ROMA

Rome Roma
Comune
Roma Capitale
Clockwise from top: the Colosseum, St. Peter's Basilica, Castel Sant'Angelo, Ponte Sant'Angelo, Trevi Fountain and the Pantheon
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s): The Eternal City, Capital of the World, Throne of St. Peter
The territory of the comune (Roma Capitale, in red) inside the Metropolitan City of Rome (Città Metropolitana di Roma, in yellow). The white area in the middle is the Vatican City.
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Coordinates: 41°54′N 12°30′E / 41.900°N 12.500°E / 41.900; 12.500Coordinates: 41°54′N 12°30′E / 41.900°N 12.500°E / 41.900; 12.500
Country	Italy
Region	Lazio
Government
• Type	Special Comune ("Roma Capitale")
• Body	Rome City Council
• Mayor	Virginia Raggi (Five Star Movement)
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	2,877,215
• Metropolitan City	4,353,775
Demonym(s)	Italian: Romano (masculine), Romana (feminine) English: Roman
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
Roma

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Location	Italy, Papal States, Kingdom of Italy, Ostrogothic Kingdom, Byzantine Empire, Roman Empire, Roman Empire, Roman Republic
Area	1,285 km2 (1.383×1010 sq ft)
Criteria	i, ii, iii, iv, vi
Reference	91
Coordinates	41°53′35″N 12°28′58″E / 41.8931°N 12.4828°E / 41.8931; 12.4828
Inscription	1980 (4th Session)
Extensions	1990
Website	www.comune.roma.it
Location of Rome
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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 2,877,215 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 2,500 years. While Roman mythology dates the founding of Rome at 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).