Region Capital Area (km2) Area (sq mi) Population Nominal GDP EURO billions (2016)[148] Nominal GDP EURO per capita(2016) [149] Abruzzo L'Aquila 10,763 4,156 1,331,574 32 24,100 Aosta Valley Aosta 3,263 1,260 128,298 4 34,900 Apulia Bari 19,358 7,474 4,090,105 72 17,800 Basilicata Potenza 9,995 3,859 576,619 12 20,600 Calabria Catanzaro 15,080 5,822 1,976,631 33 16,800 Campania Naples 13,590 5,247 5,861,529 107 18,300 Emilia-Romagna Bologna 22,446 8,666 4,450,508 154 34,600 Friuli-Venezia Giulia Trieste 7,858 3,034 1,227,122 37 30,300 Lazio Rome 17,236 6,655 5,892,425 186 31,600 Liguria Genoa 5,422 2,093 1,583,263 48 30,800 Lombardy Milan 23,844 9,206 10,002,615 367 36,600 Marche Ancona 9,366 3,616 1,550,796 41 26,600 Molise Campobasso 4,438 1,713 313,348 6 20,000 Piedmont Turin 25,402 9,808 4,424,467 129 29,400 Sardinia Cagliari 24,090 9,301 1,663,286 34 20,300 Sicily Palermo 25,711 9,927 5,092,080 87 17,200 Tuscany Florence 22,993 8,878 3,752,654 112 30,000 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Trento 13,607 5,254 1,055,934 42 39,755 Umbria Perugia 8,456 3,265 894,762 21 24,000 Veneto Venice 18,399 7,104 4,927,596 156 31,700

Area[1] • Total 140.86 km2 (54.39 sq mi)

Water Pollution Low 39.11 Low 21.25

Mortgage as Percentange of Income:    61.41%    109.17%

39,211,518Internet Users in Italy (2016*)Share of Italy Population: 65.6 % (penetration)Total Population : 59,801,004

Score 50 / 100

Quality of Green and Parks63.04 High

Garbage Disposal Satisfaction

Health Care System Index: 74.92

Safety Index: 53.97

   3,956.71

Time Index (in minutes):    32.07    41.33

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