The local government system is based upon the provisions of the Italian constitution and the Autonomy Statute of the Region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.
The extensive self-government provided by the current institutional framework has been advanced as a model for settling interethnic disputes.
The residual legislative power of the province is vested in a provincial assembly called Consiglio della Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano in Italian, Südtiroler Landtag in German and Cunsëi dla Provinzia Autonoma de Bulsan in Ladin .
Official documents in English use the translation "Parliament of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen".
The legislative powers of the provincial assembly cover all those subject matters that are not expressly reserved to the exclusive legislative power of the Italian State or to concurrent legislation per article 117 of the Italian Constitution.
The executive powers are attributed to a provincial government called Giunta Provinciale in Italian and Landesregierung in German.
The province is divided into eight districts (Italian: comprensorio, German: Bezirksgemeinschaft), one of them being the capital city of Bolzano.
Each district is headed by a president and two bodies called the district committee and the district council.
The districts are responsible for intermunicipal disputes, roads, schools and social services such as retirement homes.
The districts are: .
Bolzano .
Burggrafenamt .
Eisacktal .
Puster Valley .
Salten-Schlern .
Überetsch-Unterland .
Vinschgau Valley .
Wipptal .
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Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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