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Basilicata

Region of Italy

Also known as Basilicata region · Lucania region

Country: Italy
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1.Stated in archINFORMRetrieved 2018-08-06
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Located in: Italy
Population: 547,579(December 31, 2020)
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1.demo.istat.it/bilmens/query.php?anno=2020&lingua=ita&Rip=S4&Reg=R17&Pro=P000&Com=&submit=Tavola
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, 562,869(2019)
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1.Stated in Italian National Institute of Statistics
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, 562,869(2018)
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1.Stated in demo.istat.it“Bilancio demografico anno 2018 (dati provvisori) - Regione: Basilicata”demo.istat.it/bilmens2018gen/query.php?lingua=ita&Rip=S4&Reg=R17&Pro=P000&Com=&submit=Tavola
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Area: 9,994.61 km²
Elevation: 633 m
Head of government: Vito Bardi(since 2019)
Time zone: UTC+01:00
, UTC+02:00
Website: regione.basilicata.it

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Basilicata, also known by its ancient name Lucania, is an administrative region in Southern Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia to the north and east, and Calabria to the south. It has two coastlines: a 30-kilometre stretch on the Gulf of Policastro between Campania and Calabria, and a longer coastline along the Gulf of Taranto between Calabria and Apulia. The region can be thought of as "the arch" of "the boot" of Italy, with Calabria functioning as "the toe" and Apulia "the heel".

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Capital: Potenza
Shares border with: Campania
Apulia
Calabria
Contains the administrative territorial entity: province of Matera
province of Potenza
Twinned administrative body: Buenos Aires
Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Basilicata
Geography of topic: geography of Basilicata
Demonym: lucano applies to part: masculine singular
lucana applies to part: feminine singular
lucani applies to part: masculine plural
basilicatesi applies to part: masculine plural
basilischi applies to part: masculine plural
Office held by the head of government: president of Basilicata
Legislative body: Regional Council of Basilicata
Executive body: Government of Basilicata
Patron saint: Gerard Majella
Native label: Basilicata
Geoshape: Data:Italy/Region/Basilicata.map
Located in or next to body of water: Ionian Sea
Depicted by: Lucania '61
Official name: -
Flag: flag of Basilicata

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40.5000, 16.5000OpenStreetMap ↗

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