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ITALY
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(Land Area: 301,225 Sq Km (116,304
Sq Mi)
Southern Europe, a peninsula
extending
into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia
Lowest point: Mediterranean
Sea 0 m
Highest point: Mont Blanc (Monte
Bianco) de Courmayeur 4,748 m (a secondary peak of Mont Blanc)
Capital: Rome
Largest City: Rome
Religion: predominately Roman
Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim
immigrant community
Languages Spoken: Italian
(official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto
Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French
(small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking
minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)
See also: Languages
spoken in Europe, Languages of
the world
Information & Brief History
Italy became a nation-state in 1861
when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily,
were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government
came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI established a
Fascist dictatorship. His disastrous alliance with Nazi Germany led to
Italy's defeat in World War II. A democratic republic replaced the monarchy
in 1946 and economic revival followed. Italy was a charter member of NATO
and the European Economic Community (EEC). It has been at the forefront
of European economic and political unification, joining the Economic and
Monetary Union in 1999. Persistent problems include illegal immigration,
organized crime, corruption, high unemployment, sluggish economic growth,
and the low incomes and technical standards of southern Italy compared
with the prosperous north.
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