Italy
By
Shivangi Kachole
Theme # 1 Location
• Absolute Location
City: Rome
The Latitude is 41.53 N. The Longitude is 12.30
E.
• Relative Location
Countries that border Italy are Austria, France,
Vatican, San Marino, Slovenia and Switzerland.
It is in European continent. It is in south
central region of Europe. It is in North and
eastern hemisphere.
Theme # 2 Place
• Physical Characteristics
Italy is shaped as a peninsula. It goes out into the Mediterranean
and Tyrrhenian sea. Italy covers 301,338 km 2 in area. It has
temperate seasonal climate. Italy is situated at meeting point
of Eurasian and African plates. It has a coastline of 3000 km.
• Human Characteristics
Their main language is Italian. Family is very important for
Italians. Visiting friends and relatives is very popular. They eat
pizza, spaghetti and vegetables such as tomatoes, egg plants,
onions, peas, pepper etc. The religion in Italy is Roman
Catholicism. It is the largest religion in Italy. Italy has very
broad and diverse architectural culture e.g. colosseum, milan
cathedral, leaning tower of Pisa.
Theme # 3 Human Environment
Interaction
Woods, grasslands, mountains and glaciers are all within 70,000
hectares of land. The name of this national park is: Pareo
Nazionale gran paradisio, the first national park to be
established in Italy. Each season offers a different activity, for
example: hiking in summer, skiing in winter, for instance. Air
pollution from industrial emissions such as sulfur dioxide:
costal and in land rivers polluted from industrial effluents:
acid rain damaging lakes: inadequate industrial waste
treatment and disposal facilities. The Italy was the 5th top
most tourist destinations in the world. But from 2005 the
tourism is decreasing. It has 5000 million US Dollars a year.
Theme # 4 Movement
• # of telephones : There are 88,580,000 telephones in Italy.
• # of televisions: There are 521.188 televisions per 1000
people.
• # of cars: There are 571 cars in Italy.
• # with internet access: There are 30,026,400 internet used in
Italy.
Major imports: It’s chief imports are machinery, petroleum,
motor vehicles, Textile yarns, metals and food.
Major exports: The country’s main exports include clothing,
shoes, motor vehicles, machinery, chemicals and fruits and
vegetables.
Theme # 5 Region
• Land and climate.
Land: Italy lies in southern Europe on the
Mediterranean sea. The alp’s form Italy’s
northwestern border. The Apennies (a
mountain chain) occupy the center of Italy’s
peninsula.
Climate: Central and southern Italy have hot
summers.