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Southern Italy, often referred to as the Mezzogiorno, encompasses Basilicata, Campania, Calabria, Apulia, Abruzzo, Molise, and usually Sicily and Sardinia. Sometimes the southern part of Lazio (Parts of the provinces of Latina and Frosinone, which are linguistically, historically, and culturally tied to Southern Italy) is also included. Eurostat and the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) usually exclude Sicily or Sardinia as Insular Italy.