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More specifically, the regions (the name by which secondary political units are officially referred to in Italy) of Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Puglia and Sicily are always reckoned as being part of the Mezzogiorno, and sometimes Abruzzi is included as well since it, like the six above-named regions, was once part of the Kingdom of Naples.
Poverty has been a persistent problem in the agriculture-dominated Mezzogiorno (per capita income there is approximately one-half that of northern Italy), causing much immigration from the area to many other countries, most notably the United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in (the vast majority of Italian-Americans trace their ancestry to this part of Italy). Many natives of the Mezzogiorno have also relocated to large northern Italian cities such as GenoaAlternate uses, see Genoa (disambiguation). Genoa ( Italian Genova (jen'o-vah), Genoese Zena (zay'nah), French Genes is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of Liguria. It has a population of ca. Genua was a city of the ancient Ligurians., MilanThis is about the Italian city of Milan. For other uses, see Milan (disambiguation). Milan Milano in the Italian language, and Milan in Milanese dialect, from Latin, Mediolanum with the meaning of 'in the middle of the plain') is the main city in northern and TurinTurin Location Region Piedmont Province Torino Area Total Water 130 km² (50 mi²)##. Population Total ( 2002) Density 857,433 6,596/km² Time zone CET: UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 45°04'N7°40'E(##. . External link: Turin ( Italian Torino is a major industrial. Italy