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Area: 13.607 km2
Population: 952.028 (2001)
Regional Capital: Trento
Trentino Alto Adige is located in north-east of Italy, it borders on the west to Lombardy, Veneto to the south and Austria to the north.
The region has 3 official languages: German (69% of the population), Italian (approx 26%) and Ladin (barely 5%).

Places to see - Things to do:
- Bressanone, Bolzano, Merano, Trento...
- Arco, Borgo Valsugana, Folgarìa, Fiera di Primiero, Glorenza, Rosengarten, Vitipeno...
- Rovereto, where Mozart performed his first Italian concerts...
- Dolomites winter-resorts: Madonna di Campiglio, San Martino di Castrozza...
- Lake Garda (north part): Nago Torbole, Riva del Garda
- castles in Arco, Rovereto, Trento, Vezzano...

Gastronomy: -non exhaustive list-
pasta and rice (ricotta's gnocchi, polenta...) ; main dishes (goulash, hare, wurstel...) ; sauerkraut ; pears, apples ; biscuits and desserts (krapfen, rosada, strudel...) ; cheese (canestrato, fontal, goat's cheese, montebaldo, provolone...) ; wine and liqueurs (alto adige, colli di Bolzano, teroldego rotaliano, terlano, trentino, vallagarina ; grappa...)...

Festivities & Events: -non exhaustive list-
January / February
¤ during Carnival: Various events are held in many locations (Arco, Campitello di Fassa, Termeno ...)...
May
¤ last Sunday: Feast of "Schützen" in Bolzano. Local costume parade, traditional dances ...
December
¤ almost all the month: Christmas markets in Merano, Bressanone and other minor localities...

Native People: -non exhaustive list-
R. Messner, mountaineer ; F. Moser, cyclist ; F. Neri, actress ; M. Valier, astronomer...