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Campania
For other uses, see Campania (disambiguation)
Regione Campania
Capital Naples
President Antonio Bassolino
(Olive Tree)
Provinces Avellino
Benevento
Caserta
Naples
Salerno
Municipalities 551
Area 13,590 kmē
 - Ranked 12th (4.5 %)
Population (2001)
 - Total

 - Ranked
 - Density


5,701,391
2nd (10.0 %)
420/kmē
Image:Italy Regions Campania 220px.png
Map higlighting the location of Campania in Italy

Campania is a region of Southern Italy, bordering on Lazio to the north-west, Molise to the north, Puglia to the north-east, Basilicata to the east, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. The region covers 13,595 kmē and has a population of 5.7 million.


The name directly comes from Latin, as it was called by Romans Campania felix (lucky countryland).

The regional capital is Naples (Napoli).

Tourist attractions include the Sibyl's cave at Cumae, the Greek temples at Paestum, the Roman ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum, the volcanoes of Vesuvius and Solfatara, the Costiera Amalfitana from Sorrento to Salerno, and the islands of Capri and Ischia.

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