Apulia

Apulia 'Puglia'
Region of Italy
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: O bella Puglia
Coordinates: 41°0′31″N 16°30′46″E / 41.00861°N 16.51278°E / 41.00861; 16.51278
Country	Italy
Capital	Bari
Government
• President	Michele Emiliano
Area
• Total	19,450.90 km2 (7,510.03 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2015)[1]
• Total	4,077,166
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Demonym	Pugliese (English: Apulian)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
GDP/ Nominal	€68.9 billion (2006)
NUTS Region	ITF
Website	www.regione.puglia.it

(Italian: Puglia; Albanian: Pulia; Ancient Greek: Ἀπουλία) is one of the twenty regions of Italy, in southern Italy on the Adriatic Sea. The capital is Bari.

Its southernmost portion, known as Salento peninsula, has the shape of a high heel on the "boot" of Italy.

1. ↑ "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT" (in Italian). Demo.istat.it. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2016.