Campania - Definition and Overview

For other uses, see Campania (disambiguation).

Regione Campania

Capital	Naples
President	Antonio Bassolino (Olive Tree)
Provinces	Avellino Benevento Caserta Naples Salerno
Municipalities	551
Area	13,590 km²
- Ranked	12th (4.5 %)
Population (2001)  - Total  - Ranked  - Density	5,701,391 2nd (10.0 %) 420/km²
Map higlighting the location of Campania in Italy

Campania is a region of Southern Italy, bordering on Lazio to the north-west, Molise to the north, Puglia to the north-east, Basilicata to the east, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. The region covers 13,595 km² and has a population of 5.7 million. The name directly comes from Latin, as it was called by Romans Campania felix (lucky countryland).

The regional capital is Naples (Napoli).

Tourist attractions include the Sibyl's cave at Cumae, the Greek temples at Paestum, the Roman ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum, the volcanoes of Vesuvius and Solfatara, the Costiera Amalfitana from Sorrento to Salerno, and the islands of Capri and Ischia.

Other towns:

• Amalfi (Province of Salerno)
• Baiae, famous resort of the Ancient World
• Benevento
• Santa Maria Capua Vetere
• Cetara (Province of Salerno)
• Maiori (Province of Salerno)
• Minori (Province of Salerno)
• Nola
• Paestum (Province of Salerno)
• Pompei
• Positano (Province of Salerno)
• Pozzuoli
• Ravello (Province of Salerno)
• Salerno

Islands:

• Capri
• Ischia
• Procida

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)