Umbria
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| Capital | Perugia |
| President | Maria Rita Lorenzetti (Olive Tree) |
| Provinces | Perugia Terni |
| Municipalities | 92 |
| Area | 8,456 km² |
| - Ranked | 16th (2.8 %) |
| Population (2001) - Total - Ranked | 825,826 17th (1.4 %) 98/km² |
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| Map higlighting the location of Umbria in Italy | |
Umbria is a mountainous region of central Italy, in the valley of the river Tiber. It is bordered by Tuscany to the west, the Marche to the east and Lazio to the south. The region covers 8,456 km² and has a population of 834,000 (2003 census).
The region is named for the Umbri tribe, who settled in the region in the 6th century BC. Their language was Umbrian, a relative of Latin. The modern region of Umbria, however, is essentially a different region of Italy than that bearing the same name in Roman times (see Roman Umbria), which extended through most of what is now the northern Marche, to Ravenna, but excluded the west bank of the Tiber — and thus for example Perugia — which was in Etruria, and the area around Norcia, which was in the Sabine territory.
The regional capital is Perugia. The region is divided into two provinces: Perugia, with 59 comuni, and Terni, with 33 comuni.
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History
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External links
- Official Site of the Region of Umbria (http://www.regione.umbria.it/)
- Umbria.org (http://www.umbria.org)
- Gazetteer of Umbria (http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Umbria/map.html) (Bill Thayer's site)
- Umbria 2000 (http://global.umbria2000.it/ciecm/umbria.htm)
- BellaUmbria (http://www.bellaumbria.net/)
- ArgoNet (http://www.argoweb.it/umbria/umbria.it.html)
- Umbria Online (http://www.umbriaonline.com/)
- Umbria A La Carte (http://www.umbrialacarte.it)
- AboutUmbria.com (http://www.aboutumbria.com/)
- Umbria Eventi (http://www.umbriaeventi.it)
- PrimItaly section on Umbria (http://www.primitaly.it/umbria)
- Umbria Turismo (http://www.umbriaturismo.it)
- IGM (Istituto Geografico Militare) Maps of Umbria (http://cidoc.iuav.it/circe/igm/umb/img/umg0.htm)
- SlowTrav section on Umbria (http://www.slowtrav.com/italy/planning/where_umbria.htm)
- Umbria Tourism (http://www.umbriatourism.com/)
| Regions of Italy | |
|---|---|
| Regular Regions | |
| Abruzzo | Basilicata | Calabria | Campania | Emilia-Romagna | Lazio (Latium) | Liguria | Lombardia (Lombardy) | Marche | Molise | Piemonte (Piedmont) | Puglia (Apulia) | Toscana (Tuscany) | Umbria | Veneto | | |
| Regions with special autonomous status | |
| Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Sardegna (Sardinia) | Sicilia (Sicily) | Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-South Tyrol) | Valle d'Aosta (Aosta Valley) | |
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