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Capital:Rome

Geography
Continent:Europe
Location:Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia
Area:301,277 kmē
Geographic coordinates:42 50 N, 12 50 E
Elevation extremes:lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) de Courmayeur 4,748 m (a secondary peak of Mont Blanc)

People
Population:58,057,477 (July 2004 est.)
Language(s):Italian

Economy
Currency:euro (EUR)
note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the euro as a common currency to be used by financial institutions of member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole currency for everyday transactions within the member countries
Currency code:EUR

Miscellaneous
Country code plate:I
Internet country code:.it

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