The Province of Bari (Italian: provincia di Bari, Neapolitan: pruvincia 'e Bari, Barese: provinge de Bare) was a province in the region of Apulia, Italy. Its capital was the city of Bari. It has an area of 5,138 km2 (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.