Lazio

Lazio (Latin: Latium) is one of the twenty regions of Italy, in central Italy. The capital is Rome.

Lazio
Region of Italy
Headquarters of the region in Rome
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Italy
Capital	Rome
Government
• President	Nicola Zingaretti[1]
Area
• Total	17,232.29 km2 (6,653.42 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2017)[2]
• Total	5,898,124
• Density	340/km2 (890/sq mi)
Demonym	Laziali
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
GDP/ Nominal	€185.737[3] billion (2014)
NUTS Region	ITI
Website	Regione Lazio

Geography

The region is in Central Italy with an area of 17,232.29 km² (6,653.42 sq mi).^[4] It is bordered to the northwest by the Tuscany region, to the north by the Umbria region, to the northeast with the Marche region, to the east with the Abruzzo and Molise regions, to the southeast is the Campania region and to the west is the Tyrrhenian Sea. The Vatican City is within the region.

The main river in the region is the Tiber. The highest mountain in the region is Monte Gorzano, on the border with the Abruzzo region, with an altitude of 2,458 m (8,064 ft).

The Pontine Islands (Italian: Isole Ponziane) are an archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the west coast of Italy. They are part of Lazio.

Provinces

Lazio has four provinces: Viterbo, Rieti, Latina, Frosinone, Rome (The Regional Capital)

Lazio provinces.

Provinces of the Lazio region

Province	Abbreviation	Capital	Area (km²)	Population[2] (1 January 2017)	Density (inh./km²)	Comuni
Frosinone	FR	Frosinone	3,247.08	493,067	151.8	91
Latina	LT	Latina	2,256.16	574,891	254.8	33
Rieti	RI	Rieti	2,750.52	157,420	57.2	73
Rome	RM	Rome	5,363.28	4,353,738	811.8	121
Viterbo	VT	Viterbo	3,615.24	319,008	88.2	60

Largest municipalities

The 10 comuni with more people living in it are:

No.	Comuni	Province	Population[2] (2017)	Area[5] (km2)	Density (inh./km2)
1	Rome	RM	2,873,494	1,287.36	2,232.1
2	Latina	LT	126,151	277.62	454.4
3	Guidonia Montecelio	RM	89,141	79.47	1,121.7
4	Fiumicino	RM	78,887	213.89	368.8
5	Aprilia	LT	73,934	178.11	415.1
6	Viterbo	VT	67,488	406.23	166.1
7	Pomezia	RM	63,268	86.57	730.8
8	Tivoli	RM	56,603	68.65	824.5
9	Anzio	RM	54,311	43.65	1,244.2
10	Velletri	RM	53,365	118.23	451.4

References

1. "Presentazione" (in Italian). Sito ufficiale della Regione Lazio. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
2. "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT" (in Italian). Demo.istat.it. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
3. "Eurostat – Tables, Graphs and Maps Interface (TGM) table". Epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
4. "Regione Lazio" (in Italian). Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
5. "Comuni laziali per popolazione" (in Italian). Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 3 October 2017.

Other websites

• Lazio Region Official site (in Italian)

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