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Capital: Rome
Population: 58 million
Size: 4 times the size of Ireland
Language: Italian
Currency: Lira (Euro after 2002)
Mountains: Alps, Appenines
Highest Peak: Gran Paradiso
Longest River: Po
Volcanoes: Vesuvius, Etna, Stromboli
Islands: Sardinia, Sicily
Lakes: Lake Garda, Lake Como
Surrounding Seas: Tyrrhenian Sea, Ionian Sea, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranian Sea.
The ancient Romans named the southern part of their country ITALIA which means "land of oxen" or "grazing land"
The French emperor Napolean Bonaparte designed the Italian Flag. He swapped the blue on the French flag for his favourite colour green!
The Fiat motor company has its main production factory in Turin.
Other Italian Cars are Ferrari, Lambourghini and Alfa Romeo.
Italy is the 5th largest producer of passenger cars in the world.
The worlds 1st motorways called Autostrada were built by Italians in the 1920s.
