Home›Noodle and Dumpling Dishes›Origin RegionBrowse ByOrigin RegionOrigin region names the place where a dish is first recorded. Wikipedia notes that "Raffaele Esposito is often credited with creating the modern version of pizza in Naples at the end of the 19th century," fixing the dish's modern form to one specific city. Browsing by origin region shows which places have given the world the most recognizable dishes.FactsOrigin RegionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested2000 BCE 1Origin RegionFilter Results60 entriesAdmission YearAll1946 (1)1982 (1)Area (sq km)All160.5 (1)171.39 (1)744.3 (1)5765 (1)22,072 (1)23,265.23 (1)25,832.39 (1)36,197 (1)41,291 (1)49,035 (1)65,300 (1)69,700 (1)78,871 (1)83,879 (1)92,225 (1)93,030 (1)100,472 (1)120,538 (1)130,375 (1)132,049 (1)147,181 (1)148,460 (1)181,035 (1)200,105 (1)242,500 (1)251,000 (1)302,069 (1)312,696 (1)330,803 (1)347,681 (1)357,022 (1)377,975 (1)448,978 (1)450,295 (1)475,442 (1)491,210 (1)513,120 (1)603,628 (1)783,562 (1)916,445 (1)923,769 (1)1,564,116 (1)1,648,195 (1)1,904,569 (1)2,724,910 (1)2,870,000 (1)3,287,263 (1)4,000,000 (1)4,545,792 (1)7,222,000 (1)9,572,900 (1)9,866,632 (1)10,186,000 (1)11,840,000 (1)13,100,000 (1)18,052,768 (1)44,579,000 (1)Country CountAll44 (1)49 (1)Founding YearAll1764 (1)Highest Elevation (m)All5642 (1)8849 (1)Independence or Founding YearAll1523 (1)1769 (1)1776 (1)1801 (1)1806 (1)1811 (1)1821 (1)1832 (1)1848 (1)1861 (1)1918 (2)1921 (1)1923 (1)1945 (2)1946 (1)1947 (1)1948 (2)1949 (1)1953 (1)1957 (1)1960 (2)1965 (1)1971 (1)1984 (1)1991 (6)1993 (2)Length (km)All989 (1)Maximum Depth (m)All90 (1)PopulationAll41,237 (1)301,578 (1)458,600 (1)2,897,430 (1)3,591,120 (1)3,657,000 (1)4,775,194 (1)5,405,368 (1)5,425,182 (1)6,110,200 (1)7,057,841 (1)7,097,329 (1)7,400,000 (1)7,500,000 (1)9,154,242 (1)9,219,113 (1)9,267,000 (1)9,489,000 (1)10,147,200 (1)10,610,485 (1)10,915,839 (1)11,424,031 (1)17,638,801 (1)20,547,909 (1)23,299,132 (1)25,950,000 (1)30,987,821 (1)31,122,387 (1)31,800,000 (1)32,283,000 (1)34,374,300 (1)36,800,000 (1)37,314,000 (1)39,047,321 (1)51,106,229 (1)58,900,000 (1)65,975,198 (1)69,414,000 (1)82,000,000 (1)83,497,147 (1)86,092,168 (1)92,417,681 (1)114,000,000 (1)122,587,000 (1)169,828,911 (1)242,747,130 (1)284,200,000 (1)288,315,089 (1)340,587,000 (1)469,300,000 (1)540,000,000 (1)675,800,000 (1)745,173,774 (1)1,210,854,977 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)1,600,000,000 (1)4,694,576,167 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 60AsiaOrigin Region5 entriesAustriaOrigin Region3 entriesBangladeshOrigin Region1 entryBruneiOrigin Region1 entryCambodiaOrigin Region1 entryCameroonOrigin Region1 entryCentral AsiaOrigin Region3 entriesChinaOrigin Region27 entriesCzechiaOrigin Region1 entryEast AsiaOrigin Region2 entriesEastern EuropeOrigin Region2 entriesEuropeOrigin Region2 entriesGeorgiaOrigin Region1 entryGermanyOrigin Region4 entriesGreeceOrigin Region2 entriesHungaryOrigin Region2 entriesIndiaOrigin Region3 entriesIndonesiaOrigin Region10 entriesIranOrigin Region2 entriesIsraelOrigin Region1 entryItalyOrigin Region18 entriesJapanOrigin Region8 entriesKazakhstanOrigin Region1 entryKyrgyzstanOrigin Region2 entriesLiechtensteinOrigin Region1 entryLithuaniaOrigin Region1 entryMalaysiaOrigin Region1 entryMaritime Southeast AsiaOrigin Region2 entriesMesoamericaOrigin Region1 entryThe Middle EastOrigin Region1 entryMongoliaOrigin Region2 entriesNepalOrigin Region1 entryNicaraguaOrigin Region1 entryNigeriaOrigin Region2 entriesNorth KoreaOrigin Region1 entryThe Persian GulfOrigin Region1 entryPhilippinesOrigin Region2 entriesPolandOrigin Region4 entriesPortugalOrigin Region1 entrySiberiaOrigin Region1 entrySicilyOrigin Region1 entrySingaporeOrigin Region1 entrySlovakiaOrigin Region2 entriesSouth KoreaOrigin Region4 entriesSoutheast AsiaOrigin Region2 entriesSt. LouisOrigin Region1 entrySwabiaOrigin Region3 entriesSwedenOrigin Region1 entrySwitzerlandOrigin Region2 entriesTaiwanOrigin Region1 entryThailandOrigin Region6 entriesTurkeyOrigin Region1 entryTurkmenistanOrigin Region1 entryUkraineOrigin Region1 entryUnited KingdomOrigin Region2 entriesUnited StatesOrigin Region6 entriesUzbekistanOrigin Region1 entryValencian CommunityOrigin Region1 entryVenezuelaOrigin Region1 entryVietnamOrigin Region5 entriesSources1. Noodle - WikipediaNoodle, History section, oldest physical evidenceQuote, Noodle, History section, oldest physical evidenceThe oldest physical evidence of noodles was from 4,000 years ago in China.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.