kids encyclopedia robot

Basilicata facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Quick facts for kids
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 region in the south of Italy. The capital is Potenza. The population was about 597,768 in 2004. The region is very mountainous. Because of this, communication in the area was very difficult until modern times. This has also caused Basilicata to be one of the least developed areas of Italy. Basilicata borders the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Gulf of Taranto at its lowest elevations. The highest point in the area is Monte Pollino at 2233m (7325ft). The area also includes a dead volcano, Monte Vulture. The region has an area of 9,992 km2 (3,858 sq mi).

Basilicata also used to be one of the poorest regions in Italy. It has become richer over the past couple of years because of the discovery of oil.

Provinces

Basilicata is divided into two provinces.



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, c. 1860

  • Sata Melfi

    FIAT plant in Melfi

  • Tavole-palatine - Hera temple

    Tavole Palatine, 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, c. 430 BC, Archaeological Museum "Domenico Ridola", Matera

  • 達文西自畫像

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

  • BOURCARD(1853) p1.192 - I VIGGIANESI

    I Viggianesi, by Filippo Palizzi, 1853

  • Le Lamie di Bitonte

    Peperone crusco, a staple of the cuisine of Basilicata

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Basilicata para niños

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Basilicata Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.