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Venetia (region)

Veneto
Flag of
Flag
Coat of arms of
Coat of arms
Veneto in Italy.svg
Country Italy
Capital Venice
Government
 • President Luca Zaia (LVLN)
Area
 • Total 18,399 km2 (7,104 sq mi)
Population (2012-10-30)
 • Total 4,865,380
 • Density 260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Citizenship
 • Italian 92%
 • Romanian 2%
 • Moroccan 1%
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
GDP/ Nominal €166.4 billion (2015)
GDP per capita €33,500 (2015)
NUTS Region ITD
Website http://www.regione.veneto.it

Veneto (/ˈvnəˌt/ or /ˈvɛnət/,Italian: [ˈvɛːneto]) or Venetia (/vɪˈnʃə/Latin: Venetia; Venetian: Vèneto; more specifically Venezia Euganea) is one of the twenty regions of Italy. Its population is about five million, ranking fifth in Italy. The region's capital and largest city is Venice.

Veneto was part of the Roman Empire until the 5th century AD. Later, after a feudal period, it was part of the Republic of Venice until 1797. Venice ruled for centuries over one of the largest and richest maritime republics and trade empires in the world. After the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna, the Republic was annexed by the Austrian Empire, until it was ceded to the Kingdom of Italy in 1866, as a result of the Third Italian War of Independence. The Statute of Veneto describes Venetians as a "people".


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