{"id":77571,"date":"2025-12-12T13:07:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T07:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=77571"},"modified":"2025-12-12T15:25:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T09:55:26","slug":"key-facts-about-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Italy Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The recently held Italy\u2013India Business Forum 2025 will strengthen bilateral trade, innovation and strategic economic partnership.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Italy<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location: I<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is located in <\/span><b>South-central Europe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the Apennine Peninsula.<\/span><\/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><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vatican City<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>San Marino<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are the two enclaved sovereign states within Italy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its southern boundary extends into the <\/span><b>Mediterranean Sea.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Maritime boundaries: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Italian Peninsula is bordered by the <\/span><b>Adriatic Sea<\/b><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, <\/span><b>the 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>\u00a0Capital City: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rome<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of\u00a0 Italy<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Terrain: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mostly <\/span><b>rugged and mountainous<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 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&#8217;s 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>Natural Resources: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coal, <\/span><b>antimony<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, mercury, zinc, potash, barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorspar, feldspar<\/span><b>, pyrite<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (sulfur), natural gas and crude oil reserves.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Italy is volcanic in origin, and a few of its many volcanoes are active, including <\/span><b>Sicily&#8217;s Mt. Etna, Stromboli <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the Aeolian Islands.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2202562&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italy is located in South-central Europe on the Apennine Peninsula. 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