Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

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Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Flag Coat of arms
Flag of Trentino-South Tyrol.svg Coat of arms of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Location
Map of Italy, location of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol highlighted
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Administration
Country Italy
NUTS Region ITD
Capital Trento
President Lorenzo Dellai (UpT)
Basic statistics
Area  13,607 km² (5,254 sq mi)
(Ranked 11th, 4.5 %)
Population 1,017,246 (10/2008)
(Ranked 16th, 1.7 %)
 - Density 75 /km² (194 /sq mi)
Other information
GDP/ Nominal € 30.8 billion (2006)
GDP per capita € 31,152 (2006)
(Ranked 3rd)
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:

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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