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General Information Area: 60.5 sq km (23.4 sq miles). Population: 28,166 (2001). Population Density: 465.6 per sq km. Capital: San Marino. Population: 4451 (2001). GEOGRAPHY: San Marino is a tiny state bordered by the Italian regions of Emilia-Romagna to the north and east and Marche to the south and west. The landscape is for the most part green with rolling hills, dominated by the three peaks of Mount Titano. Within San Marino lie the capital of the same name and eight villages. Government: Republic since 1599. Heads of State and Government: Capitani Regenti from Oct 2002 to April 2003 are Giuseppe Maria Morganti and Mauro Chiaruzzi. The Captains Regent are elected by the Great General Council every six months. Language: Italian. Religion: Roman Catholic. Time: GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from last Sunday in March to Saturday before last Sunday in October). Electricity: 220 volts AC, 50Hz. Communications:   Telephone IDD is available. Country code: 378. There are no area codes. Outgoing international code: 00. Mobile telephone GSM 900/1800 networks. Network operators include Vodafone Omnitel (website: www.vodafoneomnitel.it) and Telecom Italia Mobile (website: www.tim.it). Internet Internet cafes can be found in all main towns. ISPs include Telecom Italia Net (website: www.tin.it). For further details see Italy section. Telegram Facilities are available in main hotels. Post Good postal service. Airmail to European destinations takes approximately four days. Poste Restante facilities are available at all post offices. Press Daily newspapers published in San Marino are Il Quotidiano, San Marino Oggi, La Tribuna Sanmerinese and Corriere di San Marino; Italian and foreign newspapers are widely available. BBC World Service and Voice of America frequencies: From time to time these change. BBC (website: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice): MHz 15.49 12.10 9.410 6.195 Voice of America (website: www.voa.gov): MHz 15.21 11.82 9.760 1.197 From www.columbusguides.com, Copyright © 2004 Highbury Columbus Travel Publishing Terms and Conditions apply.