Fast facts about: Italy
Area: 116,000 square miles
Capital City: Rome
Largest City: Rome
Language: Italian
Currency: € Euro
Population: 60,609,153
Government: Republic
Geography: Located in Southern Europe, Italy is a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea and borders Austria, France, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovenia,
and Switzerland, with its longest border being with Switzerland.
Fun Stuff: Italy has over 3,000 museums; Italy has more hotel rooms than any other nation in
Europe; Italy's national dish is pasta with the average Italian consuming over 50 pounds of pasta a year; the ice cream cone is an Italian invention.

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