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___MASK48___ , officially the French Republic , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The European , or metropolitan , area of ___MASK48___ extends from the ___MASK17___ to the English Channel and the North Sea , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . Overseas ___MASK48___ include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . ___MASK48___ spans and had a total population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017 . It is a unitary semi - presidential republic with the capital in Paris , the country ' s largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban centres include Marseille , Lyon , Lille , Nice , Toulouse and Bordeaux . ___MASK100___ , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic in Europe . It consists of 26 cantons , and the city of Bern is the seat of the federal authorities . The country is situated in Western - ___MASK68___ , and is bordered by Italy to the south , France to the west , Germany to the north , and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east . ___MASK100___ is a landlocked country geographically divided between the ___MASK80___ , the Swiss Plateau and the Jura , spanning an area of . While the ___MASK80___ occupy the greater part of the territory , the Swiss population of approximately eight million people is concentrated mostly on the plateau , where the largest cities are to be found : among them are the two global cities and economic centres Zürich and Geneva . Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a unitary parliamentary republic in ___MASK79___ . Located in the heart of the ___MASK17___ , Italy shares open land borders with France , Switzerland , Austria , Slovenia , San Marino and Vatican City . Italy covers an area of and has a largely temperate seasonal climate and Mediterranean climate ; due to its shape , it is often referred to in Italy as " lo Stivale " ( the Boot ). With 61 million inhabitants , it is the fourth most populous EU member state . ___MASK82___ ( / , Sassarese : " Sardhigna ", Gallurese : " Saldigna ", Catalan : " Sardenya ", Tabarchino : " Sardegna ") is the second largest island in the ___MASK17___ ( after Sicily and before Cyprus ) and an autonomous region of Italy . It is located in the Western Mediterranean , just south of the French island of Corsica . An archipelago , sometimes called an island group or island chain , is a chain , cluster or collection of islands . The word " archipelago " is derived from the Greek "  -  arkhi -" (" chief ") and "   pélagos " (" sea ") through the Italian " arcipelago ". In Italian , possibly following a tradition of antiquity , the Archipelago ( from medieval Greek "*  " and Latin " archipelagus ") was the proper name for the ___MASK1___ and , later , usage shifted to refer to the Aegean Islands ( since the sea is remarkable for its large number of islands ). It is now used to refer to any island group or , sometimes , to a sea containing a small number of scattered islands . Sulcis ( Maurreddia or Meurreddia in Sardinian language ) is a subregion of ___MASK82___ , Italy , in the Province of South ___MASK82___ . The word township is used to refer to various kinds of settlements in different countries . While a " township " may be associated with an urban area , there are many exceptions to this rule . In ___MASK31___ , Canada , and the United States , they may be settlements too small to be considered urban . ___MASK31___ . In ___MASK31___ , the designation of " township " traditionally refers to a small town or a small community in a rural district ; such a place in Britain might qualify as a village or a hamlet . The term refers purely to the settlement ; it does not refer to a unit of government ; townships are governed as part of a larger ( e . g ., shire or city ) council . The Philippines , officially the Republic of the Philippines , is a sovereign island country in Southeast ___MASK66___ situated in the western ___MASK40___ . It consists of about 7 , 641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south : Luzon , Visayas , and Mindanao . The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City , both part of Metro Manila . Bounded by the South ___MASK67___ Sea on the west , the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest , the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north , Vietnam to the west , Palau to the east and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south . A cay ( or ), also spelled caye or key , is a small , low - elevation , sandy island on the surface of a coral reef . Cays occur in tropical environments throughout the Pacific , Atlantic and Indian Oceans ( including in the ___MASK53___ and on the Great Barrier Reef and Belize Barrier Reef ). An island or isle is any piece of sub - continental land that is surrounded by water . Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets , skerries , cays or keys . An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait , and a small island off the ___MASK81___ may be called a holm . A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago , e . g . the Philippines . ___MASK25___ is the largest island in the ___MASK17___ . It constitutes an autonomous Region of Italy , along with surrounding minor islands , officially referred to as " Regione Siciliana " ( in Italian , Sicilian Region ). ___MASK90___ ( Corsican and Italian : " ___MASK90___ " ) is an island in the ___MASK17___ and one of the 13 regions of France . It is located west of the Italian Peninsula , southeast of the French mainland , and north of the Italian island of Sardinia . Mountains make up two - thirds of the island , forming a single chain . The euro ( sign : €; code : EUR ) is the official currency of the eurozone , which consists of 19 of the member states of the European Union : Austria , ___MASK22___ , ___MASK55___ , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , ___MASK94___ , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , the Netherlands , Portugal , ___MASK69___ , Slovenia , and Spain . The currency is also officially used by the institutions of the European Union and four other European countries , as well as unilaterally by two others , and is consequently used daily by some 337 million Europeans . Outside of Europe , a number of overseas territories of EU members also use the euro as their currency . A mediterranean climate or dry summer climate is the climate typical of the lands in the Mediterranean Basin . The lands around the ___MASK17___ form the largest area where this climate type is found , but it also is found in most of coastal California , in parts of Western and South Australia , in southwestern South Africa , sections of Central Asia , and in central Chile . Water is a transparent and nearly colorless chemical substance that is the main constituent of ___MASK71___ ' s streams , lakes , and oceans , and the fluids of most living organisms . Its chemical formula is HO , meaning that its molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms , that are connected by covalent bonds . Water strictly refers to the liquid state of that substance , that prevails at standard ambient temperature and pressure ; but it often refers also to its solid state ( ice ) or its gaseous state ( steam or water vapor ). It also occurs in nature as snow , glaciers , ice packs and icebergs , clouds , fog , dew , aquifers , and atmospheric humidity . ___MASK55___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK55___ , is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean . It is located south of Turkey , west of Syria and Lebanon , northwest of Israel and Palestine , north of Egypt , and southeast of Greece . Carloforte (" U Pàize " in Ligurian , literally : " the village , the town ") is a fishing and resort town of located on Isola di San Pietro ( Saint Peter ' s Island ), approximately off the southwestern ___MASK81___ of Sardinia , in southern Sardinia , Italy . Sardinian (" sardu ", " limba sarda ", " lingua sarda ") or Sard is the primary indigenous Romance language spoken on most of the island of ___MASK82___ ( Italy ). Of the Romance languages , it is considered the closest to Latin . However , it also incorporates a Pre - Latin ( Paleo - Sardinian , or Nuragic , and Punic ) substratum , and a Catalan , Spanish and Italian superstratum due to the past political membership of the island , first gravitating towards the Hispanic sphere of influence and later towards the Italian one . The ___MASK17___ ( pronounced ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean , surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land : on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia , on the south by North Africa , and on the east by the Levant . The sea is sometimes considered a part of the Atlantic Ocean , although it is usually identified as a separate body of water . The ( plural : "") is a basic administrative division in Italy , roughly equivalent to a township or municipality . San Pietro Island ( Italian : Isola di San Pietro , Ligurian Tabarchino : Uiza de San Pé , Sardinian : Isula ' e Sàntu Pèdru ) is an island approximately 7 kilometres ( 4 miles ) off the South western ___MASK81___ of Sardinia , Italy , facing the Sulcis peninsula . With 51 square kilometres ( 19 . 7 sq mi ) it is the sixth largest island of Italy by area . The approximately 6 , 000 inhabitants are mostly concentrated in the fishing town of Carloforte , the only comune in the island . It is included in the province of Carbonia - Iglesias . It is named after Saint Peter . The island is connected by regular ferry service to Portovesme and Calasetta . A continent is one of several very large landmasses on ___MASK71___ . Generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria , up to seven regions are commonly regarded as continents . Ordered from largest in size to smallest , they are : ___MASK66___ , Africa , North America , ___MASK54___ , Antarctica , Europe , and Australia . In geology , areas of continental crust include regions covered with water . Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia ( Slovene : , abbr .: " RS "), is a nation state in southern ___MASK68___ , located at the crossroads of main European cultural and trade routes . It is bordered by Italy to the west , Austria to the north , ___MASK24___ to the northeast , ___MASK75___ to the south and southeast , and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest . It covers and has a population of 2 . 06 million . It is a parliamentary republic and a member of the United Nations , European Union , and NATO . The capital and largest city is Ljubljana . San Marino , officially the Republic of San Marino , also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino , is an enclaved microstate surrounded by Italy , situated on the Italian Peninsula on the northeastern side of the Apennine Mountains . Its size is just over , with a population of 33 , 562 . Its capital is the City of San Marino and its largest city is Dogana . San Marino has the smallest population of all the members of the Council of ___MASK79___ . Lake Island is an island on the ___MASK81___ of the Canadian province of ___MASK98___ . It is located between Mathieson Channel and Lady Trutch Passage , and is flanked by Dowager Island ( to the northwest ), Lady Douglas Island ( to the west ), and a long finger shaped peninsula of the Canadian mainland to the east . Ironically , Lake Island is not a lake island , as it is in an inlet of the ___MASK40___ , and lies only some 6 kilometres from the open sea . ___MASK4___ , officially ___MASK4___ State or the State of ___MASK4___ , is a walled enclave within the city of Rome . With an area of approximately 44 hectares ( 110 acres ), and a population of 842 , it is the smallest State in the world by both area and population , but formally it is not sovereign , sovereignty being held by the Holy See , the only entity of public international law that has diplomatic relations with almost every country in the world .