Location:
Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia
Geographic coordinates:
42 50 N, 12 50 E
Area total: 301,230 sq km including Sardinia and Sicily
Water: 7,210 sq km
Land: 294,020 sq km
Area - comparative: slightly larger than Arizona
Land boundaries: 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
Terrain: mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains, coastal lowlands
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