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Rome (/ˈroʊm/, Italian: Roma [ˈroːma] Latin: Rōma)
is a city and special comune (named
"Roma Capitale") in Italy. Rome
is the capital of Italy and region of Lazio. With
2.9 million 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. The Metropolitan
City of Rome 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 Tiber river. Vatican City is an independent country 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 has the status of a global city.In 2011, Rome was the 18th-most-visited city in the
world, 3rd most visited in the European Union, and the most popular tourist attraction in Italy. Its
historic centre is listed by UNESCO as
a World Heritage Site. Monuments and museums such as the Vatican Museums and the Colosseum are
among the world's most visited tourist destinations with both locations
receiving millions of tourists a year. Rome hosted the 1960 Summer Olympics and is the seat of United Nations' Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO).