Key Facts about Italy

Italy is located in South-central Europe on the Apennine Peninsula. Read more about Italy, Location, Capital City, Bordering Countries, Major Rivers, News.

Key Facts about Italy

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The recently held Italy–India Business Forum 2025 will strengthen bilateral trade, innovation and strategic economic partnership.

About Italy

  • Location: It is located in South-central Europe on the Apennine Peninsula.
  • Bordering Countries: It shares its border with Switzerland and Austria in the north, Slovenia in the northeast and France in the northwest.  
  • Vatican City and San Marino are the two enclaved sovereign states within Italy.
  • Its southern boundary extends into the Mediterranean Sea.
  • Maritime boundaries: Italian Peninsula is bordered by the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Sea of Sicily in the south, the Ionian Sea in the southeast, the Ligurian Sea, and the Tyrrhenian Sea in the southwest.
  •  Capital City: Rome

Geographical Features of  Italy

  • Terrain: It is mostly rugged and mountainous and has some plains, coastal lowlands.
  • Major Rivers: Po (It is Italy’s longest river) and Adige
  • Highest Point: Mont Blanc 
  • Natural Resources: Coal, antimony, mercury, zinc, potash, barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorspar, feldspar, pyrite (sulfur), natural gas and crude oil reserves.
  • Italy is volcanic in origin, and a few of its many volcanoes are active, including Sicily’s Mt. Etna, Stromboli in the Aeolian Islands.

Source: PIB

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