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Area > A note includes Sardinia and Sicily
Area > Comparative slightly larger than Arizona
Area > Comparative to US places slightly larger than Arizona
Area > Land	294,020 sq km		[70th of 238]
Area > Land (per capita)	5.057 sq km per 1,000 people		[171st of 227]
Area > Note includes Sardinia and Sicily
Area > Total	301,230 sq km		[75th of 250]
Area > Total (per capita)	5.181 sq km per 1,000 people		[174th of 231]
Area > Water	7,210 sq km		[53rd of 239]
Area > Water (per capita)	124 sq km per million people		[94th of 225]
Capital city with population	Rome - 2,693,383
Climate predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south
Coastline	7,600 km		[22nd of 271]
Elevation extremes > Highest point Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) de Courmayeur 4,748 m (a secondary peak of Mont Blanc)
Elevation extremes > Lowest point	Mediterranean Sea 0 m
Europe > Area	301,230 km²		[9th of 38]
Forested Land	34%		[70th of 193]
Geographic coordinates	42 50 N, 12 50 E
Geography > Note strategic location dominating central Mediterranean as well as southern sea and air approaches to Western Europe
highest towns > Town/City	Sestriere
Irrigated land	27,500 sq km		[21st of 196]
Irrigated land (per capita)	477.392 sq km per million people		[46th of 167]
Land area > sq. km	294,110 km²		[72nd of 206]
Land area > sq. km (per capita)	5.018 km² per 1,000 people		[160th of 206]
Land boundaries > Border countries Austria 430 km, France 488 km, Holy See (Vatican City) 3.2 km, San Marino 39 km, Slovenia 199 km, Switzerland 740 km
Land boundaries > Total	1,899.2 km		[90th of 166]
Land boundaries > Total (per capita)	32.663 km per million people		[151st of 164]
Land use > Arable land	26.41%		[34th of 258]
Land use > Other	64.5%		[212nd of 258]
Land use > Permanent crops	9.09%		[35th of 258]
Largest city population	4,251,000		[26th of 174]
Largest city population (per capita)	0.073 per capita		[140th of 174]
Largest city with population	Rome - 2,693,383
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
Maritime claims > Territorial sea	12 nautical mile		[154th of 191]
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
northernmost point > Latitude	47°05'N
Population density	192.96 people per sqkm		[55th of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km	199.27 people/m²		[45th of 204]
Precipitation	944 mm		[35th of 95]
Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land	245.21 people/km² of arable lan		[30th of 188]
Surface area > sq. km	301,340 km²		[71st of 206]
Surface area > sq. km (per capita)	5.142 km² per 1,000 people		[160th of 207]
tallest mountains > Mountain Monte Bianco
Terrain mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains, coastal lowlands

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