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  Location: Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia Population: 56.3 million (1995 estimate) Capital: Rome Comparative area: Slightly larger than Arizona Religions: Roman Catholic 98 percent, other 2 percent Landscape: Italy is shaped like a boot, with the toe pointing toward the offshore Italian island of Sicily; country got its name from the ancient Romans; the Romans called the southern part of the peninsula "Italia," meaning "land of oxen" or "grazing land"; mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains, coastal lowlands Recognized by International Olympic Committee: 1915 Source: Knight-Ridder/Tribune
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