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)

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