Location: Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the
central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia
Italian Land Size : 294,020 sq km
Italian Climate / Weather : predominantly Mediterranean;
Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south.
Italian Population : 58,057,477 (July 2004 est.)
Former Name(s) : Kingdom of Italy
Italian Capital City: Rome
Italian GDP: $1.552 trillion (2003 est.)
Italian Main Industries : tourism, machinery, iron and
steel, chemicals, food processing, textiles, motor vehicles,
clothing, footwear, ceramics
Italian Agricultural products : fruits, vegetables, grapes,
potatoes, sugar beets, soybeans, grain, olives; beef, dairy
products; fish
Italian Currency : euro (EUR)
