2. Geography
Location: Italy is located in southern Europe and the
capital is Rome.
Total Area: Its total area is 301,340 km2
Natural resorces: coal, mercury, zinc, potash, marble,
barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorspar, feldspar, pyrite
(sulfur), natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish, arable
land
3. CLIMATE: Between the north and south
there can be a considerable difference in
temperature, above all during the winter: in
some winter days it can be −2 °C (28 °F) and
snowing in Milan, while it is 8 °C (46.4 °F) in
Rome and 20 °C (68 °F) in Palermo. .