Liguria
Italian region
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Summary
Liguria is a region of Italy[1]. Liguria draws 14,897 Wikipedia views per month (region of italy category, ranking #11 of 15).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Italy[3]
- Country: Italy[4]
- Head of government: Marco Bucci[5]
- Capital: Genoa[6]
- Shares border with: Piedmont[7], Emilia-Romagna[8], Tuscany[9], Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur[10]
- Named after: Ligures[11]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Province of Imperia[12], Province of La Spezia[13], Province of Savona[14], Metropolitan City of Genoa[15]
- Legislative body: Regional Council of Liguria[16]
- Executive body: Government of Liguria[17]
- Commons category: Liguria[18]
- Patron saint: John the Baptist[19]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[20], UTC+02:00[21]
- Inception: 1970[22]
- Official website: http://www.regione.liguria.it/[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Liguria[24]
- Commons gallery: Liguria[25]
- Population: 1,550,640[26]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Liguria[27]
- Office held by head of government: president of Liguria[28]
- Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[29], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[32], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[33], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[34], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[35]
- Topic has template: Template:Liguria Region[36]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Liguria[37]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Liguria[38]
- Demonym: ligure[39], liguri[40]
- Native label: Ligùria[41], Liguria[42]
Why It Matters
Liguria has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Liguria is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]