Northeast Italy
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| Composition |
 Emilia-Romagna Friuli-Venezia Giulia Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Veneto
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Area - Total |
62,310 km2 (24,058 sq mi) |
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Population - Total - Density |
11,638,363 (2010 est.) 186.8/km² (483.7/sq mi) |
| Largest city | Bologna (pop. 380,604) |
| GDP | €357.4 billion (2008) |
Northeast Italy (Italian: Italia nord-orientale or just Nordest) 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. Northeast encompasses four of the country's 20 regions:
Culturally and historically, Emilia-Romagna is part of Northwest Italy, which is excluded for statistical reasons.
Italian is the main language. Other languages include the Romance dialects of Venetian, widely spoken in Veneto and along the coast to Trieste and Istria, as well as in the towns of Pordenone and Gorizia in Friuli, and in most of Trentino, but only recognised by the Veneto region; Friulian, spoken in most of Friuli and nationally recognized, and Ladin, spoken by a few thousand people in the Dolomites. Other languages are German, the primary language of South Tyrol, where Italian is spoken by just a quarter of the inhabitants, and Slovene, recognized by Italy and spoken on the border of Italy and Istria, where the main language today is Croatian but Italian is recognized as a minority language.
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