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The region is named for the Umbri tribe, who settled in the region in the 6th century BC. Their language was Umbrian, a relative of Latin. The modern region of Umbria, however, is essentially a different region of Italy than that bearing the same name in Roman times, which extended through most of what is now the northern Marche, to Ravenna, but excluded the west bank of the Tiber — and thus for example Perugia — which was in Etruria, and the area around Norcia, which was in the SabineSabine (in Latin and in Italian, Sabina is a sub-region of Latium, Italy, on the North-East of Rome toward Rieti. It is named after the Sabines an ancient people that were in Latium before Rome was founded. The legend says that Romans abducted Sabine wome territory.

The regional capital is Perugia. The region is divided into two provinces: Perugia, with 63 comuni, and Terni, with 29 comuni.

Major cities:

• AssisiAssisi (Latin: Asisium) is a town and episcopal see on the western flank of Mt. Subasio in Perugia province in the Italian region of Umbria. It was the birthplace of St. Francis (Francesco Bernadone), who founded the Franciscan religious order here in 120
• Città di CastelloCitta di Castello is a town in the northern part of the Umbria region of Italy. The town and its environs have a population of around 38,300 (official census, 2003). It is located on the upper part of the flood plain of the River Tiber. The town may have
• FolignoFoligno (Latin: Fulginiae, Fulginium) an ancient town of Italy, in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, at 233 meters (764 ft) above sea-level, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clitunno river sy
• GubbioGubbio is a town and comune (township) in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia, ( Umbria), 43°21N 12°34E. At 522 m (1713 ft) above sea-level, it clings to the first slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennines. Its popula
• NarniNarni is an old hilltown of Umbria in central Italy, overhanging a narrow gorge of the Nera River in Terni province. Narni began as an Umbrian city, under the name Nequinum. There exist records mentioning Nequinum from as far back as 600 BC. It was conque
• Orvieto
• Perugia
• Spoleto
• Terni
• Todi

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UmbriaUmbria is a mountainous region of central Italy, in the valley of the river Tiber. It is bordered by Tuscany to the west, the Marche to the east and Lazio to the south. The region covers 8,456 km² and has a population of 834,000 ( 2003 census). The region Umbrian languageUmbrian an Indo-European language of the Italic family, is a dead language formerly spoken in Umbria, Italy. It is known primarily from the Tabulae Iguvin (Iguvium modern Gubbio), seven bronze plates which contain some notes on the ceremonies and statutes