Italy fact-file

● Official name: Italian Republic.
● Size: 116,306 square miles.

● Capital: Rome.
● Population: 58,057,477 (CIA 2004).
● Population Under Age 14: 14 per cent.
● Official Language: Italian.
● Currency: Euro.
● Religion: 94 per cent Roman Catholic, six per cent Muslim, Jewish and Protestant.
● Literacy: 98.6 per cent.
● Climate: Generally hot summers and cold winters.
● Products: Grapes, olives, other fruits, wheat, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, packaged foods, motor vehicles, clothing, footwear, ceramics.
Industry: Tourism, textiles, chemicals, food, motor vehicles, clothing, shoes.