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Italy, or officially the Italian Republic, is a nation located in Southern and Western Europe. It features a peninsula that stretches into the Mediterranean Sea, bordered to the north by the Alps, along with nearly 800 islands, including the prominent ones, Sicily and Sardinia.

Italy shares its land boundaries with France to the west; Switzerland and Austria to the north; Slovenia to the east; as well as the two enclaves of Vatican City and San Marino.

It ranks as the tenth-largest country in Europe by area, covering 301,340 km² (116,350 sq mi), and is the third-most populous member of the European Union, with close to 59 million residents.

Rome is Italy’s capital and largest city, while other key cities include Milan (the country’s largest metropolitan area), Naples, Turin, Palermo, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, Bari, and Venice.