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The Italy Flag was officially adopted on January 21, 1919. The national flag of Italy is a tricolor flag which features three equally sized vertical stripes of green, white and red color. The green stripe is located at the hoist side of the Italian Flag . The green color of the flag of Italy stands for the plains and the hills of Italy. The white color of the Italy flag picture stands for the snowy Alps, and red for the blood spilt in the Italian Independence wars. There is also a religious interpretation of these colors in the flags of Italy, to which green represents hope, white represents faith and red represents charity.

Official Name: Repubblica Italiana

Capital: Rome

Location: In Southern Europe bounded by France Switzerland and Austria in the north and the former Yugoslavia in the north east. Italian territory also includes the islands of Sicily Sardinia Elba Capri Ischia Pantelleria and the Lipari and Aegadian islands.

Area: 301.230 Sq. km.

Official Language: Italians

National Flag. Three vertical stripes of green white red.

Flag Ratio: 2:3

National Anthem: Ï Inno di Mameli Mameli's HymnÓ