AREA AND POPULATION
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population. In Northern Italy the population is scattered over the country and there are few centres. In Southern Italy and in the islands the country people live in the towns, coming and going to cultivate their own plots of land ; consequently there are many populous centres where, if numbers alone were considered, the population would be regarded as urban, though it is, in truth, almost exclusively rural. The following statement gives the number of the head communes (capoluoghi) of provinces and of tcmtories (circondari) or districts, with their population according to the census of 1881, but many of these local capitals have under 6,000 inhabitants : —
Head communes of provinces ,, ,, of teriitories (cir-
condari) or dis- tricts
Total Other communes .
Total population
69 population . 4,509,159
215
284
2,573,004
7,082,163 21,377,465 28,459,628
The following table gives the population according to occupation in 1881, exclusive of children under 9 years : —
Occupation
Male
Female
Total
Agi-iculture ....
5,124,431
3,048,951
8,173,382
Raising of animals and api-
culture ....
213,556
30,896
244,452
Horticulture
58,914
14,925
73,339
Silviculture
53,226
6,425
59,651
Fishing and chase
47,901
340
48,241
Mining ....
58,937
575
59,512
Mineral industiy
755
—
755
Industrial productions
2,281,317
1,904,144
4,185,461
Inns, clothing, &c.
51,500
99,594
151,094
Commerce ....
246,618
33,155
279,773
Transport ....
310,347
2,664
313,011
Proprietors and pensioners .
427,456
535,425
962,881
Employes and domestics
265,605
447,800
713,405
National defence .
160,155
—
160,155
Civil administration .
167,252
3,400
170,652
Public worship .
103,161
28,424
131,585
Justice ....
28,248
2
28,250
Sanitary service .
44,333
15,384
59,717
In.struction ....
32,908
46,887
79,795
Fine arts, &c. .
31,174
4,450
35,624
Literature and applied science
19,740
35
19,775
Hawkers ....
28,993
5,457
34,450
Workmen, porters, &;c.
121,562
8,267
129,829
Prisoners, paupers, &c.
73,188
56,493
129,681
Students, housekeepers, &c.
582,407
4,143,274
4,725,681
No occupation stated . Total .
725,284
855,691
1,580,975
11,258,968
11,292,158
22,551,126
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