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Identity and administration

Metropolitan city of Rome Capital and four provinces (Frosinone, Latina, Rieti, Viterbo). Ordinary statute, no minority protected under law 482/1999. Festivals: Saints Peter and Paul in Rome (29 June), Macchina di Santa Rosa in Viterbo (3 September, UNESCO heritage).

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Roma – Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, capital Rome (seat of the Region)
Frosinone – capital Frosinone
Latina – capital Latina (town founded in 1932 with the draining of the Pontine marshes)
Rieti – capital Rieti
Viterbo – capital Viterbo

Statute and history

Lazio is a region with an ordinary statute, set up as an institution in 1970. The name recalls ancient Latium but today's borders include historically different territories: Tuscia (former Papal States), Sabina, Ciociaria and northern Terra di Lavoro (Cassino, Gaeta, Formia, moved from Campania to Lazio in 1927). There are no communities recognised under law 482/1999; in southern Lazio the dialects are Campanian in type, around Viterbo Tuscan-Umbrian.

Rome: Saints Peter and Paul, 29 June (city holiday); Rome's birthday on 21 April
Viterbo: Santa Rosa, 4 September, preceded on the evening of the 3rd by the carrying of the Macchina di Santa Rosa, listed in 2013 among the big shoulder-borne processional structures of UNESCO intangible heritage
Latina: San Marco, 25 April
Frosinone: San Silverio, 20 June
Rieti: Santa Barbara, 4 December; Sant'Antonio in June with the candle procession
Gaeta and Sperlonga: sea festivals in summer; Civita di Bagnoregio: Festa della Madonna Liberatrice

Population

Regional figurePeriod: Jan 1, 2025Validsample unknown

Source: ISTAT – Popolazione residente al 1° gennaio (dataflow 22_289, DCIS_POPRES1)

5,709,178people