Fast Facts on Italy
- Country name in English
- Italy (officially: Republic of Italy)
- Country name in Italian
- Italia (officially: Repubblica Italiana)
- Official language
- Italian
- Capital
- Rome
- Largest city
- Rome
- Regions
- Abruzzo
Basilicata
Calabria
Campania
Emilia-Romagna
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Latium (Lazio)
Liguria
Lombardy (Lombardia)
Marche
Molise
Piedmont (Piemonte)
Apulia (Puglia)
Sardinia (Sardegna)
Sicily (Sicilia)
Tuscany (Toscana)
Trentino-South Tyrol (Trentino-Alto Adige)
Umbria
Aosta Valley (Valle d'Aosta)
Veneto
- Government
- Republic
- President
- Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
- Prime Minister
- Silvio Berlusconi
- Area
- 301,230 km²
- Population
- 58,462,375 (2005)
- Unification date
- March 17, 1861
- Religion
- 90% Roman Catholic (based on infant baptism – less actually practicing); remainder made of up Protestants, Jews and Muslims
- Time zone
- CET (UTC+1)
CEST (UTC + 2) in summer
- Currency
- Euro (formerly Lira)
- National anthem
- Il Canto degli Italiani
- Internet domain
- .it
- Country calling code
- +39
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