Basilicata

Basilicata (Lucania) Regione Basilicata (Lucania)
Region o Italy
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Kintra	Italy
Caipital	Potenza
Govrenment
• Preses	Vito De Filippo (PD)
Area
• Total	9995 km2 (3,859 sq mi)
Population  (2010-11-30)
• Total	587,680
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
GDP/ Nominal	€ 11.4[1] billion (2008)
GDP per capita	€ 19,100[2] (2008)
NUTS Region	ITF
Website	www.regione.basilicata.it

Basilicata(Italian pronunciation: [baziliˈkaːta]), kent as Lucania an aw, is a region in the sooth o Italy, borderin on Campanie tae the wast, Apulie (Puglie) tae the north an east, an Calabrie tae the sooth, haein ane short soothwastren coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea atween Campanie in the northwast an Calabrie in the soothwast, an a langer ane tae the sootheast on the Gulf o Taranto on the Ionian Sea atween Calabrie in the soothwast an Apulia in the northeast. The region can be thocht o as the "instep" o Italy, wi Calabrie functionin as the "toe" an Apulie the "heel". The region covers aboot 10,000 km² an in 2010 haed a population o aboot 600,000. The regional caipital is Potenza. The region is dividit intae twa provinces: Potenza an Matera.

1. ↑ http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&language=en&pcode=tgs00003&plugin=1
2. ↑ EUROPA - Press Releases - Regional GDP per inhabitant in 2008 GDP per inhabitant ranged from 28% of the EU27 average in Severozapaden in Bulgaria to 343% in Inner London