Organizations / Italy

• Country name : Italy
• Official name : Italian Republic
• System of government : Republic
• National anthem :

Geography

• Area : 301,230 km²
• Capital : Rome
• Border countries : bounded on the north by Switzerland and Austria; on the east by Slovenia and the Adriatic Sea; on the south by the Ionian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea; on the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Ligurian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea ; and on the northwest by France.

People

• Population : 58 millions (2003)
• Language(s) : Italian ; and German, French, and Slovene minorities.
• Religions : Roman Catholic (98%), other (2%).

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