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Italy Fact File
Italy Fact File: General Information
Population: 58,147,733 (July 2007 est.)
Size of Country: 301,230 sq km (slightly larger than Arizona)
Capital City: Rome
Time Zone: GMT+1
Location: Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia
Climate: Predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south
Currency: Euro
Language: Italian
System of Government: Republic, led by President Giorgio Napolitano
Telephone Country Code: 39
Electricity: 220 volts
National Holidays: Republic Day, June 2
Religion: Roman Catholic (90%)
Life Expectancy at Birth: 80 years
Economy: Italy has a diversified industrial economy with roughly the same total and per capita output as France and the U.K. This capitalistic economy remains divided into a developed industrial north, dominated by private companies, and a less-developed, welfare-dependent, agricultural south, with 20% unemployment. Most raw materials needed by industry and more than 75% of energy requirements are imported
Exports: $450.1 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Imports: $445.6 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Gross Domestic Product (Purchasing Power Parity): $1.756 trillion (2006 est.)
GDP per Capita: $30,200 (2006 est.)
Inflation Rate: 2.3% (2006 est.)
Source: CIA The World Factbook