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The Italian Republic or Italy ( Italian: Italia) is a country in the south of Europe, consisting mainly of a boot-shaped peninsula together with two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia. To the north, where it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia, the country is bounded by the Alps. The independent countries of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italian territory.
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| National mottoA motto is a phrase or collection of words intended to describe the motivation or intention of a sociological grouping or organization. Many countries, universities, and other institutions have mottos, as do families with coats of arms. These mottos are t: none | ||||
| Official languageAn official language is a language that is specifically designated to be so in the constitutions of countries, states, and other territories. States and areas without a constitution, by this definition, lack official languages. Officially recognized minor | Italian (+ GermanGerman (called Deutsch in German in which germanisch refers to prechristian times), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and one of the world's major languages. It is the language with the most native speakers in the European Union. in South TyrolSouth Tyrol ( German Sudtirol Italian Alto Adige , Ladin Sudtirol is an autonomous province of Italy. It should not be confused with the autonomous region of Trentino-South Tyrol, of which it is a subdivison. South Tyrol's extensive autonomy makes it de f and FrenchFrench le francais la langue francaise is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered only by Spanish and Portuguese. French is the 11th most spoken language in the world, spoken by about 77 million people (called Francophones) as a mother to in Valle d'AostaAosta Valley (in French Vallee d'Aoste in Italian Valle d'Aosta is a mountainous region in north-western Italy, the smallest of the regions. It is bordered by France to the west, Switzerland to the north and the region of Piedmont to the south. The region.) | |||
| CapitalThis article concerns places that serve as centers of government and politics. For alternative meanings see capital (disambiguation In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meanin | RomeRome ( Italian and Latin Roma is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. It is located on the lower Tiber river, near the Mediterranean Sea, at 41°50'N, 12°15'E. The Vatican City State, a sovereign enclave within Rome, is the seat of the Roman | |||
| Largest City | Rome | |||
| President | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | |||
| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi | |||
| Area - Total - % water | Ranked 71st 301,230 km² 2.4% | |||
| Population -Total ( 2003) - Density | Ranked 22nd 57,998,353 197/km² | |||
| Unification | March 17, 1861 | |||
| GDP (PPP) -Total ( 2003) -GDP/head | Ranked 6th $1.550 Trillion $26,700 | |||
| Currency | Euro¹ € (EUR) see Italian euro coins | |||
| Time zone - in summer | CET ( UTC+1) CEST ( UTC+2) | |||
| National anthem | La Canzone degli Italiani, better known as Fratelli d'Italia | |||
| Internet TLD | .it | |||
| Calling Code | 39 | |||
| (1) Prior to 1999: Lira | ||||
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