Lombardy

Lombardy (Italian: Lombardia Italian pronunciation: [lombarˈdiːa], Wastren Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastren Lombard: Lombardia) is ane o the 20 regions o Italy. The caipital is Milan. Ane-saxt o Italy's population lives in Lombardy an aboot ane fift o Italy's GDP is producit in this region, makkin it the maist populous an richest region in the kintra an ane o the richest in the whole o Europe.^[3] Major tourist destinations in the region include the historic, cultural an airtistic ceeties o Milan (which is Italy's seicont top tourist destination),^[4] Brescia, Mantua, Pavia, Como, Cremona, Bergamo, Sondrio, Lecco, Lodi, Varese, Monza, an the lochs o Garda, Como, Maggiore, an Iseo.

Lombardy Lombardia
Region o Italy
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Kintra	Italy
Caipital	Milan
Govrenment
• Preses	Roberto Formigoni (PDL)
Area
• Total	23844 km2 (9,206 sq mi)
Population  (25-03-2011)
• Total	9,939,193
• Density	420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Lombard
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
GDP/ Nominal	€ 328.2[1] billion (2008)
GDP per capita	€ 33,500[2] (2008)
NUTS Region	ITC
Website	www.regione.lombardia.it

The offeecial leid, as in the rest o Italy, is Italian. The traditional local leids are the various dialects o Lombard (Wastren Lombard an Eastren Lombard), as well as some dialects o Emilian, spoken in some pairts o the provinces o Mantua, Pavia, an Cremona. Accordin tae Istat, amaist 27% o Lombards are bilingual wi Lombard an Italian leids; 9.1% are monolingual in Lombard an 57.6% are monolingual in Italian.^[5]

Admeenistrative diveesions

Lombardy is dividit intae 12 provinces:

Province	Aurie (km²)	Population	Density (inh./km²)
Province o Bergamo	2,723	1,070,060	392.9
Province o Brescia	4,784 the biggest	1,223,900	255.8
Province o Como	1,288	582,736	452.4
Province o Cremona	1,772	358,628	202.4
Province o Lecco	816	334,059	409.4
Province o Lodi	782	222,223	284.2
Province o Mantua	2,339	407,983	174.4
Province o Milan	1,575	3,121,832 the biggest	1,982
Province o Monza an Brianza	405 the smawest	840,711	2,075
Province o Pavia	2,965	535,948	180.7
Province o Sondrio	3,212	181,841 the smawest	56.6
Province o Varese	1,199	868,777	724.6

References

1. "Eurostat - Tables, Graphs and Maps Interface (TGM) table". Epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu. 12 August 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
2. EUROPA - Press Releases - Regional GDP per inhabitant in 2008 GDP per inhabitant ranged from 28% of the EU27 average in Severozapaden in Bulgaria to 343% in Inner London
3. "EUROPA - Press Releases - Regional GDP per inhabitant in the EU27, GDP per inhabitant in 2006 ranged from 25% of the EU27 average in Nord-Est in Romania to 336% in Inner London". Europa.eu. 19 Februar 2009. Retrieved 10 Mey 2010.
4. "Euromonitor Internationals Top City Destinations Ranking > Euromonitor archive". Euromonitor.com. 12 December 2008. Archived frae the original on 11 Januar 2010. Retrieved 10 Mey 2010.
5. La lingua italiana, i dialetti e le lingue stranieri

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