Italy

Geography

Location:
Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia

Currency:
euro (EUR)
note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the euro as a common
currency to be used by financial institutions of member countries; on 1 January 2002,
the euro became the sole currency for everyday transactions within the member countries

Exchange rates:
currency converter
euros per US dollar - 1.06 (2002), 1.12 (2001), 1.09 (2000), 0.94 (1999)
Airports:

AIRPORT Milano Malpensa (MPX)

Distance from Milano city : 46 Km

Phone Numbers:
- Domestic Arrivals : 02-26800463
- International Flights : 02-26800619
- Domestic Departures : 02-26800606
- Lost Luggages : 02-74854215

The best way to get from Milan Malpensa airport to the downtown area is by MalpensaExpress
Train. The standard fare is 15000 Lire (about 8 Us$).
There is also a deluxe bus which leaves every 30 minutes to Milan railway station and Milan
downtown. The fare for the bus is 13000 Lire (about 7 Us$) per person. Buses are available
from 7.30am o 17.30pm. Taxis are very expensive (avg. 130000 Lire / 70Us$).

AIRPORT Milano Linate (LIN)

Distance from Milano city : 10 Km

Phone Numbers:
- Domestic Arrivals : 02-28106282
- International Arrivals : 02-28106310
- Domestic Departures : 02-28106300
- International Departures : 02-28106324
- Lost Luggages : 02-70124451
There is a deluxe bus leaving every 20 minutes from the airport for Milan railway station
(downtown). The fare is 5000 Lire (about 3 Us$) per person.
Buses are available from 6am to 11.30pm. A city bus (very crowded) leaves every
15 minutes from 5.35am to 00.50am for Piazza San Babila (city center). The fare is 1500 Lire (1 Us$). Taxi fare to city about 25000 Lire (14Us$).

AIRPORT Roma Fiumicino - Leonardo Da Vinci (FCO)

Distance from Rome city : 36 Km

Phone Numbers
: - Domestic and International flights : 06-65953640
- Alitalia Flights : 06-65643
- Lost Luggages : 06-953712

A MiniBus connects International and Domestic terminals every 10 minutes.
The best way to get from the Airport to Rome and back is by Train.

AIRPORT Bergamo - Orio al Serio (BGY)

Distance from Bergamo city : 4 Km

Phone Numbers:
Information : 035-326323
Tickets : 035-326324
Lost Luggages : 035-326330

A Bus (Zani lines) is available to and from Bergamo railway station from 6 am to 23 pm.,
The trip takes 15 minutes, and the fare is 1700 Lire (1Us$).

AIRPORT Verona - Catullo (VRN
)
25 minutes to Railway station by car

Phone Numbers:
Information : 045-8095666
Fax: 045-8619074
Tickets : 045-8095790
Lost Luggages : 045-8095715

The APT Bus goes to Verona Railway Station every 20 minutes (6.55 am / 10.25pm),
The trip takes 25 minutes and the fare is 7000 Lire (4Us$). Deluxe coach service is available
to Brescia, Mantova, Trento.

AIRPORT Bologna - G. Marconi (BLQ)

Distance from Bologna city : 7 Km

Flights Information Phone Numbers:
Information : 051-6479615
Lost Luggages : 051-6479614

The Aerobus to and from the railway station leaves every 30 minutes
(6.00am / 11pm), The trip takes 25 minutes and the fare is 6000 Lire (3Us$).

AIRPORT Genova - C.Colombo (GOA)

Distance from Genova city : 7 Km

Phone Numbers:
Information : 010-6015410
Lost Luggages : 010-6015407

The "VoloBus" goes to and from city centre every 30 minutes (6am / 11.40pm).
The trip takes 30 minutes and the fare is 5000 Lire (about 3 Us$)

AIRPORT Pisa - G. Galilei (PSA)

Distance from Pisa city : 2 Km

Flights Information Phone Numbers:
Information : 050-500707 / 849200
Tickets : 050-582402
Lost Luggages : 050-849400 / 849401

Air Terminal available at Florence Railway Station.
Trains are available to and from Florence.

The n.7 bus goes to and from Pisa city center every 15 minutes (6.35am / 10.25pm).
The trip takes 10 minutes and the fare is 1100 Lire (0.70 Us$)

AIRPORT Firenze - A. Vespucci (FLR)

Distance from Florence city : 5 Km

Phone Numbers:
Information (+39) 055-373498
Flights information (domestic flights - real time - 24h) (+39) 055.3061.700
Flights information (international flights - real time - 24h) (+39) 055.3061.702
Lost luggages (+39) 055.308023 (fax 055.3061664)

"Sita" deluxe coach goes to and from Florence Railway Station (downtown) every hour,
The trip takes 25 minutes and the fare is 6000 Lire (4 Us$).
Bus n.62 ATAF goes to and from Florence every 20 minutes (6am / 10.45pm),
Fare 1.500 Lire (0.75 Us$)

AIRPORT Torino - Caselle (TRN)

Distance from Turin city : 16 Km

Phone Numbers:
Information : 011-5676361
Tickets : 011-5676372
Lost Luggages : 011-5676200

The "Sadem" bus goes to and from Torino Railway Station every 30 minutes (6.30am / 11.30pm),
The trip takes 30 minutes and the fare is 6000 Lire (4Us$).
Bus n.3 goes to and from Torino city center every 30 minutes (5.45am / 10.30pm).
The bus to Milan Malpensa airport is available twice a day.

AIRPORT Venezia - Marco Polo (VCE)

Distance from Venice city : 12 Km

Phone Numbers:
Information : 041-2606111 / 2381590
Tickets : 041-2606428
Lost Luggages : 041-2606436

- The bus goes to and from Piazzale Roma (main car parking) leaves every 30 minutes
(4am / 0.10am), The bus takes 25 minutes and the fare is 1400 Lire (1 Us$).
- The bus to and from Mestre railway station leaves every 30 minutes (5.30am / 9.20pm),
The trip takes 35 minutes and the fare is 1400 Lire (1 Us$).
- The Boat Bus "Vaporetti" to Venice S.Marco leaves every hour (6am / 0am),
The trip takes 75 minutes and the fare is 15000 Lire (8 Us$).
- Taxi boats are available, the average price to Venice 110.000/130.000 Lire (60/70Us$).

AIRPORT Napoli (NAP)

Distance from Naples city : 6 Km

Phone Numbers:
Information : 081 - 7896259
Lost Luggages : 081-7896237

- The ATAN bus to Naples city center and railway station leaves every 25 minutes,
the trip takes 30 minutes and the fare is 1200 Lire (0.70 Us$).
- The CLP bus to Piazza Municipio leaves every 50 minutes, the trip takes 25 minutes a
nd the fare is 3000 Lire (2 Us$).
- The bus to Sorrento leaves 4 times/day, the trip takes 60 Minutes
and the fare is 7000 Lire (4 Us$).

AIRPORT Bari - Palese (BRI)

Distance from Bari city : 11 Km

Phone Numbers:
Information : 080-5382370
Lost Luggages : 080-5374654

- The n.16 bus to Piazza Massari leaves every 50 minutes, the trip takes
40 minutes and the fare is 1000 Lire (0.80Us$).
- The bus to and from Railway Station takes 25 minutes and the fare is 5000 Lire (3 Us$).

AIRPORT Palermo - Punta Raisi (PMO)

Distance from Palermo city : 32 Km

Phone Numbers:
Information : 091-591690 / 591275
Lost Luggages : 091-591690

- The bus to Palermo city takes 45 minutes and the fare is 4500 Lire (2.5Us$
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Geographic coordinates:
42 50 N, 12 50 E

Map references:
Europe
Area:
total: 301,230 sq km
note: includes Sardinia and Sicily
water: 7,210 sq km
land: 294,020 sq km

Land boundaries:
total: 1,932.2 km
border countries: Austria 430 km, France 488 km, Holy See (Vatican City) 3.2 km, San Marino 39
km, Slovenia 232 km, Switzerland 740 km

Coastline:
7,600 km

Maritime claims:
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
territorial sea: 12 NM

Climate:
predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south

Terrain:
mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains, coastal lowlands

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) de Courmayeur 4,748 m (a secondary peak of Mont Blanc)

Natural resources:
mercury, potash, marble, sulfur, natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish, coal, arable land

Land use:
arable land: 28.07%
permanent crops: 9.25%
other: 62.68% (1998 est.)
Irrigated land:
26,980 sq km (1998 est.)

Natural hazards:
regional risks include landslides, mudflows, avalanches, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions,
flooding; land subsidence in Venice

Environment - current issues:
air pollution from industrial emissions such as sulfur dioxide; coastal and inland rivers
polluted from industrial and agricultural effluents; acid rain damaging lakes; inadequate
industrial waste treatment and disposal facilities

Environment - international agreements:
party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85,
Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental
Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity,
Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous
Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship
Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants,
Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol

Geography - note:
strategic location dominating central Mediterranean as well as southern sea and air approaches
to Western Europe

People in Italy

Population:
57,998,353 (July 2003 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 14% (male 4,193,412; female 3,947,679)
15-64 years: 67.2% (male 19,625,428; female 19,337,861)
65 years and over: 18.8% (male 4,516,995; female 6,376,978)
(2003)
Median age:
total: 41 years
male: 39.4 years
female: 42.6 years (2002)

Population growth rate:
0.11% (2003 est.)

Birth rate:
9.18 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Death rate:
10.12 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Net migration rate:
2.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2003 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 6.19 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 6.82 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 79.4 years
male: 76.47 years
female: 82.52 years (2003 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.26 children born/woman (2003 est.)

Nationality:

Ethnic groups:
Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and
Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)

Religions:
predominately Roman Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim
immigrant community

Languages:
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)

Government

Country name:
conventional long form: Italian Republic
conventional short form: Italy
local long form: Repubblica Italiana
former: Kingdom of Italy
local short form: Italia
Government type:
republic Capital: Rome

Administrative divisions:
20 regions (regioni, singular - regione); Abruzzi, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania,
Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardia, Marche, Molise, Piemonte,
Puglia, Sardegna, Sicilia, Toscana, Trentino-Alto Adige, Umbria, Valle d'Aosta, Veneto

Economy or Italy

Economy - overview:
Italy has a diversified industrial economy with roughly the same total and per capita output
as France and the UK. This capitalistic economy remains divided into a developed industrial
north, dominated by private companies, and a less developed, welfare-dependent
agricultural south, with 20% unemployment. Most raw materials needed by industry and more
than 75% of energy requirements are imported. Over the past decade, Italy has pursued a tight
fiscal policy in order to meet the requirements of the Economic and Monetary Unions and
has benefited from lower interest and inflation rates. The current government has enacted
numerous short-term reforms aimed at improving competitiveness and long-term growth. Italy has
moved slowly, however, on implementing needed structural reforms, such as lightening the
high tax burden and overhauling Italy's rigid labor market and over-generous pension system,
because of the current economic slowdown and opposition from labor unions.

GDP:
purchasing power parity - $1.455 trillion (2002 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 0.4% (2002 est.)

Labor force:
23.6 million (2001 est.)
Industries:
tourism, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, food processing, textiles, motor vehicles,
clothing, footwear, ceramics
Exports - commodities:
engineering products, textiles and clothing, production machinery, motor vehicles, transport
equipment, chemicals; food, beverages and tobacco; minerals and nonferrous metals

Imports:
$238.2 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.) Imports - commodities:
engineering products, chemicals, transport equipment, energy products, minerals
and nonferrous metals, textiles and clothing; food, beverages and tobacco

Internet users:
19.25 million (2001)

Ports and harbors:
Augusta (Sicily), Bagnoli, Bari, Brindisi, Gela, Genoa, La Spezia, Livorno, Milazzo,
Naples, Porto Foxi, Porto Torres (Sardinia), Salerno, Savona, Taranto, Trieste, Venice (2001)

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Italy

Geography

Location:

Currency:

Exchange rates:

Airports:

AIRPORT Milano Malpensa (MPX)

Distance from Milano city : 46 Km

Phone Numbers:

AIRPORT Milano Linate (LIN)

Distance from Milano city : 10 Km

Phone Numbers:

AIRPORT Roma Fiumicino - Leonardo Da Vinci (FCO)

Distance from Rome city : 36 Km

Phone Numbers

AIRPORT Bergamo - Orio al Serio (BGY)

Distance from Bergamo city : 4 Km

Phone Numbers:

AIRPORT Verona - Catullo (VRN

25 minutes to Railway station by car

Phone Numbers:

AIRPORT Bologna - G. Marconi (BLQ)

Distance from Bologna city : 7 Km

Flights Information Phone Numbers:

AIRPORT Genova - C.Colombo (GOA)

Distance from Genova city : 7 Km

Phone Numbers:

AIRPORT Pisa - G. Galilei (PSA)

Distance from Pisa city : 2 Km

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AIRPORT Firenze - A. Vespucci (FLR)

Distance from Florence city : 5 Km

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AIRPORT Torino - Caselle (TRN)

Distance from Turin city : 16 Km

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AIRPORT Venezia - Marco Polo (VCE)

Distance from Venice city : 12 Km

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AIRPORT Napoli (NAP)

Distance from Naples city : 6 Km

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AIRPORT Bari - Palese (BRI)

Distance from Bari city : 11 Km

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AIRPORT Palermo - Punta Raisi (PMO)

Distance from Palermo city : 32 Km

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People in Italy

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