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The regions of Italy (Italian: regioni d'Italia) are the first-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, constituting its second NUTS administrative level. [1] There are twenty regions, five of which are autonomous regions with special status .
Provinces of Italy (grey borders), within Regions (solid borders) The provinces of Italy (Italian: province [proˈvintʃe]; sing. provincia [proˈvintʃa] ⓘ) are the second-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, on an intermediate level between a municipality and a region (regione). Since 2015, provinces have been classified ...
Italy is the leading cruise tourism destination in the Mediterranean. [251] Small, historical, and artistic villages are promoted through the association I Borghi più belli d'Italia (lit. ' The most beautiful villages of Italy '). The most visited regions are Veneto, Tuscany, Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, and Lazio. [252]
Italian regions by GDP per capita (in euros, at current market prices) [2] Rank Region 2017 % of nationwide average 1 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 39,750 137.54 2 Lombardy: 38,500 133.22 3 Emilia-Romagna: 35,800 123.88 4 Aosta Valley: 35,700 123.53 5 Veneto: 33,500 115.92 6 Lazio: 33,200 114.88 7 Liguria: 32,000 110.73 8 Friuli-Venezia Giulia ...
A map from 1874 showing South Tirol with approximately the borders of today's South and East Tyrol. South Tyrol (occasionally South Tirol) is the term most commonly used in English for the province, [10] and its usage reflects that it was created from a portion of the southern part of the historic County of Tyrol, a former state of the Holy Roman Empire and crown land of the Austrian Empire of ...
Regional Italian (Italian: italiano regionale, pronounced [itaˈljaːno redʒoˈnaːle]) is any regional [note 1] variety of the Italian language.. Such vernacular varieties and standard Italian exist along a sociolect continuum, and are not to be confused with the local non-immigrant languages of Italy [note 2] that predate the national tongue or any regional variety thereof.
Northern Italy (Italian: Italia settentrionale, Nord Italia, Alta Italia) is a geographical and cultural region in the northern part of Italy. [3] [4] The Italian National Institute of Statistics defines the region as encompassing the four northwestern regions of Piedmont, Aosta Valley, Liguria and Lombardy in addition to the four northeastern regions of Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto, Friuli ...
Veneto, [a] officially the Region of Veneto, [b] is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the north-east of the country. It is the fourth most populous region in Italy, with a population of about five million. Venice is the region's capital while Verona is the largest city. Veneto was part of the Roman Empire until the 5th century AD.