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Country information

General overview

  • Area: 301,338 km²
  • Population: 56,996,000 inhabitants (Public census ISTAT 2001).
  • Capital: Roma
  • Principal urban areas and number of inhabitants (municipalities): Roma 2,546,804; Milano 1,256,211; Napoli 1,004,500; Torino 865,263; Palermo 686,722; Genoa 610,307; Bologna 371,217; Fiorenza 356,118; Bari 316,532; Catania 313,110 (Public census ISTAT 2001).
  • Official language and other recognised languages: Italian (German in the province of Bolzano, Slovenian in the Trieste and Gorizia provinces, and French in the Aosta Valley).
  • Regions: Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia Romagna, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Latium, Liguria, Lombardy, Marche, Molise, Piedmont, Apulia, Sardinia, Sicily, Tuscany, Trentino-South Tyrol, Umbria, Aosta Valley, Veneto.

D 13 July 2012   

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