South Tyrol: Difference between revisions

| name = AltoSouth AdigeTyrol

| native_name = {{native name|de|Südtirol}}<br />{{native name|it|Alto Adige}}<br />{{native name|lld|Südtirol}}

| official_name = Autonomous provinceProvince of Bolzano – South Tyrol<br />{{native name|de|Autonome Provinz Bozen – Südtirol}}<br />{{native name|it|Provincia autonoma di Bolzano - Alto Adige}}<br />{{native name|lld|Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol}}

| settlement_type = [[Autonomous administrative division|Autonomous]] [[provinces of Italy|province]]

| image_skyline =
| image_alt =

| image_alt image_caption =

| image_caption image_flag = Flag_of_South_Tyrol.svg

| image_flag flag_alt = Flag_of_South_Tyrol.svg

| flag_altimage_shield = Suedtirol = CoA.svg

| image_shield shield_size = Suedtirol CoA.svgx100px

| shield_sizeshield_alt = [[Coat of arms of = x100pxTyrol]]

| shield_alt anthem = [[CoatBozner of arms of TyrolBergsteigerlied]] (unofficial)

| anthemimage_map = Bolzano in = Italy.svg

| image_map map_alt = Bolzano in Italy.svg

| map_altmap_caption = Map highlighting the location of the province of South Tyrol in Italy (in = red)

| subdivision_name subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Italy|Region]]

| established_date seat_type = Capital(s)

| seat_type seat = Capital(s)[[Bolzano]]

| seat parts_type = ''[[BolzanoComune|Comuni]]''

| parts_type parts_style = ''[[Comune|Comuni]]''para

| parts_style p1 = para116

| leader_titleleader_name = [[Arno = GovernorKompatscher]]

| leader_nameunit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK = [[Arno Kompatscher]]-->

| area_footnotes area_total_km2 = 7399.97

| elevation_footnotes elevation_m =

| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2021)

| blank2_info_sec1 = 0.912<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/shdi/ITA/?levels=1%2B4&interpolation=1&extrapolation=0&nearest_real=0&years=2019|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2023-03-05}}</ref><br />{{color|green|very high}}

| timezone1 = [[Central European Time|CET]]

| utc_offset1 = +01:00

| timezone1_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]

| utc_offset1_DST = +02:00

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 39XXX

| area_code_type = Telephone prefix

| area_code = 0471, 0472, 0473, 0474

| iso_code =

| registration_plate = [[Vehicle registration plates of Italy|BZ]]

| blank_name_sec2 = [[Italian National Institute of Statistics|ISTAT]]

| blank_info_sec2 = 021

| website = {{URL|www.provincia.bz.it/}}

| footnotes =

| governing_body = [[Council of South Tyrol|Provincial Council]]

'''AltoSouth AdigeTyrol'''{{Efn|{{IPAc-en|t|ɪ|ˈ|r|oʊ|l|,_|t|aɪ|ˈ|r|oʊ|l|,_|ˈ|t|aɪ|r|oʊ|l}}, {{respell|tih|ROHL|,_|ty|ROHL|,_|TY|rohl}}.<ref>[http://www.dictionary.com/browse/tyrol "Tyrol"]. ''[[Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary]]''.</ref>}} ({{lang-de|Südtirol}}, {{IPA-de|ˈsyːtiˌroːl, ˈzyːttiˌʁoːl|lang|de-Südtirol.ogg}}; {{lang-it|'''Alto Adige'''}}, {{IPA-it|ˈalto ˈaːdidʒe|lang}}; {{lang-lld|Südtirol}}) is an [[autonomous administrative division|autonomous]] [[provinces of Italy|province]] in [[northern Italy]]. An English translation of the official German and Italian names could be the '''autonomousAutonomous provinceProvince of Bolzano – South Tyrol''', reflecting the multilingualism and different naming conventions in the area. Together with the [[Trentino|autonomous province of Trento]], South Tyrol forms the autonomous [[Regions of Italy|region]] of [[Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol]].<ref>[http://www.regione.taa.it/Moduli/933_STATUTO%202018.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925185836/http://www.regione.taa.it/Moduli/933_STATUTO%25202018.pdf|date=25 September 2019}} Statuto speciale per il Trentino-Alto Adige .</ref> The province is the northernmost of Italy, the second largest with an area of {{convert|7400|km2|sqmi|0}}, and has a total population of about 534,000 inhabitants as of 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/italy/admin/04__trentino_alto_adige/|title=Trentino-Alto Adige (Autonomous Region, Italy) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location}}</ref> Its capital and largest city is [[Bolzano]] ({{lang-de|Bozen|link=no}}; {{lang-lld|Balsan|link=no}} or {{lang|lld|Bulsan}}).

[[File:Identitätskarte xy.jpg|thumb|[[Italian electronic identity card|Electronic identity cards]] are issued in three languages (Italian, German, English) in South Tyrol.]]{{Historical populations|1921|254,735|1931|282,158|7=1951|8=333,900|9=1961|10=373,863|11=1971|12=414,041|13=1981|14=430,568|15=1991|16=440,508|17=2001|18=462,999|19=2011|20=504,643|21=2021|22=532,616|type=|footnote=Source: [[Istituto Nazionale di Statistica|ISTAT]]}}German and Italian are both official languages of South Tyrol. In some eastern municipalities Ladin is the third official language.

A majority of the inhabitants of contemporary South Tyrol speak the native [[Austro-Southern Bavarian]] dialectsdialect of the German language. [[Standard German]] plays a dominant role in education and media. All citizens have the right to use their own mother tongue, even at court. Schools are separated for each language group. All traffic signs are officially bi- or trilingual. Most Italian place names were translated from German by Italian [[Ettore Tolomei]], the author of the {{lang|it|[[Prontuario dei nomi locali dell'Alto Adige]]}}.<ref>{{Citation

[[File:Tirol Schloss 01.jpg|thumb|[[TirolTyrol Castle]], which gave the wider region its name]]