Home›Soups and Broths›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-attested10,000 BCE 1Origin RegionFilter Results77 entriesAdmission YearAll1858 (1)Area (sq km)All316 (1)10,991 (1)27,700 (1)29,743 (1)51,209 (1)65,300 (1)78,871 (1)86,600 (1)93,030 (1)108,889 (1)110,860 (1)112,492 (1)132,049 (1)225,163 (1)239,567 (1)263,310 (1)283,561 (1)302,069 (1)312,696 (1)330,803 (1)338,455 (1)347,681 (1)357,022 (1)377,975 (1)385,207 (1)406,752 (1)446,550 (1)475,442 (1)583,254 (1)632,702.3 (1)676,579 (1)756,102 (1)923,769 (1)996,603 (1)1,098,581 (1)1,141,748 (1)1,241,238 (1)1,267,000 (1)1,285,216 (1)1,904,569 (1)1,972,550 (1)2,166,086 (1)2,381,741 (1)3,287,263 (1)3,425,804 (1)7,222,000 (1)7,688,287 (2)7,862,221 (1)8,510,346 (1)9,572,900 (1)9,984,670 (1)10,186,000 (1)11,840,000 (1)18,052,768 (1)20,111,457 (1)30,370,000 (1)44,579,000 (1)Country CountAll1 (1)44 (1)49 (1)54 (1)Highest Elevation (m)All2228 (1)5642 (1)5895 (1)8849 (1)Independence or Founding YearAll1804 (1)1810 (1)1811 (1)1818 (1)1820 (1)1821 (4)1822 (1)1825 (1)1832 (1)1861 (1)1867 (1)1901 (1)1902 (1)1905 (1)1917 (1)1918 (2)1922 (1)1945 (1)1946 (1)1947 (2)1948 (1)1949 (1)1956 (1)1957 (2)1960 (4)1962 (2)1964 (1)1991 (2)1992 (1)1993 (1)PopulationAll56,831 (1)588,254 (1)2,824,913 (1)2,897,430 (1)3,100,100 (1)3,412,000 (1)5,355,220 (1)5,627,400 (1)5,652,881 (1)5,830,405 (1)6,460,159 (1)9,267,000 (1)9,434,593 (1)9,489,000 (1)10,186,738 (1)10,353,296 (1)10,915,839 (1)11,365,333 (1)11,906,096 (1)17,483,326 (1)18,636,532 (1)19,629,588 (1)24,745,000 (1)27,562,156 (1)27,801,023 (2)28,814,878 (1)30,987,821 (1)34,352,720 (1)34,374,300 (1)35,039,451 (1)36,828,330 (1)37,314,000 (1)41,417,056 (1)47,400,000 (1)52,695,952 (1)53,000,000 (1)55,770,232 (1)58,900,000 (1)69,081,996 (1)83,497,147 (1)109,139,000 (1)114,000,000 (1)122,587,000 (1)134,000,000 (1)213,421,037 (1)242,747,130 (1)270,500,000 (1)284,200,000 (1)288,315,089 (1)469,300,000 (1)656,098,097 (1)745,173,774 (1)1,210,854,977 (1)1,393,676,444 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)1,600,000,000 (1)4,694,576,167 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 77AfricaOrigin Region3 entriesAlgeriaOrigin Region2 entriesArmeniaOrigin Region1 entryAsiaOrigin Region1 entryAustraliaOrigin Region1 entryAustraliaOrigin Region1 entryAzerbaijanOrigin Region1 entryBoliviaOrigin Region1 entryBosnia and HerzegovinaOrigin Region1 entryBrazilOrigin Region1 entryCameroonOrigin Region3 entriesCanadaOrigin Region1 entryCentral EuropeOrigin Region1 entryChileOrigin Region1 entryChinaOrigin Region6 entriesColombiaOrigin Region1 entryCubaOrigin Region1 entryCzechiaOrigin Region1 entryEast AsiaOrigin Region1 entryEastern EuropeOrigin Region1 entryEcuadorOrigin Region1 entryEgyptOrigin Region1 entryEuropeOrigin Region4 entriesFinlandOrigin Region1 entryFranceOrigin Region7 entriesGermanyOrigin Region2 entriesGhanaOrigin Region2 entriesGreeceOrigin Region3 entriesGreenlandOrigin Region1 entryGuatemalaOrigin Region2 entriesHaitiOrigin Region1 entryHondurasOrigin Region1 entryHungaryOrigin Region1 entryThe Iberian PeninsulaOrigin Region1 entryIndiaOrigin Region3 entriesIndonesiaOrigin Region7 entriesItalyOrigin Region10 entriesJamaicaOrigin Region1 entryJapanOrigin Region4 entriesLatin AmericaOrigin Region2 entriesLithuaniaOrigin Region2 entriesMalaysiaOrigin Region1 entryMaliOrigin Region1 entryMaltaOrigin Region1 entryMexicoOrigin Region1 entryThe Middle EastOrigin Region1 entryMinnesotaOrigin Region1 entryMoroccoOrigin Region1 entryMyanmarOrigin Region1 entryNew ZealandOrigin Region1 entryNigerOrigin Region1 entryNigeriaOrigin Region12 entriesNordic CountriesOrigin Region1 entryNorth AfricaOrigin Region1 entryNorwayOrigin Region1 entryParaguayOrigin Region1 entryPeruOrigin Region3 entriesPhilippinesOrigin Region1 entryPolandOrigin Region5 entriesPortugalOrigin Region3 entriesSaudi ArabiaOrigin Region1 entrySierra LeoneOrigin Region1 entrySomaliaOrigin Region1 entrySouth KoreaOrigin Region4 entriesSouthern United StatesOrigin Region1 entrySpainOrigin Region2 entriesThailandOrigin Region2 entriesTibetOrigin Region1 entryTunisiaOrigin Region2 entriesTurkeyOrigin Region3 entriesUkraineOrigin Region1 entryUnited KingdomOrigin Region3 entriesUnited StatesOrigin Region4 entriesUzbekistanOrigin Region1 entryVietnamOrigin Region1 entryWest AfricaOrigin Region2 entriesYorubalandOrigin Region1 entrySources1. Soup - WikipediaSoup, Etymology and history section, Upper Palaeolithic datingQuote, Soup, Etymology and history section, Upper Palaeolithic datingThe making of soup or something akin has been dated by some writers back to the Upper Palaeolithic (between 50,000 and 12,000 years ago).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.