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The nationalname for italy is Repubblica Italiana.The president of italy
is Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1999).
The Prime Minister of Italy is Silvio Berlusconi (2001). the
area of italy is 116,305 sq mi (301,230 sq km).
The population of italy on (2004) 58,057,477 (growth rate: 0.1%); birth
rate: 9.1/1000; infant mortality
rate: 6.1/1000; life expectancy:The population of Itay on 2004 is 79.5;
density per sq mi: 499.
The capital and the lagest city in italy is Rome, 3,550,900 (metro.
area), 2,455,600 (city proper)
The other lagest cities are Milan, 1,180,700; Naples, 991,700; Turin,
856,000; Palermo, 651,500;
Genoa, 602,500; Bologna, 369,300; Florence, 351,600; Bari, 311,900;
Catania, 305,900; Venice,
265,700. The Menetary unit is Euro (formerly lira. The languages in
italy is Italian (official); German-,
French-, and Slovene-speaking minorities. The Religions in italy is
Roman Catholic (predominant),
Protestant, Jewish, Islamic.
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