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San Marino is located on the Apennine Peninsula and is surrounded on all sides by Italian territory. The country's population is about 30 thousand people - it is one of the smallest countries in the world.

Within its current borders, San Marino is the oldest state in Europe. The formal date of its foundation is considered to be September 3, 301.
In 855, San Marino became independent, leaving the protectorate of the neighboring Duchy of Urbino. The heads of state were two captain-regents, elected for six months. This allows us to consider San Marino the oldest republic on Earth.

The Republic escaped the unification of the Italian principalities in the 15th century and the unification of the country into a single state in the 19th century, thanks to its remote position in the Apennine Mountains.