South Italy

For the EU constituency, see Southern Italy (European Parliament constituency). For the territory, see Southern Italy.

South Italy

Regional statistics
Composition Apulia Basilicata Calabria Campania
Area  - Total	73,224 km2 (28,272 sq mi)
Population  - Total  - Density	14,184,916 (2010 est.) 193.7/km² (501.7/sq mi)
Largest city	Naples (pop. 959,597)
GDP	€245.8 billion (2008)

South Italy (Italian: Italia meridionalecode: it is deprecated or just Sud Italia) 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. South Italy encompasses four of the country's 20 regions:

• Apulia
• Basilicata
• Calabria
• Campania

South Italy is defined only for statistical and electoral purposes. It should not to be confused with the Mezzogiorno, which generally refers to all the southern half of the Italian State, including the island of Sicily and sometimes even Sardinia. The two islands form a distinct statistical region, called Insular Italy.

See also

• National Institute of Statistics (Italy)

• Italian NUTS level 1 regions:
  • Northwest Italy
  • Northeast Italy
  • Central Italy
  • Insular Italy

• Northern Italy
• Southern Italy