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Isole bureau

Sardegna

From the island apart in the western Mediterranean

Capital

Cagliari

Population

1,578,000

Area

24,100 km²

Time zone

UTC+1

In this edition

No dispatches in today's edition.

Geography & climate

Mediterranean, windy, increasingly dry.

A large, ancient, granite island — mountains, the Costa Smeralda, sparse interior, long coasts.

Economy & culture

Tourism, agriculture and pastoralism, energy and petrochemicals, a fragile interior economy.

The nuraghi and a pre-Roman past, the Sardinian language, shepherding, a strong island identity.

Recent headlines from this bureau

  • Sardinia's 'Blue Zone' Longevity in the World's Health Press
  • Luxury Tourism and the Coast in the International Coverage
  • Wildfire and Drought on the Islands Through the Foreign Lens