Lombardy
Lombardy (/ˈlɒmbərdi, ˈlʌm-/ LOM-bər-dee, LUM-; Italian: Lombardia [lombarˈdiːa]; Lombard: Lombardia, Western Lombard: [lũbɐ̞rˈdiːɑ], Eastern Lombard: [lombɐ̞rˈdiːɑ, -ˈdeːɑ]) is a region in the northern part of Italy. It is the most populated region of the country, and has almost 9.4 million people. The capital is Milan. Lombardy has provinces within it.
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Lombardia | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Anthem: Lombardia, Lombardia[1] | |
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| Country | Italy |
| Capital | Milan |
| Government | |
| • President | Attilio Fontana (LL–LN) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23,844 km2 (9,206 sq mi) |
| Population (30-11-2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 10,055,148 |
| • Density | 421.706/km2 (1,092.212/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| GDP/ Nominal | €381 /$433billion (2017)[3] |
| GDP per capita | €38,000 /$43,000 PPP [3] (2017) $50,670 |
| NUTS Region | ITC |
| Website | www.regione.lombardia.it |
To the north of Lombardy is the country of Switzerland (Canton Ticino and Grigioni). To the west is the region of Piedmont. To the east are the regions of Veneto and Trentino - Alto Adige. To the south is the region of Emilia-Romagna.
Name
In the Italian language, Lombardy is called Lombardia. This name comes from an old German word: Langbardland and means "country of the Lombards".
Geography
In the north of Lombardy there are very high mountains, (40% of the territory is mountains) the highest mountains are almost 4.000 meters in the Bernina Range.
In the south of the region flows the Po river, which is the longest river in Italy. The most important rivers are the Adda river, the Mincio and the Ticino river, all of them end in the Po river.
There are also a lot of lakes, the largest are the lake Maggiore, the Lake of Varese, the lake Como, and the lake Garda.
Provinces
Lombardy is divided into 12 provinces:
Lombardy Media
Pizzo Coca is the highest peak in the Bergamasque Alps (3,050 m (10,010 ft))
The Adda, the longest river within the region and tributary of the Po
The Alpine ibex (Capra ibex)
The Rock Drawings in Valcamonica are among the largest collections of prehistoric petroglyphs in the world.
For centuries, the Iron Crown of Lombardy was used in the Coronation of the King of Italy.
San Michele Maggiore, Pavia, where almost all the kings of Italy were crowned up to Frederick Barbarossa.
Member cities of the first and second Lombard League
Mantua as it appeared in 1575.
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References
- ↑ "Lombardia, Lombardia, presentato l'inno della Regione". Milano.corriere.it (in Italian). 22 December 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Monthly demographic balance, January-June 2013". Demo.istat.it. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "GDP per capita in 281 EU regions".
