Area > Comparative
slightly larger than Arizona |
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Capital city with population
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Rome - 2,693,383 |
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Forested Land
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34% |
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[70th of 193]
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Land use > Permanent crops
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9.09 %
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[36th of 241]
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Largest city population
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4,251,000 |
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[26th of 174]
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Largest city with population
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Rome - 2,693,383 |
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Location
Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia |
Map references
Europe |
Maritime claims > Continental shelf
200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation |
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Maritime claims > Territorial sea
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12 nm
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[91st of 190]
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Natural hazards
regional risks include landslides, mudflows, avalanches, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flooding; land subsidence in Venice |
Natural resources
coal, mercury, zinc, potash, marble, barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorspar, feldspar, pyrite (sulfur), natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish, arable land |
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northernmost point > Latitude
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47°05'N |
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Population density
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192.96 people per sqkm |
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[55th of 256]
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Population density > people per sq. km
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199.27 people/m²
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[45th of 204]
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Precipitation
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944 mm |
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[35th of 95]
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Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land
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245.21 people/km² of arable lan |
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[30th of 188]
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Surface area > sq. km
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301,340 km²
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[71st of 206]
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tallest mountains > Mountain
Monte Bianco |
Terrain
mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains, coastal lowlands |
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