Full name: Italian Republic
Coordinates: 42 50 N, 12 50 E
Land area: 294,140 sq km, Land borders: 1,899.2 km
Sea area: 7,200 sq km, Coastline: 7,600 km
Population: 61,016,804 (July 2011 est.)
Position: Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia
Neighbors: San Marino 39 km, France 488 km, Holy See (Vatican City) 3.2 km, Austria 430 km, Switzerland 740 km, Slovenia 199 km
Government: republic
Telephones: 90.613 million (2009) mobile, 21.3 million (2009) landline
Phone international country code: 39