Calabria, Italy
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Satellite view of Calabria
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| Country | Italy | ||
| Capital | Catanzaro | ||
| Government | |||
| • President | Mario Oliverio (PD) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 15,080 km2 (5,820 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2014-1-1) | |||
| • Total | 1,980,533 | ||
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Calabrian(s) / Calabrese / Calabresi | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| GDP/ Nominal | €33.6 billion (2008) | ||
| GDP per capita | €16,400 (2008) | ||
| NUTS Region | ITF | ||
| Website | www.regione.calabria.it | ||
Calabria (Italian pronunciation: [kaˈlaːbrja]; Calàbbria in Calabrian, Calavría in Calabrian Greek, Καλαβρία in Greek, Kalavrì in Arbëresh), known in antiquity as Bruttium, is a region in Southern Italy. It forms the traditionally conceptualized "toe" of the Italian Peninsula which resembles a boot.
The capital city of Calabria is Catanzaro. Its most populated city, and the seat of the Regional Council of Calabria, is Reggio Calabria in the Province of Reggio Calabria. The region is bordered to the north by the Basilicata Region, to the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and to the east by the Ionian Sea. The region covers 15,080 km2 (5,822 sq mi) and has a population of just under 2 million. The demonym of Calabria in English is Calabrian.
Starting in the third century BC, the name Calabria was originally given to the Adriatic coast of the Salento peninsula in modern Apulia. In the late first century BC this name came to extend to the entirety of the Salento, when the Roman emperor Augustus divided Italy in regions. The whole region of Apulia received the name Regio II Apulia et Calabria. By this time modern Calabria was still known as Bruttium, after the Bruttians who inhabited the region. Later in the seventh century AD, the Byzantine Empire created the Duchy of Calabria from the Salento and the Ionian part of Bruttium. Even though the Calabrian part of the duchy was conquered by the Longobards during the eighth and ninth centuries AD, the Byzantines continued to use the name Calabria for their remaining territory in Bruttium.
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