Molise

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Molise is a small, predominantly rural region in southern Italy known for its mountainous landscapes, traditional agriculture, and relatively low population density.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region
region of Italy
area about 4438 square kilometres
borders Abruzzo NERFINISHED
Adriatic Sea
Apulia
Campania
Lazio
capital Campobasso
climate Mediterranean along the coast
continental in the interior
coastline Adriatic coast
containsCity Campobasso
Isernia
containsTown Agnone
Larino
Termoli
country Italy
economicActivity livestock farming
small-scale industry
traditional agriculture
geography hilly interior
predominantly mountainous
hasMinorityLanguage Arbëresh
surface form: Albanian dialects (Arbëreshë)

Molisan dialects of Neapolitan
Serbo-Croatian
surface form: Serbo-Croatian dialects
hasMountainRange Apennines
hasProvince Campobasso
Isernia
hasRiver Biferno
Trigno
hasUniversity University of Molise
historicalRegion part of former Abruzzi e Molise
ISO3166-2 IT-67
landUse predominantly rural
largestCity Campobasso
locatedIn Southern Italy
surface form: southern Italy
NUTSCode ITF2
officialLanguage Italian language
surface form: Italian
partOf Italian Republic
populationCharacteristic low population density
religionMajority Roman Catholicism
separatedAsRegion 1963
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
traditionalProduct caciocavallo cheese
olive oil
pasta alla molisana
wine

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Abruzzo borders Molise
Campania borders Molise
Lazio bordersRegion Molise
Apennines crossesRegion Molise
Apulia hasBorderWith Molise
Southern Italy hasPart Molise
Samnites modernLocation Molise