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Italy
Religions: Roman Catholic 90% (approximately; about one-third practicing), other 10% (includes mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community)
Country code: it
Government type: republic
Independence: 17 March 1861 (Kingdom of Italy proclaimed; Italy was not finally unified until 1870)
Literacy rate: total population: 98.4%
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Language: Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d"Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)
Location: Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia
Capital: Rome
Population: 58,126,212
