Geography of San Marino 27250 225832600 2008-07-15T16:38:19Z Zorrobot 7218328 robot Adding: [[no:San Marinos geografi]] [[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]] {{Geography of Europe}} [[Category:Geography of San Marino|*]] {{SanMarino-geo-stub}} [[es:Geografía de San Marino]] [[fr:Géographie de Saint-Marin]] [[it:Geografia di San Marino]] [[no:San Marinos geografi]] [[pl:Geografia San Marino]] [[pt:Geografia de São Marinho]] [[ro:Geografia San Marinoului]] [[sq:Gjeografia e San Marinosë]]