What is North Tyrol?
[[Image:Tirol-Suedtirol-Trentino.png|thumb|right|Map of the Tyrol pre-World War I]] '''North Tyrol''', or '''North Tirol''' ([[German language|German]] and [[Austro-Bavarian language|Austro-Bavarian]]: '''''Nordtirol''''') is the main part of the [[Austria]]n state of [[Tyrol (state)|Tyrol]], located in the western part of the country. The other part of the state is [[East Tyrol]], which also belongs to Austria, but does not share a border with North Tyrol. Besides those two regions, the historical region of [[Tyrol (region)|Tyrol]] also included the areas today known as [[Province of Bolzano-Bozen|Bolzano-Bozen]] and [[Province of Trento|Trento]] for many centuries. They were annexed by [[Italy]] after [[World War I]] which made North Tyrol and East Tyrol effectively cut off from each other. North Tyrol borders [[Salzburg (state)|Salzburg]] in the east, the [[Germany|German]] [[States of Germany|state]] of [[Bavaria]] in the north, [[Vorarlberg]] in the west, the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Graubünden]] in the southwest and [[Province of Bolzano-Bozen|Bolzano-Bozen]] in the south. Its capital is [[Innsbruck]]. [[Category:Tyrol]] [[Category:Regions of Austria]] [[Category:Tyrol (state)|*]] {{multistub|Europe|geo}}