Salento

"Salentine" redirects here. For the dialect spoken in this region, see Salentino dialect. For other uses, see Salento (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Silentó.

Salento Salentu (Salentino) Σαλέντο (Salento Griko)
historical and geographic region
A view of Salento from satellite
Geographical borders of Salento (the so called "Messapic threshold")
Country	Italy
Regions	Apulia
Provinces	Taranto, Brindisi, Lecce
Area
• Land	5,856.57 km2 (2,261.23 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate  (2017)	1,785,500
Demonym	Salentini
Time zone	UTC+1
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2
Postal codes	73001-73100, 72012-72015, 72017-72018, 72020-72027, 72029, 74100

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Salento (Italian: [saˈlɛnto]; Salentino: Salentu; Salento Griko: Σαλέντο) is a cultural, historical, and geographic region at the southern end of the administrative region of Apulia, in southern Italy. It is a sub-peninsula of the Italian Peninsula, sometimes described as the "heel" of the Italian "boot". It encompasses the entire administrative area of the Province of Lecce, most of the Province of Brindisi (all of it except Fasano, Ostuni and Cisternino), and the south-eastern part of the Province of Taranto (like Grottaglie and Avetrana, but not Taranto itself).