Trentino
Provincia autonoma di Trento (Ladin: Provinzia Autonoma de Trent; German: Autonome Provinz Trient), commonly known as Trentino, is an autonomous province of Italy in the country's far north. Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, an autonomous region under the constitution.[3] The province is composed of 166 comuni (sg.: comune).[4] Its capital is the city of Trento (Trent). The province covers an area of more than 6,000 km2 (2,300 sq mi), with a total population of 541,098 in 2019. Trentino is renowned for its mountains, such as the Dolomites, which are part of the Alps.
For other uses, see Trentino (disambiguation).
Trentino
Trentin (Ladin)
Italy
166
6,212 km2 (2,398 sq mi)
541,098
87/km2 (230/sq mi)
€18.608 billion (2015)
€34,599 (2015)
0461, 0462, 0463, 0464, 0465
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Etymology[edit]
The province is generally known as "Trentino".[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] The name derives from Trento, the capital city of the province. Originally, the term was used by the local population only to refer to the city and its immediate surroundings. Under former Austrian rule, which began in the 19th century (previously, Trentino was governed by the local bishop), the common German name for the region was Welschtirol (lit. 'Italian Tyrol') or Welschsüdtirol (lit. 'Italian South Tyrol'), or just Südtirol,[13] meaning South Tyrol with reference to its geographic position as the southern part of Tyrol.
The corresponding Italian name was Tirolo Meridionale, which was historically used to describe the wider southern part of the County of Tyrol, specifically Trentino and sometimes also today's South Tyrol,[14][15][16] or Tirolo Italiano. In its wider sense, Trentino was first used around 1848 in an article by a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly; it became a popular term among leftist intellectual circles in Austria.[17]
Since the new 1972 autonomous status, the administrative name of the province is autonomous province of Trento (Italian: provincia autonoma di Trento; German: autonome provinz Trient).[18]
