Ticino

This airticle is aboot the Swiss canton. For ither uisses, see Ticino (disambiguation).

Repubblica e Cantone Ticino
Canton o Swisserland
Coat o airms
Location in Swisserland
Cairt o Ticino
Coordinates: 46°19′N 8°49′E
Caipital	Bellinzona
Lairgest Ceety	Lugano
Subdivisions	157 municipalities, 8 districts
Govrenment
• Executive	Executive Cooncil (5)
• Legislative	Grand Cooncil (90)
Area
• Total	2,812.21 km2 (1,085.80 sq mi)
Population  (12/2015)
• Tot	351,946
• Density	130/km2 (320/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	CH-TI
Heichest point	3,402 m (11,161 ft): Adula (Rheinwaldhorn)
Lawest point	195 m (640 ft): Loch Maggiore
Joined	1803
Languages	Italian
Wabsteid	TI.ch

The Republic an Canton o Ticino or Ticino (Italian: Canton Ticino [kanˈton tiˈtʃiːno]; German: Tessin [tɛˈsiːn]; see an aw in ither leids) is the soothmaist canton o Swisserland. Ticino borders the Canton o Uri tae the north, Valais tae the wast (throu the Novena Pass), Graubünden tae the northeast, Italy's regions o Piemont an Lombardy tae the sooth an it surroonds the smaw Italian exclave o Campione d'Italia.

Namit efter the Ticino river, it is the anerly canton whaur Italian is the sole offeecial leid an represents the bulk o the Italian-speakin aurie o Swisserland alang wi the soothren sections o Graubünden.

Bibliografie

• Marcello Sorce Keller,“Canton Ticino: una identità musicale?”, Cenobio, LII(2003), Apryle–Juin, pp. 171–184; an aa later published in Bulletin – Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Musikethnologie und Gesellschaft für die Volksmusik in der Schweiz, October 2005, pp. 30–37.

Freemit airtins

• Cantone Ticino (in Italian) offeecial steid
• Ticino Tourism, offeecial wabsteid o tourism office
• Offeecial statistics