Editing Apulia (section)

{{Short description|Region of Italy}}
{{Other uses|Apulia (disambiguation)|Puglia (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Expand Italian|Puglia|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| seat               = [[Bari]]
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| leader_party       = [[Democratic Party (Italy)|PD]]
| leader_title       = President
| leader_name        = [[Michele Emiliano]]
| leader_title1      = Vice President
| leader_name1       = [[Raffaele Piemontese]]
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| area_total_km2     = 19358
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| population_total   = 3874166
| population_as_of   = 2025
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| demographics2_title1 = Total
| demographics2_info1 = €77.984 billion (2021)
| timezone1          = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1        = +01:00
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| area_code          = IT-75
| blank2_name_sec1   = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2021)
| blank2_info_sec1   = 0.856<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2023-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923120638/https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|archive-date=23 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><br/>{{color|green|very high}} · [[List of Italian regions by Human Development Index|18th of 21]]
| blank_name_sec2    = [[First-level NUTS of the European Union#Italy|NUTS Region]]
| blank_info_sec2    = ITF
| website            = {{URL|http://www.regione.puglia.it/|regione.puglia.it}}
| footnotes          = 
| governing_body     = [[Regional Council of Apulia|Regional Council]]
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'''Apulia''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|p|uː|l|i|ə}} {{respell|ə|POO|lee|ə}}), also known by its [[Italian language|Italian]] name '''Puglia''' ({{IPA|it|ˈpuʎʎa|lang}}),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Puglia travel|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/puglia|access-date=2021-07-18|website=Lonely Planet|language=en}}</ref>{{efn|name=a|
Local names:<br>
:{{langx|nap|label=[[Bari dialect|Barese]]|Púgghie}} {{IPA|nap|ˈpuɟːə|}}
:{{langx|nap|label={{ill|Foggiano dialect|lt=Foggiano|it|dialetto foggiano}}|Puie}}
:{{langx|nap|label=[[Tarantino dialect|Tarantino]]|Puje}} {{IPA|nap|ˈpuːjə|}}
:{{langx|scn|label=[[Salentino dialect|Salentino]]|Puia}} {{IPA|scn|ˈpuːja|}}
:{{langx|frp|label=[[Faetar language|Faetar]]|Poulye}} {{IPA|frp|ˈpujə, ˈpuʎə|}}
:{{langx|el|label=[[Griko language|Griko]]|Απουλία}} {{IPA|el|apuˈli.a|}}
:{{langx|aae|Pulia}}}} is a [[Regions of Italy|region of Italy]], located in the [[Southern Italy|southern peninsular section]] of the country, bordering the [[Adriatic Sea]] to the east, the [[Strait of Otranto]] and [[Ionian Sea]] to the southeast and the [[Gulf of Taranto]] to the south. The region comprises {{convert|19345|sqkm|sqmi|0|sp=us}}, and has 3,874,166 inhabitants as of 2025.<ref name="population" /> It is bordered by the other Italian regions of [[Molise]] to the north, [[Campania]] to the west, and [[Basilicata]] to the southwest. The regional capital is [[Bari]].

In ancient times, more precisely at the beginning of the first millennium BC, the region of Apulia was inhabited by the [[Iapygians]], while during the 8th century BC its coastal areas were populated by [[Magna Graecia|ancient Greeks]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Popoli e culture dell'Italia preromana. Gli Iapigi, gli Apuli e i Dauni - Treccani |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/popoli-e-culture-dell-italia-preromana-gli-iapigi-gli-apuli-e-i-dauni_(Il-Mondo-dell'Archeologia)/,%20https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/popoli-e-culture-dell-italia-preromana-gli-iapigi-gli-apuli-e-i-dauni_(Il-Mondo-dell'Archeologia)/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Treccani |language=it}}</ref> Later, the region was conquered by the [[ancient Romans]]. It was then conquered by the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]], followed by the [[Normans]], the [[Kingdom of Aragon|Aragonese]] and the [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]]. Subsequently, it became part of the [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]], to then be annexed to the unified [[Kingdom of Italy]] after the [[Expedition of the Thousand]].