 San
Marino is a nation that is located in the Apennine
Mountains and it is completed surrounded by Italy on its
sides. The country has about thirty thousand people
living on its land and City of San Marino is the capital
city of this nation.
San Marino is among the microstates
in Europe and among all the Council of Europe member
states, it has the least population of all.
In fact, it
is considered to be the third smallest European country,
the smallest ones being Vatican City and Monaco. There
is no level land (natural) in this country and the
entire country has been built at the highest peak of the
range.
San Marino has a Mediterranean climate and it has cool
winter months and warm summer months. It may not be a
member of the European Union, but San Marino has been
permitted to use ‘Euro’ as its currency.
Prior to
changing its currency to Euro, the currency of this
country was the Sammarinese lira. About almost half of
San Marino’s Gross Domestic Product is dependent on the
nation’s tourism industry.
It has more than three
million tourists visiting its land each year. There are
other industries in the country that are important as
well and they are ceramics, electronics and banking.
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