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| Capital (and largest city) |
Catanzaro | ||||
| Language | Italian | ||||
| Ethnic Group | Italian | ||||
| Demonym | Calabrian | ||||
| Government | Unitary Republic | ||||
| President | |||||
| Area | 15,080 sq km | ||||
| Independence | from Sicily | ||||
| declared | 1976 | ||||
| Annexation | to Italy | ||||
| date | 1978 | ||||
The Republic of Calabria (Italian: Republica Calabrese) was a short-lived
Italian state in existence between 1956 and 1962, having seceded from Sicily and in 1962 becoming part of Italy. It was poor and primarily rural for most of its existence.