Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
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| Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol | |||
| Flag | Coat of arms | ||
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | ||
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| Country | Italy | ||
| NUTS Region | ITD | ||
| Capital | Trento | ||
| President | Lorenzo Dellai (UpT) | ||
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| Area | 13,607 km² (5,254 sq mi) (Ranked 11th, 4.5 %) |
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| Population | 1,017,246 (10/2008) (Ranked 16th, 1.7 %) |
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| - Density | 75 /km² (194 /sq mi) | ||
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| GDP/ Nominal | € 30.8 billion (2006) | ||
| GDP per capita | € 31,152 (2006) (Ranked 3rd) |
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| Website | www.regione.taa.it | ||
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol is a region of northern Italy. The two main cities are Bolzano (Bozen) and Trento. The region is divided into two provinces:
- Province of Bolzano-Bozen (in the north, with the city of Bolzano as the capital)
- Province of Trento (in the south, with the city of Trento as capital).
The province of Bozen wanted more autonomy, because the main German-speaking community of Italy lives there. In the province of Trient, the people speak Italian. It has 339 official towns.
The most important cities are:
- Province of Trento (Trentino): Trento and Rovereto
- Province of Bozen (Alto Adige/Südtirol): Bolzano (de: Bozen) and Merano (de: Meran)
The majority of people in Alto Adige/Südtirol speaks German. However more Italian speakers live in the capital of Bolzano.
A tiny minority group called the Ladins lives in the Dolomites region: they speak an old Rheto-Romanic language. Words and ways of talking in this area are spread in the valleys around the Dolomites mountain group: Gardena, Badia Mareo Valley (Alto Adige/Südtirol)and Fassa Valley (Trentino). Ladin is also spoken in the town of Cortina d'Ampezzo and areas around there. The Ladin language of the Fassa Valley Ladin is more like Italian: the Ladins of this valley speak a language with a lot of Italian or Trentino style sentences.
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