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-{{Infobox_RegionIT |
-  name              = Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
-  fullname          = Regione Autonoma Friuli-Venezia Giulia<br /><small>Regjon autonome Friûl-Vignesie Julie<br />Avtonomna dežela Furlanija - Julijska krajina</small>|
-  isocode           = &nbsp; |
-  capital           = [[Trieste]] |
-  governor          = [[Riccardo Illy]]<br>(''Independent''-''[[The Union (political coalition)|Union]]'') |
-  zone              = [[Northeast Italy]] |
-  province          = 4 |
-  municipality      = 219 |
-  arearank          = 17th |
-  area              = 7,856 |
-  areapercent       = 2.6 |
-  population_as_of  = 2006 est. |
-  populationrank    = 15th |
-  population        = 1,208,278 |
-  populationpercent = 2.0 |
-  populationdensity = 154 |
-  coatofarms        = [[Image:Friuli-Venezia Giulia-Flag.png|200px]] |
-  map               = [[Image:Italy Regions Friuli-Venezia Giulia Map.png]] |
-}}
-'''Friuli-Venezia Giulia''' is one of the twenty [[Regions of Italy]], and one of [[Autonomous regions with special statute (Italy)|five with administrative autonomy]].  Located in northeastern [[Italy]], Friuli-Venezia Giulia borders the region of [[Veneto]] to the west, the republics of [[Austria]] and [[Slovenia]] to the north and east, and the [[Adriatic Sea]] to the south. Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an area of 7844 km² and 1.2 million inhabitants and the coastal length is 111,7 km. Its capital is [[Trieste]] (Slovene ''Trst'', German ''Triest'') pop. 210,000.
-Friuli-Venezia Giulia ([[Friulian language|Friulian]]: ''Friûl-Vignesie Julie''; [[Croatian language|Croatian]] and [[Slovenian language|Slovenian]]: ''Furlanija - Julijska krajina''; [[German language|German]]: ''Friaul-Julisch Venetien'') is comprised of two historical regions:
-* [[Friuli]], which forms 90% of the territory, including the city of [[Udine]] (Friulian ''Udin'', Slovenian ''Videm'') pop. 97,000;
-* [[Venezia Giulia]], including the capital city of [[Trieste]] (Slovenian/Croatian ''Trst'') pop. 207,000.
-[[Image:Friuli-Venezia Giulia Provinces.png|thumb|left|250px|Provinces of Friuli-Venezia Giulia]]
-Friuli-Venezia Giulia is divided into the provinces of [[Province of Gorizia|Gorizia]], [[Province of Pordenone|Pordenone]], [[Province of Trieste|Trieste]], and [[Province of Udine|Udine]].
-The name comes from the [[Latin]] name of the town of [[Cividale]], ancient capital of the [[Lombard]] duchy, which used to be "Forum Iulii" ("Julius' [[Forum (Roman)|forum]]", named after [[Julius Caesar]]).
-== History ==
-''Main articles: History of [[Friuli#History|Friuli]] and [[Venezia Giulia#History|Venezia Giulia]].''
-This artificial region was created after [[World War II]] to solve the problem of [[Trieste]], who had lost its natural hinterland, that was the major part of Venezia Giulia and has been included in the then-existing country of [[Yugoslavia]]. Therefore it was decided to aggregate the historical region of Friuli to Trieste.
-A natural opening to the sea for many Central European countries, the region is traversed by the major transport routes between the east and west of southern Europe.
-Apart from Italian, the [[Friulian language]] is spoken throughout the region; there is also a sizeable [[Slovenian language|Slovenian]] and a small [[German language|German]] minority.
-[[Image:Friuli-venezia giulia1.jpg|thumb|left|220px|The entrance of the regional council, with text in the four languages of the region.]]
-=== Slovenian language community ===
-The Slovenian language is spoken in the eastern parts of the provinces of [[Trieste]] and [[Gorizia]], in the Resia valley and in the upper valleys of the rivers Torre and Natisone, with many villages having both Italian and Slovenian names.
-=== German language community ===
-The number of German speakers in Friuli-Venezia Giulia is estimated to be around 2,000. They live in the [[Channel Valley]] (municipalities of [[Tarvis]], [[Malborghetto-Valbruna]], and [[Pontebba]]), which is adjacent to Austria, and in the municipality of [[Zahre]] ([[Sauris]])and the village of [[Tischlbong]] (municipality of [[Paluzza]]), which each form a language exclave.
-== External links ==
-*[http://www.regione.fvg.it/ Official site of the Autonomous Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia]
-*[http://www.italy-weather-and-maps.com/maps/italy/friuliveneziagiulia.gif Map of Friuli-Venezia Giulia]
-*[http://www.turismo.fvg.it/ Tourism Friuli Venezia Giulia]
-*[http://www.aeroporto.fvg.it/ Airport of Friuli Venezia Giulia]
-*[http://www.friul.net/ La Patrie dal Friûl]
-*[http://www.osmer.fvg.it/ Friulian Meteorological Observatory]
-{{Regions of Italy}}
-[[Category:Friuli-Venezia Giulia|*]]
-[[Category:NUTS 2 Statistical Regions of Europe]]

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