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South Tyrol

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Also known as Alto Adige, autonomous province of Bolzano, Bolzano province, province of Bolzano-Bozen, South Tirol, autonomous province of Bolzano-Bozen, autonomous province of Bozen, Bozen province

autonomous province of Italy

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South Tyrol is an autonomous province in northern Italy that has its own regional government and significant self-governing powers. It matters because its special status reflects a unique compromise between Italian and local German-speaking populations, making it an important example of how regions with distinct cultural identities can be governed within a larger nation-state.

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Type
Funder, Government
Location
Bolzano, Italy
Also known as
Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, Province of Bolzano, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano
Status
Active

ISNI 0000 0001 2348 4130

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Encyclopedic overview

South Tyrol (German: Südtirol [ˈzyːtːiˌʁoːl] , locally [ˈsyːtiˌroːl]; Italian: Alto Adige [ˈalto ˈaːdidʒe]; Ladin: Südtirol), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen – South Tyrol, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province is Italy's northernmost, with an area of 7,400 square kilometres (2,857 sq mi), and has a population of about 534,000 as of 2021. Its capital and largest city is Bolzano.

The Atlas Tyrolensis, showing the entire County of Tyrol, printed in Vienna in 1774

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “South Tyrol” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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