What are the Regions of Italy?
Italy is divided into 20 regions, each with an elected president and council, responsible
for healthcare, regional transport and economic development.
- Italy's 1948 constitution created the regions.
- Many follow states or territories that existed before unification in 1861.
- Five have a special statute with extra autonomy: Sicily, Sardinia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Aosta Valley and Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
- The special-statute regions were set up between 1946 and 1963.
- The 15 ordinary regions only got elected councils in 1970.
- Molise, the newest region, was separated from Abruzzo in 1963.
Current quiz contains
20 regions:
Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardia, Marche, Molise, Piemonte, Sardegna, Sicily, Toscana, Trentino-Alto Adige, Umbria, Valle d'Aosta, Veneto.