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Bozen,  Trento,  
Capital: Trento
333 Italian Cities
2 Province
Area: 13.608 Kmq.
Population: 1.038.803 ab.

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Trentino-Alto Adige (German: Trentino-South Tyrol and Trentino-South Tyrol Ladino) is a region in north-eastern capital of Trento and consists of two cultural-historical and administrative regions, Alto Adige in the north, corresponding to Autonomous Province of Bolzano and the Trentino to the south, corresponding to the Autonomous Province of Trento.
It is bordered to the north by Austria (Tyrol and Salzburg), south and east with the Veneto and to the south and west to Lombardy, to the west by Switzerland (Canton Graubunden).
Effect of the second special statute came into force in 1972 the official name of the region is Trentino-Alto Adige / Südtirol. The first statute of 1948, the name assigned to the bilingual region Trentino-Alto Adige / Tiroler Etschland (Earth Tyrolean Adige). The law of constitutional amendment no. 3 of 18 October 2001 constitutionalised diction of 1972 (see article 116 of the Constitution).
Trentino Alto Adige is the most northern Italian region and is completely mountainous.
To the north, towards the Austrian border, along the line from Reschenpass to Passo di Monte Croce di Comelico, lie the Tyrolean Alps (analyzed in Vinschgau / Val Venosta Alps, Breonie, and Aurine Pusteria), which reach their maximum height in Weisskugel / Weisskugel (3764 m).
In the Ahr Valley, the Summit of Italy / Glockenkarkopf (2911 m asl) is the northernmost point in the country.
In the western part of Trentino-Alto Adige rise the Ortles-Cevedale (with the Ortles / Ortler, the highest peak of the region, 3902 m asl), Presanella and Adamello-Brenta Dolomites.
Both the Trentino Alto Adige, which are affected by the western section of the Dolomites (Dolomiti di Sesto, Group Puez, Odle, Sciliar Sassolungo, Rosengarten, Marmolada, Gruppo Sella, Latemar, Pale di San Martino), while going towards the south degrade the mountain slopes in the Alpine foothills.
Trentino-Alto Adige is rich in water courses (among the largest: The Alto Adige by tributaries Passer, Isarco with its tributary Rienza, Walnut and Avis, the Brenta, the Sarca and Chiese).
Trentino extends the northern tip of Lake Garda are also numerous mountain lakes, often of small size. Among the better known, the Molveno, Lake Ledro, Lake Levico, Lake Caldonazzo, Lake Tovel Braies Lake, Lake Carezza, Kalterersee, Toblacher, Lago di Landro and Reschensee.
There are several areas prottette, covering about one fifth of the territory of the region.
In the region there is a national park (Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio) and 10 provincial parks (8 of which extend in the Province of Bolzano).


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