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Italy,
Włochy, Italia, Republika Włoska, Repubblica
Italiana
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| Italy became a nation-state belatedly - in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL. 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 European Monetary Union in 1999. Persistent problems include illegal immigration, the ravages of organized crime, corruption, high unemployment, and the low incomes and technical standards of southern Italy compared with the more prosperous north. | |
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1. Dependency status: NA 2. Government type: republic 3. Location: Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia 4. Border Countries: Austria 430 km, France 488 km, Holy See (Vatican City) 3.2 km, San Marino 39 km, Slovenia 232 km, Switzerland 740 km 5. Climate: predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south 6.
Terrain:
mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains, coastal lowlands 7. Area: 301,230 km2 8. Capital: Rome 9. Administrative divisions: 20 regions (regioni, singular - regione); Abruzzi, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardia, Marche, Molise, Piemonte, Puglia, Sardegna, Sicilia, Toscana, Trentino-Alto Adige, Umbria, Valle d'Aosta, Veneto 10. Population: 57,679,825 (July 2001 est.) 11. Languages: 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) 12. Religions: predominately Roman Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community 13. Currency: Italian lira (ITL); euro (EUR) 14. Original language tekst: NA 15. Time diference to GMT: |
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