Sardinia

Sardinia
Native names
Autonomous Region of Sardinia
Coat of arms of Sardinia, showing the same pattern as the flag
Anthem: "Su patriotu sardu a sos feudatarios" (Sardinian)
(English: "The Sardinian Patriot to the Lords")
Coordinates: 40°00′N 09°00′E / 40.000°N 9.000°E / 40.000; 9.000
CountryItaly
CapitalCagliari
Government
 • TypeConsiglio Regionale
 • PresidentAlessandra Todde (M5S)
Area
 • Total24,090 km2 (9,300 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total1,628,384
 • Density68/km2 (180/sq mi)
 • Languages
Italian
 • Minority languages
 [1]
Demonyms
Citizenship
 • Italian97%
GDP
 • Total€35.032 billion (2021)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeIT-88
HDI (2021)0.871[4]
very high · 16th of 21
NUTS RegionITG
Sardinia

Sardinia (/sɑːrˈdɪniə/ sar-DIN-ee-ə; Italian: Sardegna [sarˈdeɲɲa]; Sardinian: Sardigna [saɾˈdiɲːa])[a][b] is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the twenty regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia and immediately south of the French island of Corsica.

It is one of the five Italian regions with some degree of domestic autonomy being granted by a special statute.[5] Its official name, Autonomous Region of Sardinia, is bilingual in Italian and Sardinian: Regione Autonoma della Sardegna / Regione Autònoma de Sardigna.[6] It is divided into four provinces and a metropolitan city. The capital of the region of Sardinia — and its largest city — is Cagliari.

Sardinia's indigenous language and Algherese Catalan are referred to by both the regional and national law as two of Italy's twelve officially recognized linguistic minorities,[7] albeit gravely endangered, while the regional law provides some measures to recognize and protect the aforementioned as well as the island's other minority languages (the Corsican-influenced Sassarese and Gallurese, and finally Tabarchino Ligurian).[8][9]

Owing to the variety of Sardinia's ecosystems, which include mountains,[10] woods, plains, stretches of largely uninhabited territory, streams, rocky coasts, and long sandy beaches, Sardinia has been metaphorically described as a micro-continent.[11] In the modern era, many travelers and writers have extolled the beauty of its long-untouched landscapes, which retain vestiges of the Nuragic civilization.[12]


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  1. ^ "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT". demo.istat.it.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT". Demo.istat.it. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Population on 1 January by age, sex and NUTS 2 region", www.ec.europa.eu
  4. ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Statuto - Regione Autonoma della Sardegna". www.regione.sardegna.it.
  6. ^ "Delibera della Giunta regionale del 26 giugno 2012" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Norme in materia di tutela delle minoranze linguistiche storiche", parlamento.it, Italian Parliament
  8. ^ "Legge Regionale 15 ottobre 1997, n. 26 - Regione Autonoma della Sardegna". www.regione.sardegna.it. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Legge Regionale 3 Luglio 2018, n. 22". Regione autonoma della Sardegna – Regione Autònoma de Sardigna. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  10. ^ Ignazio Camarda, Montagne di Sardegna, pp. 11, 75
  11. ^ Marcello Serra, Sardegna, quasi un continente, Cagliari,1958
  12. ^ Serra, Marcello. "Sardegna quasi un continente". sardegnadigitallibrary.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 13 December 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

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