Countries in Focus: Europe
ITALY
 Location:
 Southern Europe
 Geographic
Features:
 Alps
 Mediterranean Sea
Capital: Rome
ITALY
 Climate:
 Predominantly Mediterranean;
Alpine in far north; hot, dry in
south
 Chief
Export:
 Automobile machinery and parts
ITALY
 Estimated
Population:
 58.1 million
 Gross
Domestic Product (GDP):
 $1.737 trillion
 Per
Capita:
 $29,900
ITALY
 Literacy
Rate:
 98.4%
 Religion(s):
 Roman Catholic – 90%
 Other – 10%
ITALY
 Official
Language(s):
 Italian (Romance)
 Greeting:
 Buon giorno!
 Il
Canto degli Italiani
Italian Brothers,
Italy has awakened,
She has wreathed her head
With the helmet of Scipio.
Where is Victory?
She bows her head to you,
You, whom God created
As the slave of Rome.
Let us band together,
We are ready to die,
We are ready to die,
Italy has called us.