Campania
Not to be confused with Company.
Campania
Flag
Coat of arms
Location
Time zone
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Administration
Country
Italy
NUTS
Region
ITF
Capital
Naples
President
Antonio Bassolino (Democratic
Party)
Basic statistics
Area
13,595 km² (5,249 sq mi)
(Ranked 12th, 4.5 %)
Population
5,812,649 (03/2008)
(Ranked 2nd, 9.7 %)
- Density
428 /km² (1,107 /sq mi)
Other information
GDP/
Nominal
€ 94.3 billion (2006)
GDP per
capita
€ 16,294 (2006)
(Ranked 19th)
Website
www.regione.campania.it
Campania is a region of southern Italy in
Europe. The region has a population of
around 5.8 million people, making it the
second-most-populous region of Italy; its total
area of 13,595 km² makes it the most densely
populated region in the country.[1] Located
on the Italian Peninsula, with the Tyrrhenian
Sea to the west, the small Flegrean Islands
and Capri are also administratively part of
the region.
Throughout much of its history Campania
has been at the centre of Western Civilisa-
tion’s most significant entities. The area was
colonised by Ancient Greeks and was within
Magna Græcia, until the Roman Republic
began to dominate. During the Roman era
the area was highly respected as a place of
culture by the emperors, where it balanced
Greco-Roman culture. The area had many
duchies and principalities during the Middle
Ages, in the hands of the Byzantine Empire
and some Lombards.
It was under the Normans that the smaller
independent states were brought together as
part of a sizable European kingdom, known
as the Kingdom of Sicily, before the mainland
broke away to form the Kingdom of Naples. It
was during this period that especially ele-
ments of Spanish, French and Aragonese cul-
ture touched Campania. Later the area be-
came the central part of the Two Sicilies un-
der the Bourbons, until the Italian unification
of 1860 when it became part of the new state
Italy.
The capital city of Campania is Naples.
Campania is rich in culture, especially in re-
gards to gastronomy, music, architecture, ar-
cheological and ancient sites s