Reggio Calabria (It. Provincia di Reggio Calabria) is a province in the Calabria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Reggio Calabria. In Italy, the Province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (regione). ... Calabria, formerly Bruttium, is a region in southern Italy which occupies the toe of the Italian peninsula south of Naples. ... Map of Italy showing Reggio Calabria in the south Reggio Calabria, located on the toe of the Italian boot, is the capital of the province of Reggio Calabria. ...

It has an area of 3,183 sq km, and a total population of 564,223 (2001). There are 97 communes in the province (source: Italian institute of statistics Istat, see this link (http://www.upinet.it/indicatore.asp?id_statistiche=6)).

External link

• Provincia di Reggio Calabria homepage (in Italian) (http://www.provincia.rc.it)