City of Rome
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Rome Roma |
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| Roma Capitale | |||
Clockwise from top: Trevi Fountain, St. Peter's Basilica, Altare della Patria, panoramic view of the Roman Forum, the Colosseum, and the Pantheon
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| Nickname(s): The Eternal City, Capital of the World, Throne of St. Peter | |||
.svg) The territory of the comune (Roma Capitale, in red) inside the Metropolitan City of Rome (Città Metropolitana di Roma, in yellow) |
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Rome
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| Coordinates: 41°54′N 12°30′E / 41.900°N 12.500°ECoordinates: 41°54′N 12°30′E / 41.900°N 12.500°E | |||
| Country |  Italy |
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| Region |
 Lazio
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| Government | |||
| • Type | Special Comune ("Roma Capitale") | ||
| • Body | Rome City Council | ||
| • Mayor | Virginia Raggi (M5S) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 1,285 km2 (496.3 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) | ||
| Population (2016) | |||
| • Rank | 1st, Italy | ||
| • Density | 2,232/km2 (5,781/sq mi) | ||
| • Comune | 2,870,336 | ||
| • Metropolitan City | 4,348,736 | ||
| Demonym(s) |
Italian: Romano (masculine), Romana (feminine) English: Roman |
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| CAP code(s) | 00100; 00118 to 00199 | ||
| Area code(s) | 06 | ||
| Website | Comune di Roma | ||
| Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura | |
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| Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List | |
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| Location |
Italy and Holy See |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, ii, iii, iv, vi |
| Reference | 91 |
| UNESCO region | Europe and North America |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 1980 (4th Session) |
| Extensions | 1990 |
Rome (/ˈroʊm/ ROHM; Italian: Roma [ˈroː.ma], Latin: Rōma), is a special comune (named Comune di Roma Capitale) and the capital of Italy. Rome also serves as the capital of the Lazio region. With 2,870,336 residents in 1,285 km2 (496.1 sq mi), it is also the country's largest and most populated comune and fourth-most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. It is the center of the Metropolitan City of Rome, which has a population of 4.3 million residents. The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber. The Vatican City is an independent country geographically located within the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city: for this reason Rome has been often defined as capital of two states.
Rome's history spans more than two and a half thousand years. While Roman mythology dates the founding of Rome at only around 753 BC, the site has been inhabited for much longer, making it one of the oldest continuously occupied sites in Europe. The city's early population originated from a mix of Latins, Etruscans and Sabines. Eventually, the city successively became the capital of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, and is regarded as one of the birthplaces of Western civilisation and by some as the first ever metropolis. It was first called The Eternal City (Latin: Urbs Aeterna; Italian: La Città Eterna) by the Roman poet Tibullus in the 1st century BC, and the expression was also taken up by Ovid, Virgil, and Livy. Rome is also called the "Caput Mundi" (Capital of the World).
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