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Capital Rome
Official language Italian
Government Republic
President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Prime Minister Romano Prodi
Area 301,336 km2 (71st in the world)
Population 58,103,033 (25th in the world)
Population density 192.8 /km2 (40th in the world)
Currency Euro (EUR)
Time zone UTC+1 (in summer UTC+2)
Calling code +39 XX XXXX XX XX
Internet TLD .it
Largest cities Milan (1,180,700 habitants)
Naples (991,700 habitants)
Turin (856,000 habitants)
Palermo (651,500 habitants)
Genoa (602,500 habitants)