Regions of Italy
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Italy is a country in south of Europe. It is divided into 20 regions. A regions is a part of the country with a government and a president.
In Italy regions can decide some things. They can give money to local business. They can decide some things about hospitals, schools, transport.
In some regions lives people speaking other languages. In Trentino-Alto Adige a lot of people speak mainly German language. So this region is "special" and can decide more things. Sardinia and Sicily are islands. They have different problems then other regions. So they have also some different laws. This regions are called "regions with special laws" (in italian it is called Regione a statuto speciale).
[edit] List of the regions
Every region has got a capital. Here is the list of the regions and the capital.
| Region | Capital |
|---|---|
| 1. Abruzzo (sometimes Abruzzi) | L'Aquila |
| 2. Aosta Valley (Val d'Aoste, Valle d'Aosta) |
Aosta (Aoste) |
| 3. Apulia (Puglia, sometimes Puglie) | Bari |
| 4. Basilicata | Potenza |
| 5. Calabria | Catanzaro |
| 6. Campania | Naples (Napoli) |
| 7. Emilia-Romagna | Bologna |
| 8. Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Trieste |
| 9. Latium (Lazio) | Rome (Roma) |
| 10. Liguria | Genoa (Genova) |
| 11. Lombardy (Lombardia) | Milan (Milano) |
| 12. Marches (Marche) | Ancona |
| 13. Molise | Campobasso |
| 14. Piedmont (Piemonte) | Turin (Torino) |
| 15. Sardinia (Sardegna) | Cagliari |
| 16. Sicily (Sicilia) | Palermo |
| 17. Trentino-South Tyrol (Trentino-Alto Adige/Trentino-Südtirol) |
Trento |
| 18. Tuscany (Toscana) | Florence (Firenze) |
| 19. Umbria | Perugia |
| 20. Veneto | Venice (Venezia) |
