Italy
Italy (Italian: Italia), offeecially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a kintra in the sooth o Europe.
It comprises a buit-shapit, peninsula an twa muckle islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily an Sardinia, an shares it's northren alpine mairch wi Monaco, Fraunce, Swisserland, Austrick an Slovenie. The independent kintras o San Marino an the Vatican Ceety is enclaves inouth the Italian Region.
Italian Republic Repubblica Italiana (Italian) | |
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![Location o Italy (dark green) – on the European continent (light green & dark grey) – in the European Union (light green) — [Legend]](/wiki/sco/File:EU-Italy.svg) Location o Italy (dark green) – on the European continent (light green & dark grey) | |
| Caipital | Roum 41°54′N 12°29′E / 41.900°N 12.483°E |
| Offeecial leids | Italiana |
| Demonym(s) | Italian |
| Govrenment | Unitary pairlamentary constitutional republic |
• Preses | Sergio Mattarella |
• Prime Meenister | Giorgia Meloni |
| Legislatur | Pairlament |
• Upper house | Senate |
• Lower house | Chamber o Deputies |
| Formation | |
• Unification | 17 March 1861 |
• Republic | 2 June 1946 |
• Foondit the EEC (nou the European Union) | 1 Januar 1958 |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 301,338 km2 (116,347 sq mi) (72nt) |
• Water (%) | 2.4 |
| Population | |
• 2018 estimate |  60,359,546 (23rd) |
• 2011 census |  59,433,744 |
• Density | 201.3/km2 (521.4/sq mi) (63rd) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $2.442 trillion (12t) |
• Per capita | $40,206 (33rd) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
• Tot | $2.026 trillion (8t) |
• Per capita | $33,353 (25t) |
| Gini (2018) |  33.4medium |
| HDI (2017) | 0.880 verra heich · 28t |
| Currency | Euro (€)b |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+ (CEST0332778852) |
| Drivin side | right |
| Cawin code | 39c0708958929 |
| ISO 3166 code | IT |
| Internet TLD | .itd |
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Italy uised ti be tribelaunds, suin bein ringed bi the Latin tribe an foondin the Roman Empire. Efter the faw o Roum, the Italian peninsula brak apairt intae mony fechtin independent kintras. In modren times, Italy comprises o maist o the Italian peninsula, Sicily, an Sardinie.
The Italian Republic is made o 20 regions, five bein autonomous.
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