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Informations regarding region Tuscany:

Tuscany (Toscana) is a region located in the centre of Italy. The territory of map of tuscany region in Italy this region is mostly characterized by hills and it confines with two seas, the Ligurian Sea and Tyrrhenian Sea. The region of Tuscany is 22.997 Km² long, there are 3.516.000 inhabitants with a living density of 153 per. per Km².

The province capital cities are: Arezzo 92.400 per., Carrara 64.900 per., Grosseto 71.400 per., Livorno 156.200 per., Lucca 81.900 per., Massa 66.900 per., Pisa 89.000 per., Pistoia 84.200 per., Prato 174.600 per., Siena 52.800 per. Other towns in Tuscany are: Viareggio 61.800 per., Scandicci 50.100 per., Sesto Fiorentino 45.800 per., Empoli 44.400 per., Capannori 42.400 per., Cascina 38.900 per., Campi Bisenzio 37.900 per., Piombino 33.800 per., Rosignano Marittimo 30.900 per., San Giuliano Terme 30.600 per., Camaiore 30.300 per., Poggibonsi 27.500 per., Cecina 26.600 per., San Miniato 26.400 per., Pontedera 25.200 per. and Bagno a Ripoli 25.100 per.

There are also many islands in the territory of Tuscany the largest being the Elba island, which is an important tourist resort. The capital city of the region is Florence, famous for its history and artistic beauties which attract visitors from all over the world.

Florence in Tuscany region, famous for its history and artistic beauties which attract visitors from all over the world.

Tourism in Tuscany:

The territory of Tuscany is various, going from the sea to hills and mountains, offering many possibilities to those tourists who visit its artistic cities, islands and beaches. Tuscany's main tourist resorts offer Hotels of every category (from one-two-stars to five stars) which provide a great hospitality for every need; the farm holiday resorts are the main income of this region, they are located throughout the whole territory and are situated along the Maremma coast and on the hills - the ones in the Siena, Chianti and Florence areas being the most famous.

The assortment of this region's hospitality is completed by beautiful residential homes and tourist villages right for both families' and youngster's holidays. The main tourist resorts located on the coast of Tuscany and on its islands are: Capraia, Castiglione della Pescaia, Capalbio, Cecina, Follonica, Forte dei Marmi, Giannutri, Gorgona, Montecristo, Pianosa, Il Giglio, Isola d'Elba, Lido di Camaiore, Marina di Massa, Marina di Pietrasanta, Marina di Grosseto, Orbetello, Piombino, Viareggio. The Tuscany region confines with the following regions: Liguria, Emilia Romagna, Marche, l'Umbria and Lazio. The provinces of Tuscany are: Arezzo - Firenze - Grosseto - Livorno - Lucca - Massa - Pisa - Pistoia - Prato - Siena.

Industry in Tuscany:

Besides tourism Tuscany has a good variety of industrial businesses which work in fields such as clothing, food farming, shoes, leather, paper, ceramics, garden centres, marble, furniture, gold, port, textile, glass, construction and new technologies.

Agriculture in Tuscany:

Agriculture in Tuscany is well developed and the variety of its territory favours the growth of many types of products. It is primarily hilly, favouring the cultivation of olives from which one of the best extra virgin oils of the world is produced, besides grain and fruit crops and vineyards which, as we all know, produce famous and collected wines.

Garden centres and beekeeping are also quite active in this territory, moreover bovine and pork breeding are also practiced.

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