Marche
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| Capital | Ancona |
| President | Gian Mario Spacca (DL-Union) |
| Provinces | Ancona Ascoli Piceno Fermo Macerata Pesaro e Urbino |
| Comuni | 246 |
| Area | 9,694 km² |
| - Ranked | 15th (3.2 %) |
| Population (2003 est.) - Total | 1,484,601 13th (2.6 %) 153/km² |
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| Map highlighting the location of Marche in Italy | |
- This article is about the Italian region. For other uses of the word 'marche' see March (disambiguation).
The Marche (plural, originally le marche de Ancona = the Marches of Ancona) are a region of central Italy, bordering Emilia-Romagna north, Tuscany to the north-west, Umbria to west, Abruzzo and Latium to the south and the Adriatic Sea to the east.
The regional capital is Ancona. The region is divided into five provinces: Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Fermo, Macerata (all part of the ancient territory of Picenum), and Pesaro e Urbino which is composed of the traditionally separate provinces of Pesaro and Urbino, that were part of ancient Umbria. In 2004, a fifth province, the province of Fermo, was voted to come into being in 2009. The provinces of the Marche have distinct histories, largely owing to the geography of the region: except for the river valleys and the often very narrow coastal strip, the land is hilly. In the 19th century a railroad from Bologna to Brindisi linked the Marche along the coast-line of the entire territory: inland, the mountainous nature of the region even today allows little communication north and south, except by rough roads over the passes.
In a traditional mezzadria system, under which products are equally divided between the owners and the cultivators of the land, the rather unproductive soil and difficult terrain was fairly highly cultivated. The port of Ancona was the only really good harbor, the other small harbors were used by fishing fleets: the Marche furnished a large contingent of sailors to the Italian navy.
List of towns in Marche Region.
[edit] External links
- Official Site of the Marche Region
- Map of Marche
- Marche Voyager
- Food and life in Le Marche
- Drawing on Experience, a sketchbook of Le Marche
- Marche Historical Picture Gallery
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