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Rome is the capital city and a special comune of
Italy (named Comune di Roma Capitale). Rome also
serves as the capital of the Lazio region. With
2,879,728 residents in 1,285 km2 (496.1 sq mi),
it is also the country's most populated comune.
It is the third most populous city in the
European Union by population within city limits.
It is the centre of the Metropolitan City of
Rome, which has a population of 4,355,725
residents, thus making it the second or third
most populous metropolitan city in Italy
depending on definition. Rome is located in the
central-western portion of the Italian
Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the
shores of the Tiber. Vatican City (the smallest
country in the world) is an independent country
inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only
existing example of a country within a city; for
this reason Rome has sometimes been defined as
the capital of two states.
As of 2019, Rome is ranked as an Alpha global
city by the Globalization and World Cities
Research Network. In 2019, Rome was the 11th
most visited city in the world, third most
visited in the European Union, and the most
popular tourist destination in Italy. Its
historic centre is listed by UNESCO as a World
Heritage Site. Host city for the 1960 Summer
Olympics, Rome is also the seat of several
specialized agencies of the United Nations, such
as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),
the World Food Programme (WFP) and the
International Fund for Agricultural Development
(IFAD). The city also hosts the Secretariat of
the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the
Mediterranean (UfM) as well as the headquarters
of many international business companies such as
Eni, Enel, TIM, Leonardo S.p.A., and national
and international banks such as Unicredit and
BNL. Rome's EUR business district is the home of
many companies involved in the oil industry, the
pharmaceutical industry, and financial services.
The presence of renowned international brands in
the city have made Rome an important centre of
fashion and design, and the Cinecittà Studios
have been the set of many Academy Award–winning
movies.
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