For the EU constituency, see Southern Italy (European Parliament constituency).
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Area - Total |
73,224 km2 (28,272 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Density |
14,184,916[1] (2010 est.) 193.7/km² (501.7/sq mi) |
Largest city | Naples (pop. 959,597) |
GDP | €245.8 billion (2008)[2] |
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 first level NUTS region and a European Parliament constituency. South Italy encompasses six of the country's 20 regions:
South Italy is defined only for statistical and electoral purposes. It should not to be confused with the Midday, a non statistical, mainly geographical and historical[citation needed] term which generally refers to all the southern half of the Italian State, comprising the two major islands of Sicily and Sardinia, that however form a distinct statistical region.
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