Italy is a country located in Southern Europe, that comprises the Po River valley, the Italian Peninsula and the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia.
– on the European continent
– in the European Union — [Legend]
Capital
Rome
41°54?N, 12°29?E
Official languages
Italian1
Demonym
Italian
Government
Parliamentary republic
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President
Giorgio Napolitano
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Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi
Formation
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Unification
17 March 1861
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Republic
2 June 1946
EU accession
25 March 1957
Area
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Total
301,338 km?
116,346.5 sq mi
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Water
2.4
Population
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1 January 2008 estimate
59,619,290
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October 2001 census
57,110,144
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Density
197.6/km?
511.7/sq mi
GDP
2007 estimate
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Total
$1.888 trillion " title="List of countries by GDP ">8th)
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Per capita
$32,319 _per_capita" title="List of countries by GDP per capita">25th)
GDP
2007 estimate
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Total
$2.067 trillion " title="List of countries by GDP ">7th)
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Per capita
$35,386 _per_capita" title="List of countries by GDP per capita">20th)
Gini
36
HDI
? 0.941
Currency
Euro 2
Time zone
CET
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Summer
CEST
Internet TLD
.it3
Calling code
+39
1
French is co-official in the Aosta Valley; Friulian is co-official in Friuli-Venezia Giulia; German and Ladin are co-official in the province of Bolzano-Bozen; Sardinian is co-official in Sardinia.
2
Before 2002, the Italian Lira. The euro is accepted in Campione d'Italia .
3
The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with other European Union member states.
Italy [??t?li] , officially the Italian Republic, , is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia
