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Rome – Adam Orviský 7.BRome Italian: Roma
pronounced ( listen); Latin: Rōma) is a city and special comune ("Roma
Capitale") in Italy. Rome is the capital of Italy and also of Lazio (Latin:
Latium). With 2.8 million residents in 1,285.3 km2 (496.3 sq mi), it is also
the country's largest and most populated comune and fifth-most
populous city in the European Union by population within city limits.
Between 3.2 and 3.8 million people live in the Rome urban and
metropolitan area.[3][4][5][6][7][8] The city is located in the central-western
portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber within the Lazio region of
Italy. Rome is referred to as "The Eternal City", a notion expressed by ancient Roman poets and writers.