Official Name: Republic of Italy 

Geography :

Total Area: 301,325 sq. km. (116,341 sq. mi.)

Republic of  Italy placed in  southern Europe

Italy Bounded

• On the north by Switzerland and Austria

• On the east by Slovenia and the Adriatic Sea

• On the south by the Ionian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea

• On the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Ligurian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea

• On the northwest by France

Cities:

Capital Of Italy is Rome

 Other cities

•  Milan

•  Naples

•  Turin 
  

Climate: 

The climate of Italy is highly diversified, with extremes

 ranging from frigid in the higher elevations of the Alps 

and Apennines, to semitropical along the coast of the Ligurian Sea and the 

western coast of the lower peninsula. 

Nationality:                          Italian's

Population:                      56.9 million 

Annual growth rate:           1.4% 

Ethnic groups:

Primarily Italian but there are small groups of

•  German

•  French

•  Slovene

•  Albanian Italians 

Religion:                Roman Catholic (majority). 

Language:           Italian (official) 

Literacy Rate:  98% 

Economy: 

GDP approximately : $1.18 trillion. 

Per capita income approximately : $20,000. 

GDP growth rate approximately : 1.5%. 

Exports is approximately $229 billion

Imports is approximately $215 billion

Natural Resources:

Italy is poor in natural resources, much of the land being unsuitable for agriculture due to mountainous terrain or unfavorable climate. Italy, moreover, is seriously deficient in such basic natural resources as coal. The most important mineral resources are natural gas, petroleum, lignite, sulfur, and pyrites

• Fish

• Natural gas are main Natural resource of Italy

However Italy is Rich in various type of Building Stones and Marbles