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Italy is subdivided into 20 regions (regioni, singular regione). Five of these regions enjoy a special autonomous status that enables them to enact legislation on some of their specific local matters, and are marked by an

1. Abruzzo (with capital L'Aquila)
2. Basilicata (Potenza)
3. Calabria (Catanzaro)
4. Campania (Naples, Napoli)
5. Emilia-Romagna (Bologna)
6. Friuli-Venezia Giulia* (Trieste)
7. Latium, Lazio (Rome, Roma)
8. Liguria (Genoa, Genova)
9. Lombardy, Lombardia (Milan, Milano)
10. Marches, Marche (Ancona)
11. Molise (Campobasso)
12. Piedmont, Piemonte (Turin, Torino)
13. Apulia, Puglia (Bari)
14. Sardinia*, Sardegna (Cagliari)
15. Aosta Valley*, Valle d'Aosta / Vallée d'Aoste (Aosta, Aoste)
16. Tuscany, Toscana (Florence, Firenze)
17. Trentino-South Tyrol*, Trentino-Alto Adige / Trentino-Südtirol (Trento, Bolzano-Bozen)
18. Umbria (Perugia)
19. Sicily*, Sicilia (Palermo)
20. Veneto (Venice, Venezia)

All regions except the Aosta Valley are further subdivided into two or more provinces.

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