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Italy is a peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea. ... Italy includes two large islands: Sicily and Sardinia. ... The official language of Italy is Italian. From a geographical standpoint, the territory of the Republic of Italy covers roughly 300,000 sq km. “Italy is situated on the southern border of Europe and her peninsula, with surrounding islands, reaching almost to the coast of Africa. Just because of this geographical position, Italy has direct contact with the main ethnic and cultural areas of the Old World (neo-Latin, Germanic and Slav-Balkan) as well as, through the North Africa countries, with the world of Arab-Islamic civilization.”
Surprisingly, Italy has two small countries within its borders. ... San Marino, located on Italy’s northeast cost is an independent republic.
Much of Italy is covered by mountains. “Mainland Italy is a mostly mountainous or hilly peninsula. Along the eastern part of Italy, running from north to south over almost the entire length of the peninsula, are the Apennine mountains, which form the peninsula’s backbone.” In past times, the difficulty of crossing these mountains created an isolation between eastern and western Italy. ...
In the north, Italy is bordered by the famous mountains known as the Alps, which, in ancient times, served as a barrier against invaders from central Europe.
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Approximate Pages = 4.1
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