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Lazio

Headquarters of the region in Rome

Flag	Coat of arms

Country

Italy

Capital

Rome

Area

• Total

17,232.29 km² (6,653.42 sq mi)

Population

(1 January 2017)

• Total

5,898,124

• Density

342.27163/km² (886.4795/sq mi)

Demonym(s)

Laziali

Time zone

UTC+1 (CET)

• Summer (DST)

UTC+2 (CEST)

GDP/ Nominal

€ 185.737 billion (2014)

NUTS Region

ITI

Website

Regione Lazio

Lazio is one of the twenty regions of Italy, in central Italy. The capital is Rome.

Geography
- Provinces
- Largest municipalities
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Geography

The region is in Central Italy with an area of 17,232.29 km² (6,653.42 sq mi). It is bordered to the northwest by the Tuscany region, to the north by the Umbria region, to the northeast with the Marche region, to the east with the Abruzzo and Molise regions, to the southeast is the Campania region and to the west is the Tyrrhenian Sea. The Vatican City is within the region.

Tuscany	Umbria	Marche
Tyrrhenian Sea		Abruzzo Molise
	Lazio

Tyrrhenian Sea	Tyrrhenian Sea	Campania

The main river in the region is the Tiber. The highest mountain in the region is Monte Gorzano, on the border with the Abruzzo region, with an altitude of 2,458 m (8,064 ft).

The Pontine Islands (Italian: Isole Ponziane) are an archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the west coast of Italy. They are part of Lazio.

Provinces

Lazio has four provinces and one Metropolitan city (Rome).

Provinces of the Lazio region
Province	Abbreviation	Capital	Area (km²)	Population (1 January 2017)	Density (inh./km²)	Comuni
Frosinone	FR	Frosinone	3,247.08	493,067	151.8	91
Latina	LT	Latina	2,256.16	574,891	254.8	33
Rieti	RI	Rieti	2,750.52	157,420	57.2	73
Rome	RM	Rome	5,363.28	4,353,738	811.8	121
Viterbo	VT	Viterbo	3,615.24	319,008	88.2	60

Largest municipalities

The 10 communi with more people living in it are:

No.	Communi	Province	Population (2017)	Area (km²)	Density (inh./km²)
1	Rome	RM	2,873,494	1,287.36	2,232.1
2	Latina	LT	126,151	277.62	454.4
3	Guidonia Montecelio	RM	89,141	79.47	1,121.7
4	Fiumicino	RM	78,887	213.89	368.8
5	Aprilia	LT	73,934	178.11	415.1
6	Viterbo	VT	67,488	406.23	166.1
7	Pomezia	RM	63,268	86.57	730.8
8	Tivoli	RM	56,603	68.65	824.5
9	Anzio	RM	54,311	43.65	1,244.2
10	Velletri	RM	53,365	118.23	451.4