Apulia
Apulia (in Italian Puglia [ puʎ ː a] or often in the plural Puglie [ puʎ ː s ]; Latin Apulia ) is a location in South-East Italy Region with its capital in Bari. It has 4,050,803 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012). The Salento peninsula, in southern Apulia forms the so-called "heel" of the Italian "boot ".
Geography
The region extends along the Adriatic and Ionian Seas. With Palascia the coast reached at Otranto the easternmost point of Italy, which is located only 80 km from the Albanian coast.
The area consists of 53.3 % from levels to 45.3 % from the hills and to 1.5% from the mountains. This Apulia is the flattest region of Italy. The landscapes are divided from north to south in the mountainous Gargano peninsula with the upstream Tremiti Islands, the flat Tavoliere delle Puglie, the subsequent level Terra di Bari, the Murgia of the Murgia, the coastal plain of Taranto and the Itria, the the southern region, which mostly flat Salento peninsula terminates. The only mountains, the Monti della Daunia form the border with Campania and reach the Monte Cornacchia 1152 m altitude.
The climate offers mild winters and hot summers.
History
Policy
Since 2005, attacks WikiLeaks (SEL ) President of Apulia.
Provinces and cities
Apulia consists of the provinces of Foggia, Barletta -Andria -Trani, Bari, Taranto, Brindisi and Lecce. The province of Barletta -Andria -Trani, founded in 2004 was legally competent until the elections of the Provincial Assembly on June 6th and 7th 2009.
In the region there are the following cities and larger towns. Bari is an agglomeration of nearly 600,000 inhabitants, is the capital of Apulia and Naples is the second largest city in southern Italy.
Stand: 31 August 2008 Source: ISTAT
Economy
Expressed in comparison with the EU GDP in purchasing power standards the Apulia region reached an index of 71.6 (EU -25: 100 ) (2003 ).
Agriculture
In the fertile coastal plains thrive almonds, olives, corn and tomatoes. Puglia is an important wine-growing region with a predominantly full-bodied red wines. Important grape varieties are Primitivo, Negroamaro and Sangiovese. In a cultivated area of 107 571 hectares of a total production of 7,580,000 hectoliters is ( DOC production: 259,900 hl ) produced. Well-known wine-growing regions are the areas around the Castel del Monte Canosa di Puglia, Foggia and Locorotondo.
Airports
Apulia made aviation history as a springboard Italy to the Orient. For this reason, there is in this region a strong concentration of civil and military airfields. The operating company Aeroporti di Puglia runs adjacent to the airport of Bari and Brindisi - Casale Airport traffic and the aerodromes of Taranto and Foggia. The airport of Bari, together with the Airport Brindisi Casale of the most important in the region of Apulia, Taranto and Foggia, however, have only regional or local significance.
Bari Airport is located eight kilometers north-west of Bari, the capital of the Apulia region. It was named in 2005 after the end of the civil name of the late Pope John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla. The airport of Bari was given a new or completely renovated terminal in recent years.