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Basilicata
Region of Italy
Flag of Basilicata
Flag
 Coat of arms of Basilicata
Coat of arms
Italy Regions Basilicata Map.png
Country Italy
Capital Potenza
Area
 • Total 9,995 km2 (3,859 sq mi)
Population
 (2007-12-31)
 • Total 591,001
 • Density 59.1297/km2 (153.145/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
GDP/ Nominal € 10.5 billion (2006)
NUTS Region ITF
Website www.regione.basilicata.it

Basilicata is a beautiful region located in the south of Italy. Its main city and capital is Potenza. In 2004, about 597,768 people lived there.

This region is very mountainous. Because of the mountains, it was hard for people to travel and communicate until modern times. This also meant Basilicata was one of the less developed parts of Italy for a long time.

Basilicata touches the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Gulf of Taranto at its lowest points. The highest mountain in the area is Monte Pollino, which is 2,233 meters (7,325 feet) tall. The region also has an old, inactive volcano called Monte Vulture. The total area of Basilicata is about 9,992 square kilometers (3,858 square miles).

Basilicata used to be one of the poorest regions in Italy. However, it has become richer in recent years. This is thanks to the discovery of oil in the region.

What are Basilicata's Provinces?

Basilicata is divided into two main areas called provinces. These are:



Images for kids

  • Dolomiti lucane e Pietrapertosa

    Dolomiti lucane and Pietrapertosa

  • Calanchi1

    Badlands in Aliano

  • Lucania da The Historical Atlas, by William R. Shepherd, 1911

    The ancient region of Lucania

  • Robert Guiscard claimed as a Duke

    Pope Nicholas II investing Robert Guiscard as duke in Melfi

  • Banda Totaro

    Band of brigands from Basilicata, around 1860

  • Sata Melfi

    FIAT car plant in Melfi

  • Tavole-palatine - Hera temple

    Tavole Palatine, a temple in Metaponto

  • Abbazia della Santissima Trinità ( Venosa)

    Abbey of Santissima Trinità

  • Cattedrale dal drone

    Acerenza Cathedral

  • Castello di melfi1

    Melfi castle

  • Castelmezzano - Province of Potenza, Italy - 3 July 2010

    Castelmezzano

  • Uno sguardo su Craco Vecchia

    Craco

  • Pittore di pisticci, pelike con due donne, 440-430 ac ca

    Lucanian red-figure pelike by the Pisticci Painter, around 430 BC, at the Archaeological Museum "Domenico Ridola", Matera

  • 達文西自畫像

    Lucan portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, at the Museo delle Antiche Genti di Lucania, Vaglio

  • BOURCARD(1853) p1.192 - I VIGGIANESI

    I Viggianesi, painted by Filippo Palizzi, 1853

  • Le Lamie di Bitonte

    Peperone crusco, a popular food in Basilicata

See also

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