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Ticino

Ticino is an Italian-speaking canton in the south of . It has become one of the major tourist destinations of Switzerland, and is set off from the rest of the country by its relatively warm climate, distinct culture and gastronomy.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Lugano and Bellinzona.

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is a lakeside city in Ticino, the Italian-speaking part of southern , and is the largest Italian-speaking city in Switzerland and outside Italy.

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is a city in the Italian-speaking part of and the capital of the canton of Ticino, at the foot of the and traversed by the Ticino River. It preserves its medieval atmosphere while offering modern services.

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is a city at the northern end of in . The city, along with and , hosts an international film festival, the third oldest important cinema festival in the world.

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is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in . It is on the shore of . The town is a popular tourist destination and holds the yearly Jazz Festival.

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is a small town located on the northern shore in Ticino, the Italian-speaking part of . It is about 4 km from .

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The is a long narrow valley located in Ticino, the Italian-speaking part of . This valley offers a wild and fascinating landscape, with the Alps on one side and a lake on the other.
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Ticino

Latitude of center
46.3352° or 46° 20′ 7″ north
Longitude of center
8.7526° or 8° 45′ 9″ east
Population
351,000
Elevation
1,032 metres (3,386 feet)
Abbreviation
“TI”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 313875189
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2658370
Wiki­data ID
Q12724
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Ticino” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kanton Ticino”
  • Albanian: “Kantoni Ticino”
  • Arabic: “تيسينو”
  • Arabic: “تيسينو‎”
  • Arabic: “كانتون تيسينو”
  • Aragonese: “Cantón d’o Tesino”
  • Armenian: “Տիչինո”
  • Arpitan: “Quenton du Tèssin”
  • Arpitan: “Tessin”
  • Asturian: “Cantón del Tesinu”
  • Asturian: “Cantón del Ticino”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ticino”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tiçino”
  • Balinese: “Kanton Ticino”
  • Basque: “Ticino”
  • Belarusian: “кантон Тычына”
  • Belarusian: “кантон Тэсін”
  • Belarusian: “Тычына (кантон)”
  • Belarusian: “Тычына”
  • Belarusian: “Тэсін”
  • Bengali: “তিসিনো কান্টন”
  • Bengali: “তিসিনো”
  • Bosnian: “Ticino”
  • Breton: “Kanton Ticino”
  • Bulgarian: “Тичино”
  • Catalan: “Cantó de Ticino”
  • Catalan: “Ticino”
  • Cebuano: “Ticino (kanton)”
  • Cebuano: “Ticino”
  • Chinese: “Ticino Chiu”
  • Chinese: “提契诺州”
  • Chinese: “提契諾州”
  • Chinese: “鐵千諾州”
  • Chuvash: “Тичино”
  • Corsican: “Cantone Ticinu”
  • Corsican: “Ticinu”
  • Croatian: “Ticino”
  • Czech: “Ticino”
  • Danish: “Repubblica e Cantone Ticino”
  • Danish: “Tessin”
  • Danish: “TI”
  • Danish: “Ticino”
  • Dutch: “Ticino”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تيسينو”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Tiĉino”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Tiĉino”
  • Esperanto: “Tiĉino”
  • Estonian: “Ticino kanton”
  • Finnish: “Tesino”
  • Finnish: “Tessin”
  • Finnish: “Ticino”
  • French: “canton du Tessin”
  • French: “Canton du Tessin”
  • French: “République et Canton du Tessin”
  • French: “Tessin”
  • French: “TI”
  • Friulian: “Ticin”
  • Galician: “Tesino”
  • Georgian: “ტიჩინოს კანტონი”
  • German: “Kanton Tessin”
  • German: “Republik und Kanton Tessin”
  • German: “Tesin”
  • German: “Tessin Kanton”
  • German: “Tessin”
  • German: “TI”
  • German: “Ticino”
  • Greek: “Καντόνι του Τιτσίνο”
  • Greek: “καντόνιο του Τιτσίνο”
  • Greek: “Τιτσίνο”
  • Gujarati: “ટિસીનો”
  • Hebrew: “טיצ’ינו”
  • Hindi: “टिचिनो”
  • Hindi: “तिचीनो कैन्टन”
  • Hungarian: “Ticino kanton”
  • Icelandic: “Ticino”
  • Iloko: “Ticino”
  • Indonesian: “Kanton Ticino”
  • Interlingua: “Ticino”
  • Interlingue: “Canton de Ticino”
  • Irish: “cantún Ticino”
  • Italian: “Canton Ticino”
  • Italian: “Cantone Ticino”
  • Italian: “Repubblica e Canton Ticino”
  • Italian: “Repubblica e Cantone Ticino”
  • Italian: “TI”
  • Italian: “Ticino”
  • Japanese: “ティチーノ州”
  • Javanese: “Kanton Ticino”
  • Kannada: “ಟಿಸಿನೊ”
  • Kazakh: “Тичино”
  • Korean: “티치노 주”
  • Korean: “티치노”
  • Korean: “티치노주”
  • Kurdish: “Ticino”
  • Ladin: “Cianton de Tessin”
  • Latin: “Pagus Ticinensis”
  • Latin: “Ticinum”
  • Latvian: “Tičīno kantons”
  • Latvian: “Tičīno”
  • Limburgan: “Ticino”
  • Lithuanian: “Tičinas”
  • Lombard: “Canton Tesin”
  • Lombard: “Canton Tisin”
  • Lombard: “Tasìn”
  • Lombard: “Tesìn”
  • Lombard: “Tisìn”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kanton Tessin”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ticino”
  • Macedonian: “Тичино”
  • Malay: “Ticino”
  • Malayalam: “ടിച്ചീനോ”
  • Marathi: “तिचिनो”
  • Mazanderani: “تیچینو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ticino Chiu”
  • Neapolitan: “Cantone Ticino”
  • Northern Frisian: “Tessin”
  • Northern Sami: “Ticino”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ticino”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ticino”
  • Norwegian: “Ticino”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Canton de Tecin”
  • Ossetian: “Тичино”
  • Persian: “تیچینو”
  • Persian: “کانتون تیچینو”
  • Polish: “Ticino”
  • Portuguese: “Ticino”
  • Romanian: “Cantonul Ticino”
  • Romansh: “Chantun Tessin”
  • Romansh: “Republica ed Chantun Tessin”
  • Romansh: “Tessin”
  • Russian: “Тичино”
  • Scots: “Ticino”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ticino”
  • Serbian: “Кантон Тичино”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ticino”
  • Sicilian: “Ticinu”
  • Sinhala: “ටිසිනෝ”
  • Slovak: “Ticino”
  • Slovenian: “Kanton Ticino”
  • Slovenian: “Repubblica e Cantone Ticino”
  • Slovenian: “Republika in kanton Ticino”
  • Slovenian: “TI”
  • Slovenian: “Ticino”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تیچینو”
  • Spanish: “cantón de Tesino”
  • Spanish: “Cantón del Tesino”
  • Spanish: “Repubblica e Cantone Ticino”
  • Spanish: “Tesin”
  • Spanish: “Tesino”
  • Spanish: “Tessin”
  • Spanish: “TI”
  • Spanish: “Ticin”
  • Spanish: “Ticino”
  • Spanish: “Ticinu”
  • Spanish: “Ticinum”
  • Spanish: “Tisin”
  • Swahili: “Ticino”
  • Swedish: “Tesino”
  • Swedish: “Tessin”
  • Swedish: “Ticino”
  • Swiss German: “Kanton Tessin”
  • Tamil: “டிசினோ”
  • Tatar: “Тичино кантоны”
  • Tatar: “Тичино кантуны”
  • Telugu: “టిసినో”
  • Thai: “รัฐตีชีโน”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Kanton Tessin”
  • Turkish: “canton du Tessin”
  • Turkish: “Tessin”
  • Turkish: “TI”
  • Turkish: “Ticino”
  • Turkish: “Ticinum”
  • Ukrainian: “Тічино”
  • Urdu: “تیچینو”
  • Venetian: “Canton Tisin”
  • Vietnamese: “TI”
  • Vietnamese: “Ticino”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ticino”
  • Welsh: “Ticino”
  • Western Panjabi: “ٹیسینو”
  • Wu Chinese: “提契诺州”
  • Yue Chinese: “鐵千諾州”

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