Vogorno is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The village is located above Lago di Vogorno, a reservoir formed by the Verzasca Dam.Vogorno has an area, as of 1997, of 23.88 square kilometers (9.22 sq mi). Of this area, 0.38 km2 (0.15 sq mi) or 1.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 14.21 km2 (5.49 sq mi) or 59.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.3 km2 (0.12 sq mi) or 1.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.72 km2 (0.28 sq mi) or 3.0% is either rivers or lakes and 5.45 km2 (2.10 sq mi) or 22.8% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.6%. Out of the forested land, 50.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.5% is used for growing crops. Of the water in the municipality, 2.6% is in lakes and 0.4% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 15.1% is unproductive vegetation and 7.7% is too rocky for vegetation.
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