Sardinia
Sardegna | |
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Country | Italy |
Capital | Cagliari |
Government | |
• President | Francesco Pigliaru (PD) |
Area | |
• Total | 24,090 km2 (9,300 sq mi) |
Population (30 November 2012)[1] | |
• Total | 1,648,837 |
• Density | 68/km2 (180/sq mi) |
• Official languages[source?] | Sardinian |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
GDP/ Nominal | €33,638[2] billion (2011) |
GDP per capita | €20,071[2] (2011) |
NUTS Region | ITG (Insular Italy) |
Website | www.regione.sardegna.it |
Sardinia (Italian: Sardegna, Sardinian: Sardigna) is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is an autonomous region of Italy. It was formerly the Kingdom of Sardinia.
The official name is, in Italian, Regione Autonoma della Sardegna.The capital and largest city is Cagliari.