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Lombardia

Lombardy
Lombardia
Region of Italy
Flag of Lombardy
Flag
Coat of arms of Lombardy
Coat of arms
Lombardy in Italy.svg
Country Italy
Capital Milan
Government
 • President Roberto Maroni (LL-LN)
Area
 • Total 23,844 km2 (9,206 sq mi)
Population (30-09-2016)
 • Total 10,014,304
 • Density 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
GDP/ Nominal €350/ $466 billion (2014)
GDP per capita €35,000/ $47,000 (2014)
NUTS Region ITC
Website www.regione.lombardia.it
The largest resident foreign-born
groups at 31 December 2015
Country of birth Population
Romania Romania 164,983
Morocco Morocco 101,399
Albania Albania 99,571
Egypt Egypt 75,644
China China 62,060
Philippines Philippine 58,074
Ukraine Ukraine 51,490
India India 49,529
Peru Peru 45,673
Ecuador Ecuador 40,187
Pakistan Pakistan 37,948
Senegal Senegal 33,910

Lombardy (/ˈlɒmbərdi/ LOM-bər-dee; Italian: Lombardia [lombarˈdiːa]; Lombard: Lombardia, pronounced: (Western Lombard) [lumbarˈdiːa], (Eastern Lombard) [lombarˈdeːa]) is one of the twenty administrative regions of Italy, in the northwest of the country, with an area of 23,844 square kilometres (9,206 sq mi). About 10 million people, forming one-sixth of Italy's population, live in Lombardy and about a fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in the region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest regions in Europe.Milan, Lombardy's capital, is the second-largest city and the largest metropolitan area in Italy.

The word Lombardy comes from Lombard, which in turn is derived from Late Latin Longobardus, Langobardus (“a Lombard”), derived from the Proto-Germanic elements *langaz + *bardaz; equivalent to long beard. Some sources derive the second element instead from Proto-Germanic *bardǭ, *barduz (“axe”), related to German Barte (“axe”).


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