Editing Apulia (section)

==Government and politics==
{{Main|Politics of Apulia}}

Since 1 June 2015, former [[judge]] and mayor of [[Bari]] [[Michele Emiliano]] of the [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]] has served as President of the Apulian region.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.regione.puglia.it/index.php?page=presidente&opz=scheda&dp_id=3|title = Scheda Personale|access-date = 17 October 2015|website = Sito web Istituzionale della Regione Puglia|language = it|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150905113948/http://www.regione.puglia.it/index.php?page=presidente&opz=scheda&dp_id=3|archive-date = 5 September 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url = http://www.completamente.org/scarica/MicheleEmiliano.pdf|title = BIOGRAFIA|access-date = 5 September 2015|website = CompletaMente.org|language = it|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041852/http://www.completamente.org/scarica/MicheleEmiliano.pdf|archive-date = 4 March 2016|url-status = dead}}</ref>

===Administrative divisions===
[[File:Map of region of Apulia, Italy, with provinces-it.svg|thumb|Provinces of Apulia]]

Apulia is divided into six provinces:

{| class="wikitable centered"
|-
! style="background:#ccf;"|Province
! style="background:#ccf;"|Population
|-
| [[Metropolitan City of Bari]]
| 1.221.682
|-
| [[Province of Lecce]]
| 767.231
|-
| [[Province of Foggia]]
| 593.078
|-
| [[Province of Taranto]]
| 553.501
|-
| [[Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani]]
| 377.929
|-
| [[Province of Brindisi]]
| 377.240
|}