Umbria

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**Regione Umbria**

Zone	Central Italy
Capital	Perugia
President	Maria Rita Lorenzetti
Provinces	Perugia Terni
Municipalities	92
Area	8,457 km²
Population - Total - Density	834,000 96/km²

Map higlighting the location of Umbria in Italy

Umbria is a mountainous region of central Italy, in the valley of the river Tiber. It is bordered by Tuscany to the west, the Marche to the east and Lazio to the south. The region covers 8,456 km² and has a population of 834,000 (2003 census).

The region is named for the Umbri tribe, who settled in the region in the 6th century BC. Their language was Umbrian, a relative of Latin. The modern region of Umbria, however, is essentially a different region of Italy than that bearing the same name in Roman times, which extended through most of what is now the northern Marche, to Ravenna, but excluded the west bank of the Tiber — and thus for example Perugia — which was in Etruria, and the area around Norcia, which was in the Sabine territory.

The regional capital is Perugia. The region is divided into two provinces: Perugia, with 63 comuni, and Terni, with 29 comuni.

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Regions of Italy
Regular Regions
Abruzzo \| Basilicata \| Calabria \| Campania \| Emilia-Romagna \| Lazio (Latium) \| Liguria \| Lombardia (Lombardy) \| Marche \| Molise \| Piemonte (Piedmont) \| Puglia (Apulia) \| Toscana (Tuscany) \| Umbria \| Veneto \|
Regions with special autonomous status
Friuli-Venezia Giulia \| Sardegna (Sardinia) \| Sicilia (Sicily) \| Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-South Tyrol) \| Valle d'Aosta (Aosta Valley)

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