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Wednesday, 15 July 2026 — Edition № 46
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Sud bureau

Puglia

From the heel of Italy and the Adriatic crossing

Capital

Bari

Population

3,900,000

Area

19,541 km²

Time zone

UTC+1

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Geography & climate

Hot Mediterranean; dry summers, mild winters.

The long flat heel — olive plains, the Salento, the trulli of the Itria valley, two seas.

Economy & culture

Olive oil and agriculture, tourism, the Taranto steelworks, ports, renewable energy.

Trulli and whitewashed towns, the pizzica, a Greek and Norman past, an Adriatic gateway.