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> The capital city of Italy is Rome which has a population of 2.8 million. > The terrain of Italy is mostly rugged and mountainous. > The climate of Italy is Generally mild Mediterranean; and has cold northern winters. > > **People** > The nationality of the people there are Italians. > The population of Italy is around 60 million as of November 2009. > The groups in Italy are Primarily Italian, but there are small groups of German-, French-, Slovene-, and Albanian-Italians. > The religion of Italy is mostly Roman catholic.. > The official language of Italy is talian > Education: //Years compulsory//--16. //Literacy//--98%. > The //Life expectancy// of Italy is 78.8 years for men and 84.1 years for women. > People in Italy mostly work for //Services//--67%; //industry and commerce//--29%; //agriculture//--4% and some people are unemployed. The Unemployment rate is 7.8%. > > **Government** > Italy's Industry is made up of tourism, Cars, iron and steel, chemicals, food, clothing, footwear, ceramics > > **Principal Government Officials** > President--Giorgio Napolitano > Prime Minister--Silvio Berlusconi > Foreign Minister--Franco Frattini > Minister of Defense--Ignazio LaRussa > Minister of Finance--Giulio Tremonti > Minister of Justice--Angelino Alfano > Minister of the Interior--Roberto Maroni > Ambassador to the United States--Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata > > > > > > >
 * Geography**
 * The area of Italy is about the size of Georgia and Florida combined.
 * =====The government of Italy has been a Republic since June 2, 1946.There Constitution was agreed to January 1, 1948.=====
 * The GDP as of 2009 is aproximately $1.8 trillion. The GDP per person as of 2009 is aproximately $29,500 There Natural resources include: Fish and natural gas.
 * The Agriculture that Italy produces Includes :wheat, rice, grapes, olives, citrus fruits, potatoes, sugar beets, soybeans beef, dairy products.
 * coal, mercury, zinc, potash, marble, barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorspar, feldspar, pyrite (sulfur), natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish, arable land **Definition:** This entry lists a country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
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 * italy has a parliamentary republic government