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Posizione: Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia
Coordinate geografiche: 42° 50' N, 12° 50' E
Linea di costa km: 7,600 km km
Clima: predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south
Terreno: mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains, coastal lowlands
Altitudine: lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m highest point: Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) de Courmayeur 4,748 m (a secondary peak of Mont Blanc)
Pericoli naturali: regional risks include landslides, mudflows, avalanches, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flooding; land subsidence in Venice
Valuta: euro (EUR)
Popolazione: 58,103,033 (July 2005 est.)
Lingue: Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)
Capitale: Rome
Divisioni: 16 regions (regioni, singular - regione) and 4 autonomous regions* (regioni autonome, singular - regione autonoma); Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia*, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardia, Marche, Molise, Piemonte, Puglia, Sardegna*, Sicilia, Toscana, Trentino-Alto Adige*, Umbria, Valle d'Aosta*, Veneto

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