Venice

Venice (Italian: Venezia), the "city of canals", is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, {{coor dm|45|26|N|12|19|E|}}, population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). The city is included, with Padua (Padova), in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area, population 1,600,000. The city stretches across numerous small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers.

Demographics

The city has had many tourists invading the Venetian shores. However, 3.8% of the population are foreigners, and they come from various countries all around the world especially from Asia.

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Istat, claims that the population is:

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• 96.2% Italian
• 0.4% Bangladeshi
• 0.3% Moldavians
• 0.2% Ukrainian
• 0.2% Romanian

Other populations include Chinese, Filipino, Albanian, and Macedonian.

Related Topics:
Chinese - Filipino - Albanian - Macedonian

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