San Marino Country Info - Europe

Description and Basic Information

San Marino with its capital San Marino is located in Europe (Southern Europe, an enclave in central Italy). It covers some 62 square kilometres (about one third times the size of Washington, DC) with 29,000 citizens. Italian is the language spoken by the majority in San Marino. Italy is a bordering country.

San Marino is the third smallest state in Europe (after the Holy City and Monaco), and claims to be the world's oldest republic. Simply walk around the city. The narrow streets are full of surprises. The walkways wind up and down the hillside in an interesting way, inviting exploration. TheSan Marino lake in Faetano where fish can be caught.

Pictures from Capital (San Marino)

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About San Marino

The terrain offers rugged mountains. The average density of population is about 473 per km². The climate in San Marino can be described as Mediterranean with mild to cool winters, warm, sunny summers. Possible natural disasters include NA.

To reach someone in San Marino dial +378 prior to a number. There are 21,500 installed telephones. And there are 24,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of n, a Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".sm". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz. The following list are the 9 regions/states in San Marino we know off.

Heritage Properties

San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano: San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano covers 55 ha, including Mount Titano and the historic centre of the city which dates back to the foundation of the republic...

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Sammarinese population grew at a rate of 1.11% (or by 348 citizens). With 244 deaths and 289 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 0.14%. 303 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in San Marino: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.