{"id":77571,"date":"2026-05-01T11:07:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T05:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=77571"},"modified":"2026-05-01T12:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T07:16:34","slug":"key-facts-about-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Italy Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, India and Italy unveiled a bilateral military cooperation plan 2026-27 outlining the military engagements between the armed forces of both the countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Italy<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in <\/span><b>South-central Europe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the <\/span><b>Apennine Peninsula.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering Countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It shares its border with <\/span><b>Switzerland and Austria<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the north, <\/span><b>Slovenia <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the northeast and <\/span><b>France<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the northwest.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vatican City and San Marino are the two enclaved sovereign states within Italy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Maritime boundaries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is bordered by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/adriatic-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Adriatic Sea<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the east, the <\/span><b>Sea of Sicily<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the south, the <\/span><b>Ionian Sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the southeast, the <\/span><b>Ligurian Sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the <\/span><b>Tyrrhenian Sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the southwest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Rome<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Italy<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Terrain:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is mostly rugged and mountainous and has some plains, coastal lowlands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major Rivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Po (It is Italy\u2019s longest river) and Adige<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Point:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mont Blanc\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Volcano:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Italy is volcanic in origin, and a few of its many volcanoes are active, including <\/span><b>Sicily\u2019s Mt. Etna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Stromboli<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Aeolian Islands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Coal, antimony, mercury, zinc, potash, barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorspar, feldspar, pyrite (sulfur), natural gas and crude oil reserves.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/india\/india-italy-unveil-military-cooperation-plan-2026-27-deepen-defence-ties-3986741\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italy is located in South-central Europe on the Apennine Peninsula. 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