Emilia-Romagna's an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital's Bologna; it's an area of 20,124 km² and about 4.3 million inhabitants. Geography The region of Emilia-Romagna consists of nine provinces and covers an area of 22,124 km². Nearly half of the region (50%) consists of plains while 25%'s hilly and 25% mountainous. The Emilia-Romagna section of the Apennines's marked by areas of flisch, badland erosion (cal… (More on Emilia-romagna)