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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: Grapes, potatoes, sugar beets, soybeans, grain, olives, beef, and dairy are all products from Italy’s farms – yet only 1/3 of the land is suitable for farming. Pizza was invented in Naples. Italy surrounds the sovereign city-state of Vatican City and the Republic of San Marino. Mount Vesuvius last erupted in 1944. “SPQR” appears on many buildings in Rome – it stands for Senatus Populusque Romanus “the senate and people of Rome” |
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