Locarno District

The Locarno District has an area, as of 1997, of 551.08 square kilometers . Of this area, 35.25 km2 or 6.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 320.45 km2 or 58.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 26.96 km2 or 4.9% is settled , 12.76 km2 or 2.3% is either rivers or lakes and 133.75 km2 or 24.3% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.2%. Out of the forested land, 47.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.0% is used for growing crops and 2.8% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the district, 0.5% is in lakes and 1.9% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 14.7% is unproductive vegetation and 9.6% is too rocky for vegetation.

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