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**Regione Puglia**

Zone	South Italy
Capital	Bari
President	Raffaele Fitto
Provinces	Bari Brindisi Foggia Lecce Taranto
Municipalities	258
Area	19,000 km²
Population - Total - Density	4,000,000 210/km²
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Map higlighting the location of Puglia in Italy

Apulia is a region of Italy (called Puglia in Italian), bordering on Molise to the north-west, Campania to the south-west, Basilicata to the south, the Adriatic Sea to the east and the Ionian Sea to the south-east. It is close to Albania, which is 80 km across the Adriatic. The region covers 19,223 km² and has a population of 4.02 million.

The region encompasses the "heel" of Italy, the peninsula known as Salento or Terra di Lecce.

The regional capital is Bari. The region is divided into five provinces:

Bari, Taranto, Foggia , Lecce and Brindisi.

Other towns include:

Alberobello
Conversano
CanosaCanosa is a town in Apulia in southern Italy, between Bari and Foggia. It is the burial place of Bohemund I of Antioch. Canosa should not be confused with Canossa in northern Italy.
Martina Franca
Mesagne
MolfettaMolfetta is a town and comune of the Bari province in the southern Italian region of Puglia, 41°12N 16°36E, on the Adriatic coast, at sea-level. It is 25 km (15 mi) WNW of Bari. It has a well restored old city, and its own dialect. Coastal towns of Puglia
OtrantoOtranto is a seaport and archiepiscopal see of Apulia, Italy, in the province of Lecce, from which it is 291 miles southeast by rail, 49 ft. above sea-level. It is beautifully situated on the east coast of the peninsula. The castle was erected by Alfonso
Santa Maria di Leuca
Trani

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