Lugano (district)
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Lugano Distretto di Lugano |
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| Country |
 Switzerland
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| Canton |
 Ticino
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| Capital | Lugano |
| Area | |
| • Total | 331.8 km2 (128.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 151,522 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Municipalities | 59 |
The district of Lugano (Italian: Distretto di Lugano also called Luganese) is a district of Canton Ticino, Switzerland. It has a population of 151,522 (as of 31 December 2015).
The Lugano District has an area, as of 1997[update], of 301.76 square kilometers (116.51 sq mi). Of this area, 47.44 km2 (18.32 sq mi) or 15.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 200.54 km2 (77.43 sq mi) or 66.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 46.05 km2 (17.78 sq mi) or 15.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 2.01 km2 (0.78 sq mi) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and 13.93 km2 (5.38 sq mi) or 4.6% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 9.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.6%. Out of the forested land, 59.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 5.7% is used for growing crops and 9.1% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the district, 0.2% is in lakes and 0.5% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 4.2% is unproductive vegetation.
The Lugano District has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 151,522. Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000[update]), 104,413 people speak Italian, 11,397 speak German, 2,683 people speak French, and 184 people speak Romansh. The remainder (9,904 people) speak another language.
As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 47.8% male and 52.2% female. The population was made up of 46,739 Swiss men (32.8% of the population), and 21,361 (15.0%) non-Swiss men. There were 55,315 Swiss women (38.8%), and 19,062 (13.4%) non-Swiss women.
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