Liguria
Liguria (/lɪˈɡ(j)ʊəriə/, Italian: [liˈɡuːrja]; Ligurian: Ligûria, [liˈɡyːɾja]) is a region of Northern Italy. The capital is Genoa. The population was about 1,557,533 in 2017.
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| Country | Italy |
| Capital | Genoa |
| Government | |
| • President | Alessandro Piana (LSP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,422 km2 (2,093 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 1,557,533 |
| • Density | 287.262/km2 (744.00/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| GDP/ Nominal | €44.1[1] billion (2008) |
| GDP per capita | €27,100[2] (2008) |
| NUTS Region | ITC |
| Website | www |
Provinces
Liguria Media
- Cinque Terre Vernazza 2.jpg
A view of Cinque Terre
- AlpiLiguri0001.jpg
Alpi Liguri Picture taken and edited by user Idefix juli 2003
- Valle Trebbia-(scaled-and-sharpened).jpg
Apennine Mountains and Trebbia river
- Il Palazzo Doria- Tursi splendente.JPG
- Flickr - …trialsanderrors - La Riviera italienne, travel poster for ENIT, ca. 1920.jpg
Italian Riviera, travel poster for ENIT, ca. 1920.
- Le caverne.jpg
The Balzi Rossi caves, located on a cliff about 100 meters high, show traces of human occupation from the Middle Palaeolithic (300,000 years) to the foundation of the ancient city of Ventimiglia in Liguria. This constitutes the longest human occupation in the world of a geographical site.
- Resti del principe delle arene candide.jpg
Burial of an adolescent from the Upper Palaeolithic (29,000 years), having led archaeologists to nickname him the "young prince". About fifteen years old, he lay on his back on a layer of red ocher seven meters from the surface facing south, he wore a headgear decorated with shell beads and pierced deer teeth and squirrel tails on the thorax (Liguria region).
- TavolaPolcevera.jpg
The Polcevera bronze tablet, evidence of Genoa's Roman and pre-Roman past
- Regio IX Liguria.jpg
Map of Roman Regio IX Liguria, between the River Var and Magra
- Luna Amphitheater1.jpg
The Roman amphitheatre of Luni (1st century AD)
References
- ↑ "Eurostat – Tables, Graphs and Maps Interface (TGM) table". Epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu. 12 August 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ↑ EUROPA – Press Releases – Regional GDP per inhabitant in 2008 GDP per inhabitant ranged from 28% of the EU27 average in Severozapaden in Bulgaria to 343% in Inner London
Other websites
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