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Seal Nickname: "The Eternal City" Motto: "Senatus Populusque Romanus" (SPQR)  (Latin)

Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: 41°54'?N 12°30'?E? / ?Expression error: Unexpected / operator, Expression error: Unexpected / operator Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area  - City 1,285 km?  (580 sq mi)  - Urban 5,352 km? (2,066 sq mi) Elevation +20 m (66 ft) Population (December 2006)[1]  - City 2,705,603  - Density 2,105.5/km? (4,664.8/sq mi)  - Urban 4,013,057  - Metro 5,493,308 Time zone CET (UTC+1) Postal codes 00121 to 00199 Area code(s) 06 Patron saints Saint Peter and Saint Paul Website: http://www.comune.roma.it Rome (Italian: Roma) is the capital city of Italy and of the Lazio region, as well as the country's largest and most populous comune, with more than 2.7 million residents (December 2006, demo.istat.it). The metropolitan area has a population of about 4 million. It is located in the central-western portion of the Italian peninsula, where the river Aniene joins the Tiber. The Mayor of Rome is Walter Veltroni. An enclave of Rome is the State of the Vatican City, the sovereign territory of the Holy See, the smallest nation in the world, and the capital of the only religion to have representation in the United Nations (as a non-member observer state). Rome, Caput mundi ("capital of the world"), la Citt? Eterna ("the Eternal City"), Limen Apostolorum ("threshold of the Apostles"), la citt? dei sette colli ("the city of the seven hills") or simply l'Urbe ("the City"),[2] is thoroughly modern and cosmopolitan. As one of the few major European cities that escaped World War II relatively unscathed, central Rome remains essentially Renaissance and Baroque in character. The Historic Centre of Rome is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.[3]