Gallurese language in the context of "Olbia"

Sardinia (/sɑːrˈdɪniə/ sar-DIN-ee-ə; Sardinian: Sardigna [saɾˈdiɲːa]; Italian: Sardegna [sarˈdeɲɲa] ), officially the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea after Sicily, and one of the twenty regions of Italy. It is located 200 km west of the Italian Peninsula, 200 km north of Tunisia, and 16.45 km south of the French island of Corsica. Sardinia is one five Italian regions with statutory domestic autonomy. It is divided into six provinces and two metropolitan cities. Cagliari is the capital and largest city, followed by Sassari. It has over 1.5 million inhabitants as of 2025.

Sardinia's indigenous language and the Algherese dialect of Catalan are recognized by both regional and national law as two of Italy's twelve official linguistic minorities, albeit gravely endangered; regional law provides some degree of protection and recognition of the island's other minority languages: the Corsican-influenced Sassarese and Gallurese, and Tabarchino Ligurian.

Bonifacio (/ˌboʊniˈfɑːtʃoʊ/ BOH-nee-FAH-choh, Italian: [boniˈfaːtʃo], French: [bɔnifasjo]; Corsican: Bunifaziu [buniˈfatsju], Bonifaziu [bɔniˈfatsju], or Bonifaciu [bɔniˈfatʃu]; Bonifacino: Bunifazziu; Gallurese: Bunifaciu) is a commune in the southern tip of the island of Corsica, in the French department of Corse-du-Sud.

Bonifacio is the setting of Guy de Maupassant's short story "A Vendetta".

Gallura (Gallurese: Gaddura or Gaddhura [ɡaˈɖːura]; Sardinian: Caddura [kaˈɖːuɾa]) is a region in North-Eastern Sardinia, Italy.

The name Gallùra is allegedly supposed to mean "stony area".

Palau (Gallurese: Lu Palau) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Gallura North-East Sardinia, in the Italian region of Sardinia, about 220 kilometres (140 mi) north of Cagliari and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Olbia. It was a frazione of the comune of Tempio Pausania until 1959.

It is located on Punta Sardegna, and was founded in 1875 by local shepherds.

The province of Sassari (Italian: provincia di Sassari; Sardinian: provìntzia de Tàtari; Sassarese: prubìnzia di Sàssari; Algherese: província de Sàsser; Gallurese: pruvincia di Sassari) was a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia, Italy. Its capital was the city of Sassari. On 1 April 2025, the province was suppressed in favor of the new Metropolitan City of Sassari, which corresponds to the 66 western municipalities of the province in its 2005-2015 borders; the easternmost 26 municipalities were reorganized as Province of Gallura North-East Sardinia, corresponding to the borders of the former Province of Olbia-Tempio.

The province had 471,653 inhabitants in 2025.

Valledoria (Gallurese: Codaruìna; Sardinian: Codaruìna; Sassarese: Codaruìna) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Sassari situated at the center of the Gulf of Asinara, near the mouth of the Coghinas river.

Badesi (Gallurese: Badèsi) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Gallura North-East Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of Cagliari and about 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Olbia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,860 and an area of 30.7 square kilometres (11.9 sq mi).

Badesi borders the following municipalities: Trinità d'Agultu e Vignola, Valledoria, Viddalba.

Tempio Pausania (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtɛmpjo pauˈzaːnja] ; Gallurese: Tèmpiu) is a town and comune, which, along with Olbia, is a co-capital of the province of Gallura North-East Sardinia, Sardinia, Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). It has 13,003 inhabitants.