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The total area of Italy is 301,230 km 2 (116,310 sq mi), of which 294,020 km 2 (113,520 sq mi) is land and 7,210 km 2 (2,784 sq mi) is water. It lies between latitudes 35° and 47° N, and longitudes 6° and 19° E. Italy borders Switzerland (698 km or 434 mi), France (476 km or 296 mi), Austria (404 km or 251 mi) and Slovenia (218 km or 135 mi).
It is the tenth-largest country in Europe, covering an area of 301,340 km 2 (116,350 sq mi), [ 3] and third-most populous member state of the European Union, with a population of nearly 60 million. [ 16] Its capital and largest city is Rome; other major urban areas include Milan, Naples, Turin, Florence, and Venice .
The regions of Italy ( Italian: regioni d'Italia) are the first-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, constituting its second NUTS administrative level. [ 1 ] There are twenty regions, five of which are autonomous regions with special status. Under the Constitution of Italy, each region is an autonomous entity with defined powers.
Tuscany ( / ˈtʌskəni / TUSK-ə-nee, Italian: Toscana, Italian: [tos'kaːna]) is a region in central Italy with an area of about 23,000 square kilometres (8,900 square miles) and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ( Firenze ).
The provinces of Italy ( Italian: province d'Italia) are the second-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, on an intermediate level between a municipality ( comune) and a region ( regione ). Since 2015, provinces have been classified as "institutional bodies of second level". [ 1 ]
Map of Italian Islands. This is a list of islands of Italy.There are over 400 islands in Italy, including islands in the Mediterranean Sea (including the marginal seas: Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Libyan Sea, Ligurian Sea, Sea of Sardinia, Tyrrhenian Sea, and inland islands in lakes and rivers.
This article contains a sortable table listing mountains of Italy. All mountain heights and prominences on the list are from the largest- scale maps available. [ 1 ] In the list, only the exact location of the culminating point of the mountain is considered.
Istria (/ ˈ ɪ s t r i ə / IST-ree-ə; Croatian and Slovene: Istra; Italian and Venetian: Istria) [1] is the largest peninsula to border the Adriatic Sea.Located at the top of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Kvarner Gulf, the peninsula is shared by three countries: Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy, [2] [3] 90% of its area being part of Croatia. [4]