The province of Bari (Italian: provincia di Bari; Neapolitan: pruvincia 'e Bari; Barese: provinge de Bare) was a province in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital was the city of Bari.
It had an area of 5,138 km (1,984 sq mi), and a total population of 1,594,109 (2005). On 1 January 2015 it was replaced by the Metropolitan City of Bari.
The Metropolitan City of Bari (Italian: città metropolitana di Bari) is a metropolitan city in the region of Apulia of Italy. Its capital is the city of Bari. It replaced the province of Bari and includes the city of Bari and 40 other municipalities. It was first created by the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990) and then established by the Law 56/2014. It has been operative since January 1, 2015.
The Metropolitan City of Bari is headed by the Metropolitan Mayor (sindaco metropolitano) and by the Metropolitan Council (consiglio metropolitano). Since 1 January 2015 Antonio Decaro, as mayor of the capital city, has been the first mayor of the Metropolitan City.
The Gravina (also called Gravina di Picciano) is a river in the Apulia and Basilicata regions of southern Italy. Its source is near Poggiorsini and the border of the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani in the province of Bari. The river flows southeast near Gravina in Puglia before crossing into the province of Matera. It flows west of Matera before emptying into the Bradano as a left tributary a short distance after the Bradano exits Lago di San Giuliano.
Itria Valley (in Italian: Valle d'Itria) is an area located in Apulia region, in Southern Italy.Itria Valley spreads over Province of Bari, Province of Brindisi and Province of Taranto, and coincide with the lower part of Murgia upland (Low Murgia).The towns of Martina Franca, Locorotondo, Cisternino and Ceglie Messapica overlook Itria Valley."Valley" is an inaccurate term, because Itria Valley has not the typical conformation of mountain area valleys: it is just a depression due to karstic phenomena.
The province of Barletta-Andria-Trani (Italian: Provincia di Barletta-Andria-Trani, Neapolitan: Pruvincia 'e Barletta-Andria-Trani) is a province in the region of Apulia in Italy. The establishment of the province took effect in June 2009, and Andria was appointed as its seat of government on 21 May 2010.
It was created from 10 municipalities, which were formerly in the provinces of Bari and Foggia, taking its name from the three cities which share the new province's administrative functions. The population is 376,561 as of 2025.