Abruzzi

Abruzzi
Abruzzi
	Abruzzo
Flag	Coat of arms
A country	Italy
Zone	Central italy
Includes	Provinces:; L'Aquila , Chieti , Pescara , Teramo ; Communes :; 305
Adm. center	L'Aquila
Chapter	Marco Marsilio from February 23, 2019
History and Geography
Area	10 831.84 km² (13th place )
Height
Timezone	UTC + 1
Population
Population	1 308 901 people ( 31-03-2019 ) ( 14th place )
Density	120.84 people / km²
Digital identifiers
ISO 3166-2 Code

Abruzzi ^[2] ^[3] ( Italian: Abruzzi ), also Abruzzo ( Italian: Abruzzo ) is a region in Italy with a population of 1,308,901 people (03/31/2019).

Content

1 Physical and geographical characteristic
2 History
3 population
4 Administrative divisions
5 Economics
6 Symbols
7 notes
8 References

Physico-geographical characteristics

Peak Corno Grande massif Gran Sasso , the highest point of the Apennine mountains .

The region of Abruzzi is located in the middle of the Apennine Peninsula on the Adriatic coast, about 100 km east of Rome . The area of the region is 10 763 km² (13th place in Italy), two-thirds of the territory is occupied by mountains. The highest points of Abruzzi are Corno Grande (2914 m) and Monte Amaro (2795 m).

The capital of the Abruzzi region is the city of L'Aquila . The most significant city in the region is Pescara , located on the Adriatic Sea .

The territory of the Abruzzi region is characterized by a variety of landscapes: these are mountains in the central part of the peninsula, the hilly coast of the Adriatic Sea with numerous beaches. The largest lake in the region is Skanno .

History

The territory of Abruzzi at one time was part of the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Both Sicilies . Since 1861 - as part of a single Italy , first the kingdom , and since 1946 - the republic. Until 1963, Abruzzi with the modern region of Molise constituted a single region of Abruzzi e Molise .

Population

Although Abruzzi's population density has increased over the past decades, it is still significantly lower than the national population — 120.84 people / km², compared with 198.8 people / km² on average in Italy (2008). At the provincial level, population density is also unevenly distributed. As of 2008, the province of Pescara is the most densely populated - 260.1 people / km², while in L'Aquila the population density reaches only 61.3 people / km², although this province is the largest in area. After several decades of indigenous emigration from the region, the main feature of the 1980s of the XX century. became a significant influx of immigrants from third world countries. Population growth is explained solely by migration processes, whereas directly in Abruzzi since 1991 the number of deaths has been steadily greater than the number of births (with the exception of 1999, when these rates were equal). ^[4] In 2008, according to estimates by the Italian National Institute of Statistics ISTAT , 59,749 immigrants of foreign origin live in Abruzzi, which is 4.5% of the total population of the region.

The most serious demographic imbalance is observed between the inland mountainous regions and the coastal strip. The largest province of L'Aquila , being completely inland, is cut off from the sea and has the lowest population density. The constant internal migration of the Abruzzi population from the mountains to the sea led to the almost complete urbanization of the entire coastal strip, especially in the provinces of Teramo and Chieti . The negative consequences of this process for the internal regions were the impoverishment and demographic aging of the population, which is reflected in the level of business activity primarily in the province of L'Aquila, which in many respects is the lowest in comparison with other provinces of the region. The policy of stimulating economic development in the region has led to the creation of industrial zones, some of which ( Vasto , Avezzano , Karsoli , Jissi ) have made real progress, while others ( L'Aquila ) have faced serious problems after the initial success. Some economic zones, for example, Sulmona and Guardiagrele , developed more or less stably, without significant disruptions. Outside these industrial zones, agriculture and tourism remain the main activity. ^[four]

Administrative Division

Provinces of Abruzzi

The region of Abruzzi is divided into 4 provinces:

Provinces	Area, km²	Population, people (2013)	Density, people / km²	Number of communes
Chieti	2588	396 190	153.1	104
L'Aquila	5034	308,876	61.3	108
Pescara	1225	318,701	260.1	46
Teramo	1948	308 769	158.5	47

Economics

Abruzzi's GDP is 1.8% of Italy's GDP, which is approximately 26,807 million euros . In 2006, per capita GDP was 20,600 euros ^[5] .

In Abruzzi, tourism is widely developed. In the cities preserved ancient Roman and medieval buildings. In the mountains, ski resorts and bases work in the winter, and in the summer holidays on the Adriatic coast are popular. Winemaking is developed.

Symbols

The flag of Abruzzi is one of the official symbols of the region. Approved on May 21, 1999. It is a rectangular panel of dark red color with the coat of arms of Abruzzi in the center. On the coat of arms there are 3 diagonal stripes - white at the top, symbolizing snow, green in the middle, symbolizing the forest and blue at the bottom, symbolizing the mountains. The aspect ratio is 2: 3.

Notes

↑ Popolazione residente al 31 marzo 2019. (neopr.) .
↑ Italy, Vatican, San Marino, Malta. Vatican. San Marino Malta // Atlas of the World / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; ch. ed. G.V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - S. 60–61. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).
↑ Abruzzi // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- S. 7.
↑ ¹ ² Eurostat (unopened) (inaccessible link) . Circa.europa.eu. Date of treatment May 22, 2009. Archived February 1, 2009.
↑ EUROPA - Press Releases - Regional GDP per inhabitant in the EU27, GDP per inhabitant in 2006 ranged from 25% of the EU27 average in Nord-Est in Romania to 336% in Inner London . Europa.eu (February 19, 2009). Date of treatment September 15, 2011. Archived September 24, 2014.

Links

Region of Abruzzi (Italian)
Tourist information (English) (inaccessible link) . Archived on October 5, 2012.

[1] Popolazione residente al 31 marzo 2019. (neopr.) .

[2] Italy, Vatican, San Marino, Malta. Vatican. San Marino Malta // Atlas of the World / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; ch. ed. G.V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - S. 60–61. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).

[3] Abruzzi // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- S. 7.

[autogenerated1-4] ¹ ² Eurostat (unopened) (inaccessible link) . Circa.europa.eu. Date of treatment May 22, 2009. Archived February 1, 2009.

[5] EUROPA - Press Releases - Regional GDP per inhabitant in the EU27, GDP per inhabitant in 2006 ranged from 25% of the EU27 average in Nord-Est in Romania to 336% in Inner London . Europa.eu (February 19, 2009). Date of treatment September 15, 2011. Archived September 24, 2014.