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Italy
Main prefix :
I
Callsigns series :
IAA-IZZ
Time zone :
+1 h
Continent :
Europe
ITU zone :
28
CQ zone :
15, 33
Metropole :
Italy
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Three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and red; similar to the flag of Ireland, which is longer and is green (hoist side), white, and orange; also similar to the flag of the Cote d'Ivoire, which has the colors reversed - orange (hoist side), white, and green
Italy
Capital:
Rome
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, and Veneto.
Population:
57,715,625 (July 2002 est.)
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)
Geographic coordinates:
42° 50' N, 12° 50' E
Area total:
301,230 sq. km includes Sardinia and Sicily
Land area:
294,020 sq. km
Water area:
7,210 sq. km
Total land boundaries:
1,932.2 km
Borders with neighbor countries:
Austria 430 km, France 488 km, Holy See (Vatican City) 3.2 km, San Marino 39 km, Slovenia 232 km, Switzerland 740 km
Coastline:
7,600 km
Elevation extremes:
Mediterranean Sea 0 m - Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) de Courmayeur 4,748 m (a secondary peak of Mont Blanc)
Internet country code:
.it
Currency:
euro (EUR)
Name - conventional long form:
Italian Republic
Name - conventional short form:
Italy
Name - local long form:
Repubblica Italiana
Name - local short form:
Italia
Former name:
Kingdom of Italy
Independence:
17 March 1861 (Kingdom of Italy proclaimed, Italy was not finally unified until 1870)
Constitution:
1 January 1948
Government type:
republic
National holiday:
Republic Day, 2 June (1946)