Italy profile
Name :the Republic of Italy,as Italy.
Area :301,300 square kilometres.
Population :About 57.46 million (1998),about 94% for Italy.The official language of Italian,French and North German individual border areas.Most residents profess Catholicism.
Capital :Roma population of about 2.8 million (1998).
Head of State :President Carlo Ciampi Azeliao,May 1999 inauguration,aged 80 years.(is the ninth president of the Italian Republic)
Flag :green,white and red tricolour flag.
Administrative division :Italy is divided into regions,provinces and municipalities,the existing 20 regions,95 provinces and 8,088 municipalities.Habits also divided into northern (eight large area),Central (6 regions),and Southern (four regions and two islands) areas.Northern region is the richest and most populous region.Central area with complex terrain,less populated,but uneven distribution.Southern region is the country's poorest areas,industrial backwardness,agricultural underdevelopment.
Geographic :in southern Europe,including Yapingning peninsula and the island of Sicily.5,400.North to the French Alps for the screen,Switzerland,Austria,Slovenia,bordering East.South and West,respectively,the three face the Adriatic sea is the Mediterranean,love Aonihai and Leinianhai.Coastline of 7,456 kilometres.
Four fifths of the whole territory for mountain,hilly areas.Yapingning the Alps and the mountains are.The Alps across the north,ran through Yapingning mountains on the peninsula.Italian hills and hills constitute 80% of the total area of the country,plain only 20%.The Alps south of the Po River Plain is the main agricultural areas.France's Mont Blanc Italian border 4,810 metres altitude,in the second.Of a famous Weisuwei volcanic and Europe's largest active volcanoes -- Mount volcano.Southern multi-volcanic and seismic.Po River is the largest river,652 km long,is the largest lake Garda Lake area of 370 square kilometres.Italian peninsula mainly hills,the largest is the Po River Plain Plain,is the largest island of Sicily Island and 5,400.
Climate :in most parts of Italy,the Mediterranean climate is subtropical.Climate variations around smaller,sooner or later overcome larger.Annual average rainfall 500--1000 mm.
Other :Italy there are two small countries :San Marino,the Vatican.
意大利简介
国名：意大利共和国,简称意大利.
面积：30.13万平方公里.
人口：约5746万（1998年）,约94％为意大利人.官方语言为意大利语,北方个别边境地区讲法语和德语.大部分居民信奉天主教.
首都：罗马,人口约280万（1998年）.
国家元首：总统卡洛 阿泽里奥 钱皮,1999年5月就职,现年80岁.（是意大利共和国的第九届总统）
国旗：绿、白、红三色旗.
行政区划分：意大利分为大区、省和市镇,现有20个大区、95个省和8088个市镇.习惯上还分为北部（8个大区）、中部（6个大区）、和南部（4个大区和两个岛屿）地区.北部地区是全国最富裕、人口最多的地区.中部地区地形复杂,人口较少,而且分布不均匀.南部地区是全国最贫穷的地区,工业落后,农业不发达.
地理：位于欧洲南部,包括亚平宁半岛及西西里岛.撒丁岛等.北以阿尔卑斯山为屏障与法国、瑞士、奥地利、斯洛文尼亚接壤,东.南、西三面分别临地中海的属海亚得里亚海、爱奥尼海和第勒尼安海.海岸线长7,456公里.
全境五分之四为山地、丘陵地带.有阿尔卑斯山脉和亚平宁山脉.阿尔卑斯山脉横贯北部,亚平宁山脉纵贯半岛南北.意大利山地和丘陵占全国总面积的80％,平原仅占20％.阿尔卑斯山脉南面的波河平原是主要农业区.
意法边境的勃朗峰海拔4,810米,居欧洲第二.境内有著名的维苏威火山和欧洲最大的活火山――埃特纳火山.南部多火山和地震.
最大的河流是波河,长652公里,最大的湖泊是加尔达湖,面积370平方公里.
意大利半岛主要是山丘地,最大的平原是波河平原,最大的岛屿是西西里岛和撒丁岛.
气候：意大利大部分地区属亚热带地中海气候.各地气候差异较小,早晚温差较大.年平均降雨量500--1000毫米.
其他：意大利境内有两个小国：圣马力诺、梵蒂冈.
