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Emilia-Romagna
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Country | Italy |
Capital | Bologna |
Government | |
• President | Irene Priolo (caretaker) (PD) |
Area | |
• Total | 22,446 km2 (8,666 sq mi) |
Population (2010-11-30) | |
• Total | 4,446,220 |
• Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
Demonyms |
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GDP | |
• Total | €163.293 billion (2021) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | IT-45 |
NUTS Region | ITH[2] |
HDI (2022) | 0.940[3] very high · 1st of 21 |
Website | www |
Emilia-Romagna (UK: /ɪˌmiːliə roʊˈmɑːnjə/, US: /eɪˌ-/, both also /ɛˌ-/,[4][5][6][7] Italian: [eˈmiːlja roˈmaɲɲa]; Emilian: Emégglia-Rumâgna or Emîlia-Rumâgna; Romagnol: Emélia-Rumâgna) is an administrative region of northern Italy, comprising the historical regions of Emilia and Romagna. Its capital is Bologna. It has an area of 22,446 km2 (8,666 sq mi), and a population of 4.4 million.
Emilia-Romagna is one of the wealthiest and most developed regions in Europe, with the third highest gross domestic product per capita in Italy.[8][9] Emilia-Romagna is also a cultural, economic and tourist center, being the home of the University of Bologna, the oldest university in the world;[10] containing Romanesque and Renaissance cities, such as Modena, Parma and Ferrara, and the once Western Roman Empire's capital city, Ravenna; encompassing eleven UNESCO heritage sites;[11] being a center for food and automobile production (home of automotive companies such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Pagani, De Tomaso, Dallara, and Ducati); and having popular coastal resorts such as Cervia, Cesenatico, Rimini and Riccione. In 2018, the Lonely Planet guide named Emilia-Romagna as the best place to see in Europe.[12] The region is home to the third largest community of foreign residents in the country, after Lombardy and Lazio.[13] It borders with San Marino, a micro-state.