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'''Orchard Lake''' is a medium-sized inland [[lake]], 795 acres (3.2 km²). It has a 110 feet (34 m) maximum depth and is in the city of [[Orchard Lake Village, Michigan|Orchard Lake Village]], [[Oakland County, Michigan|Oakland County]], in [[Michigan]], [[USA]]. It is the second-largest lake in Oakland County after [[Cass Lake (Michigan)|Cass Lake]].
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The lake is unusual in that there is an large 35 acre (142,000 m²) island in the middle of the lake, Apple Island. The island was frequently inhabited by local [[Native Americans]] before the coming of Western settlers, who later planted an apple orchard on the island, giving rise to the current name of the lake. Apple Island is now abandoned and has been designated a protected [[wildlife sanctuary]]. The small Cedar Island is near the western shore.
'''Sardinia''' (''Sardigna'', ''Sardinna'' or ''Sardinnia'' in the [[Sardinian language]], ''Sardegna'' in [[Italian language|Italian]], ''Sardenya'' in [[Catalan language|Catalan]]), is an island in the [[Mediterranean Sea]], between [[Italy]], [[France]] and [[Tunisia]], south of [[Corsica]].
The campus of the old [[Michigan Military Academy]] is on the northeast shore of the lake. The campus is now home to [[SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary]] and [[St. Mary's Preparatory]].
Sardinia has an area of 24,090 km<sup>2</sup> and a population of 1.65 million. It was called "Ichnusa" by the [[Phoenician]]s and "Sandalyon" by the [[Greeks]] because of its shape, recalling a footprint.
==Geography==
Sardinia is an autonomous region of [[Italy]]. The regional capital is [[Cagliari]]. The region is divided into four provinces: Cagliari, [[Sassari]], [[Nuoro]] and [[Oristano]]; another four provinces have been proposed: [[Olbia-Tempio]], [[Ogliastra]], [[Carbonia-Iglesias]] and [[Medio Campidano]]), to eventually enter effect during this decade. See also: [[Sardinian towns]]
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==Tourism==
The island contains numerous extraordinary tourist areas, including the [[Costa Smeralda]] and [[Gennargentu]]. Mostly famous for its beaches, its land is rich in other interesting places. See also: [[Sardinia/Touristic_destinations|Tourist destinations of Sardinia]]
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==Climate==
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The [[climate]] is mainly Mediterranean, with a warm spring and fall, hot summer, and mild winter. Sardinia is suffering from a multi-year [[drought]], thought by some to be due to [[global warming]].
==Language==
The language of Sardinia is [[Sardinian language|Sardinian]], a [[Romance language]] with obscure origins in [[Phoenician]], [[Etruscan language|Etruscan]], and Near Eastern roots. While it has been significantly supplanted by Italian for official purposes, and it is completely unknown among some sections of Sardinian youth, specially in Cagliari, [[Sardinian language|Sardinian]] is still the main national language (Sardinians identify themselves as a people and as a nation) in fact.
In the city of Alghuero, a mediaeval dialect of [[Catalan]] is still spoken (the name of the city in Catalan is L'Alguer).
==Business and commerce==
Sardinia's currency (as a part of Italy) is now the [[Euro]], but Sardinians still unofficially refer to ''su Francu'' (or loc."su Pidzu"); 1 francu=1,000 former [[Lira|Italian Lira]].
Several [[gold]] and [[silver]] mines operate on the island.
The Sardinian economy is today focused on [[tourism]], industry, commerce, services and [[information technology]]; an increasing income is coming from its famous [[wine]]s and gastronomy.
==Transport==
[[Train]]s on Sardinia connect the whole island but are rather slow. Some run on [[narrow gauge]] track.
==Environment==
Sardinia is a precious natural resource, having protected thousands of rare animal and plant species.
==History==
Sardinia's history is very ancient. In [[1979]] human remains were found that were dated to 150,000 BC.
In [[Prehistory]] Sardinia's inhabitants developed a trade in [[obsidian]], a stone used for the production of the first rough tools, and this activity brought Sardinians into contact with most of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] peoples.
In the age from [[Neolithic]] times to the [[Roman Empire]], the [[Nuragic civilisation]] took shape on the island. Still today, more than 7,000 ''[[Nuraghe]]'' survive. It is speculated that the mysterious [[Shardana]] people landed in Sardinia coming from the eastern Mediterranean Sea, in about the [[20th century BC]]. Very little is known about this people, whose name (which probably means ''the People of the Sea'') has been found in some Egyptian inscriptions, and most hypotheses are developed following some linguistic studies; according to these, the town of [[Sardis]] ([[Lydia]]) would have been their starting point from which they would have reached the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]], dividing into what were to become the Sardinians and the [[Etruscans]].
However most theories regarding the original population of Sardinia have been formulated prior to genetics research and in the traditional frame of east-west movements. Genetics has now shown that Sardinians are a pre-Indo-European population different from all surrounding and much younger groups. The density, extensiveness and mere size of the architectural remains from the Neolithic, pointing to a considerable population of the island, together with recent theories about the ___location of the [[Hercules Columns]], reverse the question into where Sardinians did land, or where the Shardana settled besides the known Egyptian destination.
A Roman and later [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] province, the island was divided from the 9th to 12th century among four independent ''[[Giudicati]]'', which fell to the [[Kingdom of Aragon]] in [[1323]]-[[1409]]: the giudicato of [[Arborea]] was the last to fall. The autochthonous population of the city of [[Alghero]] (''S'Alighera'' in Sardinian, ''L'Alguer'' in Catalan) was expelled and the city repopulated by the Catalan invaders, whose descendants speak [[Alguerese|Catalan]] to this day.
===Kingdom of Sardinia===
In [[1720]] Sardinia became an independent kingdom under the [[House of Savoy]], rulers of [[Piedmont]]. At the time of Italian reunification in [[1860]], the King of Sardinia became King of [[Italy]].
See also: '''[[History of Sardinia]]'''
==See Also==
:[[Sardinian language]]: [[Sardo logudorese]], [[Sardo campidanese]], [[Gallurese]]
:[[Sardinia/History|History of Sardinia]]
:[[Sardinia/Touristic_destinations|Tourist destinations of Sardinia]]
:[[Sardinia/Traditions|Sardinian Traditions]]
:[[Sardinia/Famous_people|Famous_people from Sardinia]]
:[[Sardinia/Archaeological and artistic sites|Sardinian Archaeological and artistic sites]]
== External links ==
* [http://www.regione.sardegna.it/ Official regional website in Italian]
* [http://www.regione.sardegna.it/inglese/index.htm Official regional website in English]
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'''Sardinia''' is also a place in the [[U.S. state|State]] of [[Ohio]] in the [[United States of America]]; see [[Sardinia, Ohio]].
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