Gallura is a geographical and cultural region in northern Sardinia, Italy. Sardinia (sɑrˈdɪnɪə Sardegna Sardigna or Sardinnya is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily) Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest In the Middle Ages, it formed it was one of the four giudicati of the island. The giudicati (singular giudicato) were the indigenous kingdoms of Sardinia from about 900 until 1410 when the last fell to the Aragonese

The main towns and villages are Olbia , Tempio Pausania , La Maddalena , Arzachena and Calangianus. Olbia ( Sardinian: Terranoa, Gallurese: Tarranoa) is a town of approximately 51000 inhabitants in northeastern Tempio Pausania ( Gallurese: Tempiu) a town of est 15000 inhabitants in the Gallura region of northern Sardinia, Italy Arzachena ( Gallurese: Alzachèna, Altzaghèna is a town in the Province of Olbia-Tempio, Sardinia, Italy. Calangianus is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Olbia-Tempio in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 190 km north Is part of the new province of "Olbia-Tempio" with Olbia and Tempio Pausania as administrative capitals. Olbia-Tempio (Provincia di Olbia-Tempio Provìntzia de Terranòa-Tèmpiu is the name of a province in the autonomous region of Sardinia, Italy.

People locally speak the "gallurese", a diasystem of Sardinian language, strictly connected with southern dialects of Corsican language. Gallurese ( gadduresu) is a Diasystem of the Sardinian language, spoken in the Gallura ( Gaddura) north-eastern part of Sardinia In Linguistics, in the field of structural Dialectology, a diasystem is a single genetic Language which has two or more standard forms Sardinian ( Sardu, Saldu) is after Italian the main language spoken in the island of Sardinia, Italy, remarkable for being the most conservative Corsican ( Corsu or Lingua Corsa) is a Romance language spoken and written on the islands of Corsica ( France) and northern Sardinia

There is an airport and port in Olbia. Industries including cork, granite, and food exist in Olbia and Tempio. There is tourism in the Costa Smeralda area and in La Maddalena island. The Costa Smeralda (English “Emerald Coast” is a Coastal area in northern Sardinia, 55 km long and covering more than 30 km² with enchanting Beaches

Bibliography

• Deecke, W. (1904). Italy: A Popular Account of the Country, Its People, and Its Institutions (Including Malta and Sardinia). London: Swan Sonnenschein.
• Domenico, Roy (2002). The Regions of Italy: A Reference Guide to History and Culture. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.