Liguria
Liguria
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| Country | Italy |
| Capital | Genoa |
| Government | |
| • President | Marco Bucci (Ind.) |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,422 km2 (2,093 sq mi) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 1,509,908 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | English: Ligurian Italian: Ligure |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €48.516 billion (2021) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IT-42 |
| HDI (2021) | 0.901 very high · 10th of 21 |
| NUTS Region | ITC |
| Website | regione.liguria.it |
Liguria (/lɪˈɡjʊəriə/; Italian: [liˈɡuːrja]; Ligurian: Ligûria, Ligurian: [liˈɡyːɾja]) is a region of north-western Italy; its capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennines mountain range and is roughly coextensive with the former territory of the Republic of Genoa. Liguria is bordered by France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) to the west, Piedmont to the north, and Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany to the east. It rests on the Ligurian Sea, and has a population of 1,509,908 as of 2025. The region is part of the Alps–Mediterranean Euroregion.