Location: Southern Europe, bordering Austria 430 km, France 488 km, Holy See (Vatican City)
3.2 km, San Marino 39 km, Slovenia 232 km, Switzerland 740 km
3.2 km, San Marino 39 km, Slovenia 232 km, Switzerland 740 km
Capital: Rome
Climate: predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south
Population: 58,057,477 (July 2004 est.)
Ethnic Make-up: Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)
Religions: predominately Roman Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community
Government: republic
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