Region of Umbria

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Long dismissed as Tuscany's "gentler sister", Umbria has recently emerged from the shadow of its more famous western neighbor. Forming an expanse of gentle pastoral countryside and high mountain wilderness, the picturesque region has been dubbed the "Green Heart Of Italy". Umbria is also known for the beauty and profusion of its medieval hill-towns. The region is named for the Umbri tribe, who settled in the region in the 6th century BC. Their language was Umbrian, a relative of Latin. The modern region of Umbria, however, is essentially a different region of Italy than that bearing the same name in Roman times (see Roman Umbria), which extended through most of what is now the northern Marche, to Ravenna, but excluded the west bank of the Tiber -and thus for example Perugia- which was in Etrucia and the area around Norcia, which was in the Sabine territory.

Capital Perugia
Provinces Perugia
Terni
Municipalities 92
Area 8456 km2
Population (2004 est.) 834210
  Climate of Umbria
Month
Average monthly maximum temperature Average daily hours of sunshine Average monthly rainfall
April
6 to 19 5 hrs 79 mm
July
16 to 29 10 hrs 44 mm
October
9 to 19 6 hrs 92 mm
January
1 to 8 3 hrs 75 mm
Regions of Italy