Abruzzo

**Abruzzo** is one of the twenty regions of Italy, in Southern Italy on the Adriatic Sea. The capital is the city of L'Aquila.

## Geography

The region is located in Southern Italy bordered by Marche to the north, Lazio to the west, Molise to the south and the Adriatic Sea to the east.

Abruzzo is the 13th largest region in Italy, with a total area of . The main rivers in the region are:
- Aterno-Pescara,  long.
- Sangro,  long.
- Vomano,  long.
- Tordino,  long.
- Liri,  long,  in Abruzzo.

The Tronto river is  long but flows mainly in the Marche region.

The highest mountain in the region is Corno Grande (), in the Teramo province, with an altitude of .

## Provinces

The region is divided into four provinces:

|Province|Abbreviation|Capital|style="width:90px;"|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(1 January 2017)</small>|Density (<small>inh./km²)</small>|_Comuni_|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Chieti|align=center|CH|align=left|Chieti|2,599.58|389,169||104|
|align=left|L'Aquila|align=center|AQ|align=left|L'Aquila|5,047.55|301,910||108|
|align=left|Pescara|align=center|PE|align=left|Pescara|1,230.33|321,309||46|
|align=left|Teramo|align=center|TE|align=left|Teramo|1,954.38|309,859||47|
|colspan="3"|**Total**|10,831.84|1,322.247||305|||||

### Largest municipalities

The 10 comuni of the region with more people living in it are:
|No.|Comuni|Province|Population <small>(2017)</small>|Area<small>(km<sup>2</sup>)</small>|Density <small>(inh./km<sup>2</sup>)</small>|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**1**|style="text-align:left;"|Pescara|style="text-align:left;"|PE|120,420|34.36||
|**2**|style="text-align:left;"|L'Aquila|style="text-align:left;"|AQ|69,605|473.91||
|**3**|style="text-align:left;"|Teramo|style="text-align:left;"|TE|54,775|152.84||
|**4**|style="text-align:left;"|Montesilvano|style="text-align:left;"|PE|54,152|23.57||
|**5**|style="text-align:left;"|Chieti|style="text-align:left;"|CH|51,330|59.57||
|**6**|style="text-align:left;"|Avezzano|style="text-align:left;"|AQ|42,509|104.09||
|**7**|style="text-align:left;"|Vasto|style="text-align:left;"|CH|41,283|71.35||
|**8**|style="text-align:left;"|Lanciano|style="text-align:left;"|CH|35,251|66.94||
|**9**|style="text-align:left;"|Roseto degli Abruzzi|style="text-align:left;"|TE|25,602|53.27||
|**10**|style="text-align:left;"|Francavilla al Mare|style="text-align:left;"|CH|25,520|23.09||

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## Other websites

- Official Site
- Official Tourist Information

## Infobox (region of italy)

- **name**: Abruzzo
- **region coa**: Regione-Abruzzo-Stemma.svg
- **coa size**: 50px
- **map**: Abruzzo in Italy.svg
- **flag**: Flag of Abruzzo.svg
- **capital**: L'Aquila
- **area**: 10763
- **area percent**: 3.6
- **population**: 1307919
- **population demonym**: Abruzzan(s) / Abruzzese / Abruzzesi
- **pop percent**: 2.2
- **pop date**: 2012-10-31
- **gdp**: 28.7
- **gdp year**: 2008
- **gdp per capita**: 21,400
- **gdp cap year**: 2008
- **website**: [http://www.regione.abruzzo.it/ www.regione.abruzzo.it]
- **leader**: Giovanni Lolli, _ad interim_
- **leader party**: Democratic Party (Italy), Democratic
- **nuts**: ITF