Abruzzo | |
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Kintra | Italy |
Caipital | L'Aquila |
Govrenment | |
• Preses | Giovanni Chiodi (PdL) |
Area | |
• Total | 10763 km2 (4,156 sq mi) |
Population (28 Februar 2011) | |
• Total | 1,342,975 |
• Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
GDP/ Nominal | € 28.7[1] billion (2008) |
GDP per capita | € 21,400[2] (2008) |
NUTS Region | ITF |
Website | www.regione.abruzzo.it |
Abruzzo (pronounced [aˈbruttso]) is a region in Italy, its wastren border lyin less nor 50 mile (80 km) due east o Roum. Abruzzo borders the region o Marche tae the north, Lazio tae the wast an sooth-wast, Molise tae the sooth-east, an the Adriatic Sea tae the east. Although it is geographically mair o a central than soothren region, ISTAT (the Italian statistical authority) considers it pairt o Soothren Italy, a vestige o Abruzzo's historic association wi the Kinrick o the Twa Sicilies.