Provinces  of  Campania

Latest page update: 2 March 2025
By: Dion Protani
The five provinces of Campania take the name of the most prominent city in each area of the region. The capital city of Campania is Naples which belongs to the Metropolitan City of Naples province. Campania is one of the 20 regions of Italy and within most of those regions there are a number of provinces. 

​Whereas the Metropolitan City of Naples is the most populous in the region, it is the Salerno Province that covers the largest territory with 4,923 km². The remaining three provinces are named after the cities of Benevento, Avellino and Caserta. Within each province there are numerous comunes which are towns or villages.
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Metropolitan  City  of  Naples

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Pompeii, Metropolitan City of Naples
Provincial capital: Naples

Population: 2,967,736

Size: 1,171 km²

Comunes: 92

Code: NA

Highlights: ​Ischia, Capri, Procida, Sorrento, Pompeii, Herculaneum

Avellino  Province

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Zungoli, Avellino Province
Provincial capital: Avellino

Population: 397,010

Size: 2,806 km²

Comunes: 118

Code: AV

Highlights: ​Zungoli, Monteverde, Savignano Irpino, Nusco

Benevento  Province

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Sant'Agata de' Goti, Benevento Province
Provincial capital: Benevento

Population: 261,431

Size: 2,080 km²

Comunes: 78

Code: BN

Highlights: ​Sant'Agata de' Goti, Montesarchio, Cusano Mutri

Caserta  Province

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Basilica di Sant'Angelo in Formis, Caserta Province
Provincial capital: Caserta

Population: 906,080

Size: 2,651 km²

Comunes: 104

Code: CE

Highlights: ​Royal Palace of Caserta, Campano Amphitheatre

Salerno  Province

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Amalfi Coast, Salerno Province
Provincial capital: Salerno

Population: 1,057,819

Size: 4,923 km²

Comunes: 158

Code: SA

Highlights: ​Amalfi Coast, Cilento Coast, Paestum, Positano, Amalfi

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