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Apulia

Regione Puglia

Zone	South Italy
Capital	Bari
President	Raffaele Fitto
Provinces	Bari Brindisi Foggia Lecce Taranto
Municipalities	258
Area	19,000 km²
Population  - Total  - Density	4,000,000 210/km²
Map higlighting the location of Puglia in Italy

Apulia is a region of Italy (called Puglia in Italian), bordering on Molise to the north-west, Campania to the south-west, Basilicata to the south, the Adriatic Sea to the east and the Ionian Sea to the south-east. It is close to Albania, which is 80 km across the Adriatic. The region covers 19,223 km² and has a population of 4.02 million.

The regional capital is Bari. The region is divided into five provinces: Bari, Taranto, Foggia, Lecce and Brindisi.

Other towns include:

• Alberobello
• Conversano
• Canosa
• Martina Franca
• Mesagne
• Molfetta
• Otranto
• Santa Maria di Leuca
• Regions of Italy ||

|- | align="center" style="font-size: 90%;" colspan="2" | Regular Regions |- | align="center" style="font-size: 90%;" colspan="2" | Abruzzo | Basilicata | Calabria | Campania | Emilia-Romagna | Lazio (Latium) | Liguria | Lombardia (Lombardy) | Marche | Molise | Piemonte (Piedmont) | Puglia (Apulia) | Toscana (Tuscany) | Umbria | Veneto | |- | align="center" style="font-size: 90%;" colspan="2" | Regions with special autonomous status |- | align="center" style="font-size: 90%;" colspan="2" | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Sardegna (Sardinia) | Sicilia (Sicily) | Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-South Tyrol) | Valle d'Aosta (Aosta Valley) |}