Leventina (district)
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Leventina is one of the eight districts of the largely Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The capital of the district is Faido.
Situated to the north of the canton, its territory covers the area of the Ticino River as far south as Biasca, in particular the valleys of Val Bedretto and Valle Leventina.
Leventina is divided into four sub-districts, termed 'circles' (Italian: circoli), and a total area of 479.9 km² with a population of 10,173 as of December 2005. Its capital is the municipality (Italian: comune) of Faido.
[edit] Circles and municipalities
| Circolo di Airolo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coat of arms |
Municipality | Population (Dec 2005) |
Area km² |
 |
Airolo | 1628 | 94.5 |
 |
Bedretto | 71 | 75.2 |
| Total | 1699 | 169.7 | |
| Circolo di Giornico | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coat of arms |
Municipality | Population (Dec 2005) |
Area km² |
 |
Anzonico | 104 | 10.6 |
 |
Bodio | 1083 | 6.4 |
 |
Cavagnago | 93 | 6.7 |
 |
Giornico | 940 | 19.5 |
 |
Personico | 354 | 39.1 |
 |
Pollegio | 1051 | 5.9 |
 |
Sobrio | 77 | 6.4 |
| Total | 3702 | 94.6 | |
| Circolo di Faido | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coat of arms |
Municipality | Population (Dec 2005) |
Area km² |
 |
Calpiogna | 35 | 3.3 |
 |
Campello | 59 | 4.0 |
 |
Chironico | 402 | 57.7 |
 |
Faido | 2026 | 25.5 |
 |
Mairengo | 451 | 6.6 |
 |
Osco | 116 | 11.9 |
| Total | 3089 | 109.0 | |
| Circolo di Quinto | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coat of arms |
Municipality | Population (Dec 2005) |
Area km² |
 |
Dalpe | 165 | 14.5 |
 |
Prato | 433 | 16.9 |
 |
Quinto | 1085 | 75.2 |
| Total | 1683 | 106.6 | |
[edit] Reference
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Districts of Canton Ticino |
|---|---|
| Mendrisio | Lugano | Locarno | Vallemaggia | Bellinzona | Riviera | Blenio | Leventina | |
| Canton of Ticino | Districts of Switzerland | Municipalities of the canton of Ticino |
