Salento
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"Salentine" redirects here. For the dialect spoken in this region, see Salentino dialect. For other uses, see Salento (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Silentó.
Salento (Salentino: Salentu, Salentino Griko: Σαλέντο), also known as Terra d'Otranto,[1] is a cultural, historical and geographic region at the southern end of the administrative region of Apulia, in southern Italy. It is a sub-peninsula of the Italian Peninsula, sometimes described as the "heel" of the Italian "boot". It encompasses the entire administrative area of the province of Lecce, a large part of the province of Brindisi and part of that of Taranto.
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Salento
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Historical Region | |
Country | Italy |
Regions | Apulia |
Provinces | Taranto, Brindisi, Lecce |
Named for | Latin salum “Surrounded by Sea” |
Area | |
• Land | 5,856.57 km2 (2,261.23 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Estimate (2017) | 1,785,500 |
Demonym | Salentini |
Time zone | UTC+1 |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 |
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The peninsula is also known as Terra d'Otranto, and in the past Sallentina. In ancient times it was called variously Calabria or Messapia.