Italy
is a country in southern Europe. It is located in the Mediterranean region. is a peninsula that has the Tyrrhenlan Sea to its west, the Adriatic Sea to its east, and the Lonian Sea
to its southeast. Austria and Switzerland border to the north. France borders to the northwest.
The Capital of is Rome, also the largest city. The official language of is Italian. About 98% of the people in are Roman Catholic. The pope lives in Rome. is 116,320 sq. miles. In 1994 the population estimate was about 57,107,000 (491 per sq. mile). 's official name is Repubblica Italiana (Italian Republic). The National Anthem is "Fratelli d'Italia" ("Brothers of ").
Central and southern have hot ...
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pesto (tiny dumplings with basil and garlic sauce), and trenette (a kind of long, narrow noodle). Italians aremostly famous for wide varieties of pastas and sauces.
's form of government is parliamentary democracy. The head of the government is the Prime Minister. The head of the state is a president who is elected by the Parliament for a seven year term.
does foreign trade with Germany, France, United States, Britain, and the Netherlands. 's major exported goods are clothing and shoes, motor vehicles, machinery, chemicals, and fruits and vegetables. The value of exported goods and services is about
$157,102,000,000. Italy's major imports are machinery, petroleum, motor vehicles, textile yarns, and metals. The value of imported goods is about $158,181,000,000.
Italy's agricultural chief products are grapes, wheat, beef cattle, hogs, olives,corn, oranges, and tomatoes. Its manufacturing chief products are clothing and shoes, foods and beverages, motor vehicles, petroleum ...
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