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  1. Region of NE Italy, comprising the provinces
  2. of Belluno, Padova (Padua), Treviso, Rovigo,
  3. Venezia (Venice), and Vicenza; area 18,400 sq
  4. km/7,102 sq mi; population (1988) 4,375,000.
  5. Its capital is Venice, and towns include
  6. Padua, Verona, and Vicenza. The Veneto forms
  7. part of the N Italian plain, with the delta
  8. of the river Po; it includes part of the Alps
  9. and Dolomites, and Lake Garda. Products
  10. include cereals, fruit, vegetables, wine,
  11. chemicals, shipbuilding, and textiles.
  12.