South Italy

South Italy Italia meridionale  (Italian) Sud Italia  (Italian)
Country	Italy
Regions	List Abruzzo Apulia Basilicata Calabria Campania Molise
Area
• Total	73,223 km2 (28,272 sq mi)
Population [1]
• Estimate  (2022)	13,430,686
Languages
– Official language	Italian
– Official linguistic minorities[2]	Arbëresh Calabrian Greek Griko dialect Serbo-Croatian
– Regional languages	Neapolitan

South Italy (Italian: Italia meridionale or just Sud Italia) is one of the five official statistical regions of Italy used by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), a NUTS1 level region.

South Italy is defined only for statistical and for some elections. It should not to be confused with the Mezzogiorno, or Southern Italy, which generally refers to all the southern half of the Italian State, including the island of Sicily and sometimes even Sardinia.^[3] The two islands form a distinct statistical region.region.

1. ↑ "Bilancio demografico e popolazione residente per sesso al 31 dicembre 2022" (in Italian). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
2. ↑ "Legge 482". Webcitation.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
3. ↑ "Top 5 places to visit in the South of Italy". PR Fire. Archived from the original on 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2021-02-17.