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The regions of Italy ( Italian: regioni d'Italia) are the first-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, constituting its second NUTS administrative level. [1] There are twenty regions, five of which are autonomous regions with special status. Under the Constitution of Italy, each region is an autonomous entity with defined powers.
Italy, whose territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region, [1] is located in southern Europe and comprises the long, boot-shaped Italian Peninsula crossed by the Apennines, the southern side of Alps, the large plain of the Po Valley and some islands including Sicily and Sardinia. Italy is part of the Northern Hemisphere.
Northern Italy (Italian: Italia settentrionale, Nord Italia, Alta Italia) is a geographical and cultural region in the northern part of Italy. The Italian National Institute of Statistics defines the region as encompassing the four northwestern regions of Piedmont, Aosta Valley, Liguria and Lombardy in addition to the four northeastern regions of Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia ...
Topographic map of Italy Italy, whose territory largely coincides with the eponymous geographical region , [15] is located in Southern Europe (and is also considered part of Western Europe [13] ) between latitudes 35° and 47° N , and longitudes 6° and 19° E .
Geography of Italy Topographic map of Italy An enlargeable satellite image of Italy Crater on Vulcano Island The Forum of Pompeii with Mount Vesuvius in the distance. View of Brescia View of Capri Langhe hills, Piedmont Cinque Terre on the Italian Riviera. Geography of Italy. Italy is: a peninsula; a country. a member state of the European Union
Regions. Central Italy encompasses four of the country's 20 regions: . Lazio; the Marches (Marche); Tuscany (Toscana); Umbria; The easternmost and southernmost parts of Lazio (Cittaducale, Amatrice, Sora, Cassino, Isola del Liri, Sperlonga, Fondi, Gaeta and Formia districts, as well as the islands of Ponza and Ventotene) are sometimes connected to Southern Italy (the so-called Mezzogiorno) for ...
The provinces of Italy ( Italian: province d'Italia) are the second-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, on an intermediate level between a municipality ( comune) and a region ( regione ). Since 2015, provinces have been classified as "institutional bodies of second level". [1]
Italy in a map dated 1853 In a narrow sense, the continental part, delimited to the north by the Alpine watershed , to about 40% of the Italian region and is located in the north of an imaginary line that goes from the mouth of the Magra river to that of the Rubicone river.