Geography of San Marino
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[[Image:San Marino confini castelli.png|right|170px|Map of San Marino]]
[[Image:San marino NASA.png|thumb|Satellite image]]
[[San Marino]] is located in Southern [[Europe]], an enclave (landlocked) in central [[Italy]], which it borders for 39 km. It is the smallest independent state by area in Europe after [[Vatican City|Vatican]] and [[Monaco]] and dominated by the [[Apennine Mountains|Apennines]]. Located at {{coor dm|43|46|N|12|25|E|}}, it covers an area of 60.5 km², which is about the size of [[Syracuse, New York]]. It has a Mediterranean cimate with mild to cool winters and warm, sunny summers. Dominatated by mountains, this country is known to extract building stone for only 17% of it is arable. Several rivers flow through here, the largest being the [[Ausa River|Ausa]], the [[Marano River|Marano]], and the [[San Marino River]].
==Political Geography==
{{main|List of cities in San Marino}}
San Marino is divided into 9 castelli, or municipalities. They are:
*[[Acquaviva, San Marino|Acquaviva]]
*[[Borgo Maggiore]]
*[[Chiesanuova]]
*[[Domagnano]]
*[[Faetano]]
*[[Fiorentino]]
*[[Montegiardino]]
*[[San Marino, San Marino|City of San Marino]] (''Città di San Marino''), capital town
*[[Serravalle, San Marino|Serravalle]]
==See also==
*[[San Marino]]
*[[Maps of San Marino]]
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