Grecìa Salentina
Grecìa Salentina
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Grico cultural group of Salento, Puglia | |
| Coordinates: 40°21′N 18°10′E / 40.350°N 18.167°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Apulia |
| Geographic region | Salento |
| Population | 54,278 (2005) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Union of the Towns of Grecìa Salentina |
| • President | Casaluci Roberto |
| • Vice President | Tarantino Fabio |
| Demonym(s) | Italian: Griko Greek: Γκρίκο |
| Time zone | UTC+1 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 |
| Website | www |
Grecìa Salentina (Griko for "Salentine Greece") is an area in the peninsula of Salento in southern Italy, near the town of Lecce which is inhabited by the Griko people, an ethnic Greek minority in southern Italy who speak Griko, a variant of Greek.