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Veneto or Venetia is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Venice. Once the cradle of the renowned Venetian Republic, then a land of mass emigration, nowadays Veneto, whose population exceeds 4.7 million, is among the wealthiest and most industrialized regions of Italy. Veneto's natural, historical and artistic beauty makes it the most visited Italian region, with about 60 million tourists every year. Spoken languages are Italian, Venetian and Ladin (a law recognising Venetian as a regional official language has been approved by the regional Parliament 29/03/2007). The Regional Constitution, approved by the Italian Parliament in 1971 with the law n.340, recognizes Veneto inhabitants as a specific people ("popolo" in Italian).