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Calabria

From the toe of Italy and the Mediterranean frontier

Capital

Catanzaro

Population

1,841,000

Area

15,222 km²

Time zone

UTC+1

In this edition

No dispatches in today's edition.

Geography & climate

Hot Mediterranean coasts, cool mountainous interior.

A long mountainous peninsula between two seas — the Sila and Aspromonte massifs, two coasts.

Economy & culture

Agriculture (citrus, bergamot), tourism, ports (Gioia Tauro), remittance-shaped economy.

Magna Graecia and Byzantine roots, Albanian and Greek minorities, the weight of the 'Ndrangheta and of emigration.

Recent headlines from this bureau

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  • Calabrian Migrant Reception in the International Coverage
  • The 'Ndrangheta's Global Reach Through Foreign Investigations