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Enjoy the Mediterranean climate, pasta and Italian wine.. and dive of course ;-)

Location: Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia
Geographic coordinates: 42° 50' N, 12° 50' E
Coastline km: 7,600 km km
Climate: predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south
Terrain: mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains, coastal lowlands
Elevation: lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m highest point: Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) de Courmayeur 4,748 m (a secondary peak of Mont Blanc)
Natural hazards: regional risks include landslides, mudflows, avalanches, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flooding; land subsidence in Venice
Currency: euro (EUR)
Population: 58,103,033 (July 2005 est.)
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)
Capital: Rome
Divisions: 16 regions (regioni, singular - regione) and 4 autonomous regions* (regioni autonome, singular - regione autonoma); Abruzzo, 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

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Zones (19)	Dive sites	Sub zones
Abruzzo	1	0
Apulia - Bari	13	0
Calabria	19	0
Campania - Naples	23	0
Emilia-Romagna - Ravenna	3	0
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	7	0
Lazio - Roma	27	3
Liguria - Genova	38	4
Lombardy - Milan	8	0
Marche	4	0
Molise	1	0
Piemonte - Turin	6	0
Sardignia	31	6
Sicily	50	10
Toscana - Florence	12	3
Trentino-Alto Adige - Trento	7	0
Tuscan Archipelago	50	4
Valle d'Aosta	2	0
Veneto - Venice	7	0