Top 50 Interesting Facts About San Marino
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Welcome to the Countries Facts so today in this Article I will show you 50 interesting facts about san marino san marino officially the republic of san marino also known as the most serene republic of san marino is an enclave microstate surrounded by italy situated on the italian peninsula on the northeastern side of the apennine mountain it has an area of 61 square kilometer san marino city is its capital and the largest settlement is digana city italian is the official language of san marino and euro is its official currency with these 50 interesting facts about san marino let's explore more about its history geography economy tourism.
1 The last battle in which san marino actively participated was in 1463.
2 A christian stone mason named maronis founded it in ad 301.
3 The san marino flag was officially adopted on april 6 1862 the blue color on the flag represents the skies and white represents the snow covering mount titano.
4 San marino did not participate in world war one and world war ii and remained neutral.
5 The first commemorative stamps in the country were issued in 1894.
6 The country has lost all of its 30 world cup and european championship qualifying matches since 2008.
7 San marino officially the republic of san marino is a south european country.
8 Geographically san marino is the third smallest state in europe and the landlocked nation also claims to be the world's oldest republic.
9 The only countries in the world that have a smaller land area than san marino are the vatican state monaco nauru and tuvalu thus san marino is the world's fifth smallest country.
10 The longest part of the country is between north east and south west stretching around 13 kilometers.
11 In the area the country is one-third the size of washington dc.
12 San marino is surrounded on all sides by italy so it just has one bordering country.
13 The country's capita the city of san marino is situated on the top of mountain titano.
14 there is just 292 kilometers of paved roads in the country.
15 John d'armary is the name by which the police force in san marino is known in the country.
16 san marino is one of the densely populated countries in the world.
17 San marino is devoid of any official state religion.
18 San marino's economy is backed by tourism the banking sector the manufacture and export of ceramics paints clothing furniture fabric and wine.
19 Italy imports almost 80 percent of the goods manufactured in san marino.
20 With a total internet subscriber base of 17 200 almost 53 percent of the country's population uses the internet.
21 Did you know that sale of postage stamps brings handsome revenue to the country as san marino's postage stamps are valued by collectors all over the world.
22 Erton senna regarded as one of the greatest formula one drivers of all time died in an accident while leading the 1994 san marino grand prix the legendary driver had won a total of 41 grand prix before his sad demise.
23 San marino depends on italy for its defense as the country does not have its own deference forces they however have a small military of their own but nothing to fight in the event of a war or dispute.
24 Electricity in san marino is imported from italy via the electrical grid.
25 In terms of gdp san marino is one of the wealthiest countries in the world related interesting facts about croatia.
26 Did you know that san marino is the only country in the world with more vehicles than people there were 1263 vehicles for every 1 000 people in the country in 2010.
27 San marino does not recognize dual citizenship dual citizenship or multiple nationalities is a person's citizenship status in which a person is concurrently regarded as a citizen of more than one state under the laws of those states wikipedia.
28 Wiith an average per capita yearly income of approximately 36 000 united states dollars san marino has a high income economy.
29 San marino rimini railway was constructed in the 1930s the development of railways at that time helped the country attract tourists from italy and all over the world.
30 People of san marino are known as samarinese.
31 Napoleon also offered to help the country extend its territory 1797 however his offer was politely refused by high-ranking officials from the country at that time.
32 For every 1 000 females in san marino there are 940 males.
33 Mount tatano and the historic center of san marino is a unesco world heritage site.
34 A commemorative stamp starring 92 year old granny aceta who could remember all four italian football championship titles since 1934 was issued by san marino marking the italian victory in fifa world cup 2006.
35 San marino is the only surviving italian micro state.
36 The statutes of 1600 the first legal documents mentioning san marino's institutional organs are misunderstood to be the world's oldest written constitution.
37 until 1463 the land area of san marino consisted only of mount tatano.
38 Foreign militaries took control of san marino three times in history however briefly.
39 Abraham lincoln the then president of the united states was offered honorary citizenship of san marino which the president accepted wholeheartedly.
40 During world war 1 italy suspended all telephone connections with san marino suspecting that it could harbor austrian spies who could be given access to its new radio telegraph station.
41 In 1940 a false claim was made by the press that san marino had declared war on britain it is also said that on account of this false information the british royal air force bombed the country causing damage to railways and killing 63 civilians the british government however later regretted their action.
42 During the battle of rimini the country also sheltered almost 100 000 refugees interesting to note here is the fact that the country only had a population of 15 000 people at that time.
43 The country is also the world's only nation to witness a communist government that was democratically elected into power.
44 Despite competing in 12 summers and seven winter olympics san marino never won a medal.
45 The first international football win came to the country when they beat liechtenstein 1-0 in 2004.
46 Foreign visitors are not required to show their passports while entering san marino from italy.
47 The three towers on the flag of san marino represent the three towers on mount tatano the towers are included on the flag because of their strategic importance in the defense of the country throughout its history.
48 A large number of italians live in san marino.
49 San marino has had the highest number of female heads of state than any other country.
50 San marino is entirely composed of hilly terrain and has no flat ground.
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