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	Name	Foggia
	Region	Apulia
	Capital	Foggia
	Commune	64
	Area	7,192
	Population As Of	(2001)
	Population	690,992
	Populationdensity	96
	Vehicle	FG
	Postal Code	71100
	Telephone Prefix	0881
	ISTAT	071
	President	Carmine Stallone
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Foggia (It. ''Provincia di Foggia'') is a Province in the Apulia region of Italy .

This province is also known as ''Capitanata'' because during Middle Ages it was governed by a ''capatano'' (old Italian word for Captain ). Its Capital is the city of Foggia .

It has an area of 7,192 Sq Km , and a total population of 690,992 ( 2001 ). There are currently 64 communes in the province, but the number will be reduced to 61 in the year 2009 when three of its communes, with a total population of 41,394 (2001 census) leave to form part of the new Province Of Barletta-Andria-Trani . The three municipalities, along with their 2001 census populations, are Margherita Di Savoia (12,585), San Fernando Di Puglia (14,361), and Trinitapoli (14,448). (The seven other communes which will comprise the new province will come from the current Province Of Bari .) The resulting loss would leave the remaining territory of the Province of Foggia with an adjusted population of 649,598 as of the 2001 census. (source: Italian National Institute of Statistics (''Istat''), see this link ).

Important centers in the Province are:

• Foggia , the capital and native city of Opera Composer Umberto Giordano


• San Giovanni Rotondo , home of Padre Pio and place of the Church Devoted To Him .


• Manfredonia and Vieste Archiepiscopal See of Apulia


• Vieste and Peschici , notorius sea-side resorts


• Lucera , residence of Frederick II at the beginning of the 13th Century . During Middle-Ages it has been the most important town of the province.

Other centers of interest are:

• Cerignola , native town of Philologist Nicola Zingarelli founder of the Zingarelli Italian Dictionary and Syndicalist Giuseppe Di Vittorio


• Torremaggiore , native town of Nicola Sacco


• Troia , belongs a cathedral of the 10th Century


• Margherita Di Savoia , major center of Salt production (and will be one of the three municipalities leaving the province in 2009 to form the new Province Of Barletta-Andria-Trani )


• Faeto and Celle Di San Vito , two towns where an extremely rare dialect of the Franco-Provençal Language is spoken. The dialect, called Faetar , is only spoken by 1,400 people in the world

The province of Foggia can be divided in two parts: the one centered in its capital Foggia called '' Tavoliere '' and the other one that represents the Spur of the Boot -shaped Italian Peninsula called '' Gargano ''.

The ''Tavoliere'', a term that recalls the word ''tavolo'', table, it is so called because it is Lowland and it is important for Agriculture ( Grapefruit , Olives , Wheat , Tomato ).

The ''Gargano'' is a peninsula partly Mountainous and partly covered by a Forest , '' Foresta Umbra '' with Vegetation typical of Central Europe , the only lasting part in Italy of the ancient Black Forest . Allegedly its name comes from the word ''ombra'' (shadow) because of its thickness that prevents the light to enter in contrast with the typical '' Flora ''.
The Coast of ''Gargano'' is rich in Beaches and touristic facilities.
In the north are two major Salt Lake s Lesina and Varano .
It is also important for the production of Olive s, olive oil and both mountain and sea typical food products.