The département was formed in 1975, when the Corse département (n°20) was divided between Haute-Corse (2b) and Corse-du-Sud (2b).
Préfecture (capital): Ajaccio.
... a concentration gradient which can be used to power ATP synthase. This pathway is known as cyclic photophosphorylation, and it produces neither O2 nor NADPH. Noncyclic ...