Italy is a country in southern Europe that consists of a boot-shaped peninsula and two largeislands in the Mediterranean Sea namely Sicily and Sardinia. Bersaljunya Italy shares borders in the north by France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. State of San Marinoand the Vatican is Italian enclave in the region.
Italian population largely of religion and speak the same language but with cultural,economic, and political variety. Italy has the fifth largest population density in Europewith 196 inhabitants per square kilometer. Indigenous minority groups small.
Although Roman Catholicism is the religion of the majority (85% of births in the generalItalian Catholic), there are some communities that are part of the Protestant Church,and also Bene Roma who have been running Judaism in Italy for thousands of years.And there is also a Muslim immigrant communities (see: Islam in Italy).
Italy consists of a large peninsula resembling a boot that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, along with two large islands of Sicily and Sardinia. In the north-east is the Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea in the southeast, then Tirenia Sea in the southwestand the Sea of Liguria in the northwest.
Apennina Mountains into the spine of this peninsula, stretching to the northwest up tojoin the Alps, mountain ranges that form the arch of Italy's limit on the north side. In this region also found a large alluvial plain, Po-Venetian plain, which is fed by the River Po,with many tributaries flowing from the Alps, and Dolomites Apennina. Other famousrivers including the Tiber, Adige and Arno.
Its highest point is Mount Blanc (Monte Bianco) at 4810 m. However, Italy is usuallymore associated with two famous volcanoes: Vesuvius near Naples is currentlyinactive and very active Etna on Sicily.
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