Grecìa Salentina

Grecìa Salentina
Ελλάδα του Σαλέντο/
Σαλαντινή Ελλάδα
 (Greek)
Grico cultural group of Salento, Puglia
Grecìa Salentina
Coordinates: 40°21′N 18°10′E / 40.350°N 18.167°E / 40.350; 18.167
CountryItaly
RegionApulia
Geographic regionSalento
Population54,278 (2005)
Government
 • TypeUnion of the Towns of Grecìa Salentina
 • PresidentCasaluci Roberto
 • Vice PresidentTarantino Fabio
Demonym(s)Italian: Griko
Greek: Γκρίκο
Time zoneUTC+1
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2
Postal codes
73001-73100, 72012-72015, 72017-72018, 72020-72027, 72029, 74100
Websitewww.unionegreciasalentina.le.it

Grecìa Salentina (Griko for "Salentine Greece") is an area in the peninsula of Salento in southern Italy, near the town of Lecce which is inhabited by the Griko people, an ethnic Greek minority in southern Italy who speak Griko, a variant of Greek.