Key Facts Calabria
Calabria is the southernmost point on the Italian mainland, also known as the tip of the boot. Read some fascinating facts here.
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Calabria has 1.8 million inhabitants? That's 1 million fewer than the city of Rome. Rome, on the other hand, would fit into the territory of Calabria 10 times larger.
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Calabria is a hiking paradise? Besides an 800 km long coastline, almost 90% of Calabria's total area is covered in mountains and hills.
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Four languages are spoken in Calabria: Italian is the official language, but also Grecanico, a Greek dialect in the province of Reggio Calabria; Arbereshe, an Albanian dialect in the province of Cosenza; and Occitano. Occitano is a dialect from Piedmont and Guardia Piemontese in Cosenza, the only town in Calabria where this dialect is spoken.
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Calabria has a special microclimate? 90% of the world's bergamot production comes from Calabria, particularly from the coastal area between Catanzaro and Reggio Calabria.
