South Italy
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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.
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Composition | Abruzzo Apulia Basilicata Calabria Campania Molise |
Area - Total |
73,223 km2 (28,272 sq mi) |
Population - Total |
14,071,161[1] (2016 est.) |
GDP | €245.8 billion (2008)[2] |
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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.