 2,256.16 | 574,891 | 254.8 | 33 |
Rieti | RI | Rieti | 2,750.52 | 157,420 | 57.2 | 73 |
Rome | RM | Rome | 5,363.28 | 4,353,738 | 811.8 | 121 |
Viterbo | VT | Viterbo | 3,615.24 | 319,008 | 88.2 | 60 |
Largest municipalities
The 10 communi with more people living in it are:
No. | Communi | Province | Population[2] (2017) |
Area[5] (km2) |
Density (inh./km2) |
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1 | Rome | RM | 2,873,494 | 1,287.36 | 2,232.1 |
2 | Latina | LT | 126,151 | 277.62 | 454.4 |
3 | Guidonia Montecelio | RM | 89,141 | 79.47 | 1,121.7 |
4 | Fiumicino | RM | 78,887 | 213.89 | 368.8 |
5 | Aprilia | LT | 73,934 | 178.11 | 415.1 |
6 | Viterbo | VT | 67,488 | 406.23 | 166.1 |
7 | Pomezia | RM | 63,268 | 86.57 | 730.8 |
8 | Tivoli | RM | 56,603 | 68.65 | 824.5 |
9 | Anzio | RM | 54,311 | 43.65 | 1,244.2 |
10 | Velletri | RM | 53,365 | 118.23 | 451.4 |
Lazio Media
Panorama of the Aniene Valley
The Appian Way (Via Appia), a road connecting Ancient Rome to the southern parts of Italy, remains usable even today.
Skiers on the slope at Pian de' Valli (Terminillo)
References
- ↑ "Presentazione" (in Italian). Sito ufficiale della Regione Lazio. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT" (in Italian). Demo.istat.it. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Eurostat – Tables, Graphs and Maps Interface (TGM) table". Epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ↑ "Regione Lazio" (in Italian). Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Comuni laziali per popolazione" (in Italian). Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
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Other websites
Wikivoyage has a travel guide about: Lazio |
- Lazio Region Official site (in Italian)