South Italy
South Italy
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| Country | Italy |
| Regions | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 73,223 km2 (28,272 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (2022) | 13,430,686 |
| Languages | |
| – Official language | Italian |
| – Official linguistic minorities[2] | |
| – Regional languages | |
South Italy (Italian: Italia meridionale or just Sud Italia) is one of the five official statistical regions of Italy used by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), a NUTS1 level region.
South Italy is defined only for statistical and for some elections. It should not to be confused with the Mezzogiorno, or Southern Italy, which generally refers to all the southern half of the Italian State, including the island of Sicily and sometimes even Sardinia.[3] The two islands form a distinct statistical region.region.
Geography
[change | change source]South Italy borders to the north with Central Italy (to the northwest with Lazio and to the northeast with Marche). The Adriatic Sea is to the east and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west, and the Ionian Sea to the south.
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The Apennines are mountain ranges that goes from north to south through South Italy. The highest point in the region is the Corno Grande (42°18′10″N 13°33′56″E / 42.30278°N 13.56556°E) (part of the Gran Sasso) that is 2,912 metres (9,554 ft) high.[4]
Regions
[change | change source]Central Italy encompasses six of the 20 regions of Italy, including 24 provinces and 1,789 comuniː
| Region | Capital | Population[5] (2016) |
Area[6] (km²) |
Density (inh./km²) |
Provinces | Comuni |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abruzzo | L'Aquila | 1,326,513 | 10,831.84 | 122.5 | 4 | 305 |
| Apulia | Bari | 4,077,166 | 19,540.90 | 208.6 | 6 | 258 |
| Basilicata | Potenza | 573,694 | 10,073.32 | 57.0 | 2 | 131 |
| Calabria | Catanzaro | 1,970,521 | 15,221.90 | 129.5 | 5 | 409 |
| Campania | Naples | 5,850,850 | 13,670.95 | 428.0 | 5 | 550 |
| Molise | Campobasso | 312,027 | 4,460.65 | 70.0 | 2 | 136 |
| Total | 14,110,771 | 73,799.56 | 191.2 | 24 | 1,789 | |
The comuni with more than 100,000 persons living in them areː
| Comune | Population[5] | Province | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naples | 974,074 | Naples | Campania |
| Bari | 326,344 | Bari | Apulia |
| Taranto | 201,100 | Taranto | Apulia |
| Reggio Calabria | 183,035 | Reggio Calabria | Calabria |
| Foggia | 151,991 | Foggia | Apulia |
| Salerno | 135,261 | Salerno | Campania |
| Giugliano in Campania | 122,974 | Naples | Campania |
| Pescara | 121,014 | Pescara | Abruzzo |
| Andria | 100,861 | Barletta-Andria-Trani | Apulia |
Related pages
[change | change source]- NUTS level 1:
- Northwest Italy
- Northeast Italy
- Central Italy
- South Italy
- Insular Italy
- Northern Italy
- Southern Italy
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Bilancio demografico e popolazione residente per sesso al 31 dicembre 2022" (in Italian). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ↑ "Legge 482". Webcitation.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
- ↑ "Top 5 places to visit in the South of Italy". PR Fire. Archived from the original on 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- ↑ "Corno Grande, Italy". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cite error: The named reference
istat-demowas used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page). - ↑ "Regioni italiane" (in Italian). Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 27 January 2017.