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Calabrie

Regione Calabria
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Coat of airms o Calabrie
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KintraItaly
CaipitalCatanzaro
Govrenment
 • PresesGiuseppe Scopelliti (The Fowk o Freedom)
Area
 • Total15080 km2 (5,820 sq mi)
Population
 (30-11-2019)
 • Total1,934,310
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
GDP/ Nominal€ 33.6[1] billion (2008)
GDP per capita€ 16,400[2] (2008)
NUTS RegionITF
Websitewww.regione.calabria.it

Calabrie (pronounced [kaˈlaːbrja]; in Calabrie dialect: Calabbria or Calavria, Greek: Καλαβρία, Italian: Calabria), in antiquity kent as Bruttium, is a region in soothren Italy, sooth o Naples, locatit at the "toe" o the Italian peninsula. It is bundit tae the north bi the region o Basilicata, tae the sooth-wast bi the region o Sicily, tae the wast bi the Tyrrhenian Sea, an tae the east bi the Ionian Sea. The region covers 15,079 km2 (5,822 sq mi) an haes a population o juist ower 2 million. The demonym o Calabrie in Scots is Calabrie (Italian: calabrese).

Admeenistrative diveesions

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Calabria is dividit intae five provinces:

Provinces o Calabrie.

Province Population (km²)
Province o Catanzaro 360,823 6.709,75
Province o Cosenza 708,702 3.183,20
Province o Crotone 175,061 2.415,45
Province o Reggio Calabria 551,212 1.735,68
Province o Vibo Valentia 160,889 1.150,64

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