italy is situated in the mediterranean europe and has a great deal of variety in the landscape...
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Italy is situated in the Mediterranean Europe and has a great deal of variety in the landscape although it is characterized predominantly by two mountain chains: the Alps and the Apennines Mountains.
•Official name: Italian Republic
•Official name: Italian Republic
Capital: Rome
•Official name: Italian Republic
Capital: Rome
Population: over 58,000,000.
•Official name: Italian Republic
Capital: Rome
Flag: The colors of the flag represent the three cardinal virtues: Green:hope; White: faith; Red:charity.
Population: over 58,000,000.
•Official Language: Italian.There are other languages present in Italy: German (parts of Trentino Alto Adige region), French (Valle D’Aosta) and Slovene (Trieste-Gorizia areas)
•Official name: Italian Republic
Capital: Rome
Flag: The colors of the flag represent the three cardinal virtues: Green:hope; White: faith; Red:charity.
Number of regions: 20, five of which enjoy special regional autonomy
Population: over 58,000,000.
•Official Language: Italian.There are other languages present in Italy: German (parts of Trentino Alto Adige region), French (Valle D’Aosta) and Slovene (Trieste-Gorizia areas)
•Official name: Italian Republic
Capital: Rome
Flag: The colors of the flag represent the three cardinal virtues: Green:hope; White: faith; Red:charity.
Size: about 116,000 square miles, including the islands of Sicily and Sardinia
Number of regions: 20, five of which enjoy special regional autonomy
Population: over 58,000,000.
•Official Language: Italian.There are other languages present in Italy: German (parts of Trentino Alto Adige region), French (Valle D’Aosta) and Slovene (Trieste-Gorizia areas)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)1 euro= 100 cents• Religion: 94% Roman Catholic, 6% others• Climate: generally hot summers and cold winters• Products: grapes, olives, other fruits, wheat, wine,
machinery and transport equipment, iron and steel, chemicals, packaged foods, motor vehicles, clothing,
footwear, ceramics. • Industry: tourism, textiles, chemicals, food,wines, motor
vehicles, clothing, shoes. • Internet domain: .it
FACT FILE
OVERVIEW
• In 1946 Italians voted to end monarchy and made their nation a democratic republic.
• Italy was a charter member NATO and one of the six founding members of what is now the European Union, having signed in 1951 the Paris Treaty
• It joined the Economic and Monetary Union in 1999
• It is a member of G8
Italy's largest and most important cities are:
Milan
Venice
Rome
Florence
Naples
Palermo