Outline of Vatican City

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• Pronunciation: {{IPAc-en|audio=en-us-Vatican City.ogg|ˈ|v|æ|t|ᵻ|k|ən}}
• Common English country name: Vatican City
• Official English country name: Vatican City State{{Cite web |url=http://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/en.html |title=Vatican City State Institutional Portal |access-date=2013-11-04 |archive-date=2013-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204011806/http://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/en.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.itu.int/online/mm/scripts/mm.list?_search=ITUstates&_languageid=1 |title=International Telecommunication Union Member States |access-date=2013-11-04 |archive-date=2019-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905171817/https://www.itu.int/online/mm/scripts/mm.list?_search=ITUstates&_languageid=1 |url-status=live }}
• Common endonym(s): Vatican City State
• Official endonym(s): Stato della Città del Vaticano ({{IPA|it|ˈstaːto della tʃitˈta ddel vatiˈkaːno|pron}}),"Stato della Città del Vaticano" is the name used in the state's founding document, the [http://www.vaticanstate.va/NR/rdonlyres/FBFEA0E8-B43A-452A-AAA0-1AF49590F658/2614/TrattatoSantaSedeItalia.pdf Treaty between the Holy See and Italy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309093658/http://www.vaticanstate.va/NR/rdonlyres/FBFEA0E8-B43A-452A-AAA0-1AF49590F658/2614/TrattatoSantaSedeItalia.pdf |date=2012-03-09 }}, article 26.
• Adjectival(s): Vatican
• Demonym(s): Citizen of Vatican CityCf. [http://www.geography-site.co.uk/pages/countries/demonyms.html The Geography Site, "What do call a person from ?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080714052233/http://www.geography-site.co.uk/pages/countries/demonyms.html |date=2008-07-14 }}
• Etymology: See Vatican Hill
• ISO country codes: VA, VAT, 336
• ISO region codes: none
• Internet country code top-level domain: .va

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Geography of Vatican City

• Vatican City is:
• A walled enclave within the city of Rome
• A sovereign city-state
• A European microstate
• Land boundaries: {{Flag|Italy}} 3.2 km
• Coastline: none
• Population: 825 (2019) - 240th
• Size: {{convert|0.49|km2|sqmi}} - 258th
• Atlas of Vatican City

• Vatican City is situated within the following regions:
• Eastern Hemisphere
• Northern Hemisphere
• Eurasia
• Europe
• Southern Europe
• Italian Peninsula
• Surrounded by Italy
• Surrounded by Lazio
• Surrounded by Rome
• Time zone: Central European Time (UTC+01), Central European Summer Time (UTC+02)
• Extreme points of Vatican City
• High: unnamed location {{convert|75|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
• Low: Saint Peter's Square {{convert|33|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

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• Climate of Vatican City
• Ecoregions in Vatican City: none
• Protected areas of Vatican City: none

{{wide image|Vatikanische Gaerten Museen Rom.jpg|800px|View of the Vatican Gardens from the dome of St. Peter's Basilica. (The Vatican Museums can be seen to the right).}}

Vatican City is an enclave in an urban area, and lacks the geographic features common to (much larger) countries:

• Lakes: none
• Mountains: none
• Rivers: none
• Valleys: none
• World Heritage Sites in Vatican City: Vatican City is itself a World Heritage Site

• None
• Vatican City is inside Rome, which in turn lies within the Lazio region of Italy
• Vatican City lies next to the Borgo district in Rome.

• None

• Vatican City has no administrative divisions.

Demographics of Vatican City

Politics of Vatican City

• Form of government: Ecclesiastical;{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/holy-see-vatican-city/|title=Holy See (Vatican City)|access-date=13 August 2013|work=CIA—The World Factbook|archive-date=26 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126204237/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/holy-see-vatican-city/|url-status=live}} sacerdotal-monarchical; absolute monarchy;{{cite web |url=http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/State_and_Government/StateDepartments/index.htm |title=Internet portal of Vatican City State |publisher=Vatican City State |access-date=9 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524030947/http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/State_and_Government/StateDepartments/index.htm |archive-date=24 May 2011 }} elective monarchy;[https://books.google.com/books?id=M3A-xgf1yM4C&pg=PA1009 Gerhard Robbers, Encyclopedia of World Constitutions (Infobase Publishing 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204143029/https://books.google.com/books?id=M3A-xgf1yM4C&pg=PA1009 |date=2022-12-04 }} {{ISBN|978-0-81606078-8}}), p. 1009 elective theocracy (disputed application).[http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/nick.megoran/pdf/theocracy.pdf Nick Megoran, "Theocracy" in International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, vol. 11, Elsevier 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309220023/https://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/nick.megoran/pdf/theocracy.pdf |date=2016-03-09 }} {{ISBN|978-0-08-044911-1}}, p.226| Quote:elective theocracy (although its representatives would be unlikely to accept that label)
• Capital: Vatican City
• Association of Vatican Lay Workers
• Elections in Vatican City
• Political parties in Vatican City: none. Vatican City is in the jurisdiction of the Holy See, which has absolute authority over it.
• Political scandals of Vatican City
• Banco Ambrosiano
• Gone with the Wind in the Vatican
• Roman Question
• Vatican Apostolic Archive

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Government of Vatican City

• Head of state: Pope, currently {{incumbent pope}}
• Head of government: President of the Governatorate of Vatican City, Giuseppe Bertello
• Governatorate of Vatican City

• Absolute legislative authority: Pope, currently Sede Vacante (Papal Interregnum)
• Secretariat of State
• Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
• President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State: Giovanni Lajolo
• Laws passed by the Commission must be approved by the pope through the Secretariat of State prior to being published and taking effect.

• Absolute judicial authority: Pope, currently Pope Francis
• Supreme Court of Vatican City (Corte di Cassazione)
• The Cardinal Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura serves ex officio as the President of the Supreme Court of Vatican City (Corte di Cassazione). The two other members of the Supreme Court are also Cardinals of the Apostolic Signatura and are chosen by the Cardinal Prefect on a yearly basis.{{cite book|title=Acta Apostolicae Sedis (AAS) 79|publisher=Holy See|chapter=Legge che approva l'ordinamento giudiziario dello Stato della Città del Vaticano (Suppl. 12)|year=1987|title-link=Acta Apostolicae Sedis}}
• Appellate Court of Vatican City
• Tribunal of Vatican City State
• Under the terms of article 22 the Lateran Treaty,{{cite web|title=INTER SANCTAM SEDEM ET ITALIAE REGNUM CONVENTIONES INITAE DIE 11 FEBRUARII 1929|language=it|url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/archivio/documents/rc_seg-st_19290211_patti-lateranensi_it.html|publisher=Vatican.va|access-date=12 July 2013|archive-date=19 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119131557/http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/archivio/documents/rc_seg-st_19290211_patti-lateranensi_it.html|url-status=live}} Italy will, at the request of the Holy See, punish individuals for crimes committed within Vatican City and will itself proceed against the person who committed the offence, if that person takes refuge in Italian territory. Persons accused of crimes recognized as such both in Italy and in Vatican City that are committed in Italian territory will be handed over to the Italian authorities if they take refuge in Vatican City or in buildings that under the treaty enjoy immunity.{{cite web|title=INTER SANCTAM SEDEM ET ITALIAE REGNUM CONVENTIONES* INITAE DIE 11 FEBRUARII 1929|language=it|url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/archivio/documents/rc_seg-st_19290211_patti-lateranensi_it.html|publisher=Vatican.va|access-date=12 July 2013|archive-date=19 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119131557/http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/archivio/documents/rc_seg-st_19290211_patti-lateranensi_it.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Shea |first=Alison |title=Researching the Law of the Vatican City State |url=http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/vatican1.htm |work=Hauser Global Law School Program |publisher=New York University School of Law |access-date=13 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017130729/https://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Vatican1.htm |archive-date=17 October 2013 }}

• Foreign relations of Vatican City – Vatican City State is a recognised national territory under international law, but it is the Holy See that conducts diplomatic relations on its behalf, in addition to the Holy See's own diplomacy, entering into international agreements in its regard. See also Foreign relations of the Holy See
• Diplomatic missions in Vatican City: none (Vatican City maintains diplomatic relations with no one, only the Holy See does. See below).
• Because Vatican City is too small, diplomatic missions accredited to the Holy See are situated in Rome, not in Vatican City.
• Diplomatic missions to the Holy See
• Diplomatic missions of Vatican City: none. (See below).
• The Holy See, which Vatican City is the sovereign territory of, maintains diplomatic relations with 176 countries.
• Diplomatic missions of the Holy See

International organization membership of Vatican City

Vatican City State is a member of:{{cite web|date=July 2, 2009|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/holy-see-vatican-city/|title=Holy See (Vatican City)|work=The World Factbook|publisher=United States Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=July 23, 2009|archive-date=January 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126204237/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/holy-see-vatican-city/|url-status=live}}

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• Council of Europe (CE) (observer)
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
• International Organization for Migration (IOM) (observer)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
• Nonaligned Movement (NAM) (guest)
• Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

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• Organization of American States (OAS) (observer)
• Unione Latina (observer)
• United Nations (UN) (permanent observer)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• Universal Postal Union (UPU)
• World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) (observer)
• World Trade Organization (WTO) (observer)

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Law of Vatican City State

• Constitution: Fundamental Law of Vatican City State
• Capital punishment in Vatican City: abolished in 1969
• Crime in Vatican City (committed mostly by tourists)
• Human rights in Vatican City
• LGBT rights in Vatican City
• Lateran Treaty
• Law enforcement in Vatican City

Vatican City State has no military, but resident within it is the Swiss Guard.

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Military in Vatican City

• Command
• Commander-in-chief: Christoph Graf
• Forces — Vatican City lies within Rome, the capital of Italy, and therefore defense is the responsibility of Italy.
• Army of Vatican City: none, see Military in Vatican City; Army of Italy
• Navy of Vatican City: none, see Navy of Italy
• Air Force of Vatican City: none, see Aeronautica Militare
• Special forces of Vatican City: none, see Special forces of Italy
• Military ranks in Vatican City

• Being a city-state, the government of Vatican City is also the local government.

History of Vatican City

• History of the Papacy
• Prisoner in the Vatican
• Governor of Vatican City
• Military history of Vatican City
• History of the Swiss Guard
• Sack of Rome (1527)

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Culture of Vatican City

• Architecture of Vatican City
• Saint Peter's Square
• Churches in Vatican City:
• St. Peter's Basilica
• Palaces in Vatican City:
• Apostolic Palace
• Casina Pio IV
• Domus Sanctae Marthae
• Torre San Giovanni
• National symbols of Vatican City
• Coat of arms of Vatican City
• Flag of Vatican City
• National anthem of Vatican City
• People of Vatican City
• Religion in Vatican City – Vatican City is the sovereign territory and headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church, and home of the Pope
• Christianity
• Catholicism
• Roman Catholic Church
• Pope
• Vicar General for Vatican City
• World Heritage Sites in Vatican City: Vatican City is itself a World Heritage Site

• Art in Vatican City
• The Resurrection
• Vatican Museums
• Anima Mundi
• Collection of Modern Religious Art
• The Gallery of Maps
• Raphael Rooms
• Sistine Chapel
• The Last Judgment
• Sistine Chapel ceiling
• Literature of Vatican City
• Vatican Library
• Vatican Apostolic Archive
• Music of Vatican City

{{wide image|Vatican Museum Queue - April 2007.jpg|1500px|On the last Sunday of each month, the Vatican Museum is open to the public for free. This is extremely popular and it is common to wait in line for many hours. This image is a panoramic view of one small stretch of the entire queue in April 2007, which continues for some distance in both directions beyond view. In the background is the Vatican City's wall.}}

• Cricket in Vatican City
• Vatican Cricket Team
• Football in Vatican City
• Vatican City national football team
• Vatican City at the Olympics: has not competed

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Economy of Vatican City

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007):
• Economy type: noncommercial (based on donations from church-goers)
• Church tax
• Peter's Pence
• Agriculture in Vatican City: None. See Vatican Gardens.
• Banking in Vatican City
• Vatican Bank
• Communications in Vatican City
• Internet in Vatican City
• .va
• Vatican Library
• L'Osservatore Romano
• Octava Dies
• Vatican Radio
• Companies of Vatican City: none
• Currency of Vatican City: Euro (see also: Euro topics)
• Former currency: Vatican lira
• ISO 4217: EUR
• Health care in Vatican City
• Vatican Pharmacy
• Mining in Vatican City: none
• Tourism in Vatican City
• Transportation in Vatican City
• Airports in Vatican City: none. Rome is served by two airports which are used by travellers to the Vatican.
• Rail transport in Vatican City
• Roads in Vatican City (see [https://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/sp_ss_scv/informazione_generale/sp_ss_scv_info-generale_en.html#Piantina%20della%20Città%20del%20Vaticano map])
• Being only 1.05 km long and 0.85 km wide,{{Cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/sp_ss_scv/informazione_generale/sp_ss_scv_info-generale_en.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2020-03-15 |archive-date=2010-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529155107/https://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/sp_ss_scv/informazione_generale/sp_ss_scv_info-generale_en.html |url-status=dead }} Vatican City has no highways.
• Vatican City has access roads and driveways. (See [https://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/sp_ss_scv/informazione_generale/sp_ss_scv_info-generale_en.html#Piantina%20della%20Città%20del%20Vaticano map])

• Academies in Vatican City:
• Pontifical Academy of Sciences
• Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
• Pontifical Academy for Life
• Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Vatican Library)
• Includes the Vatican School of Librarianship
• Congregation for Catholic Education
• Vatican School of Palaeography, Diplomacy, and Archivistry, run by the Vatican Apostolic Archive.
• Vatican City is too small to host extensive educational facilities, but the Holy See operates 64 academic institutions close by (in Rome). The major ones are:
• Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)
• Pontifical Gregorian University
• Pontifical Urbaniana University
• Pontifical Lateran University
• Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
• Salesian Pontifical University
• Pontifical University Antonianum

• Index of Vatican City-related articles
• List of international rankings
• Outline of Europe
• Outline of geography
• Roman Catholic Church
• Holy See

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071128105754/http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/homepage.htm Vatican City State]—official website
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20081210073743/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-h/holy-see-vatican-city.html Chief of State and Cabinet Members]
• [http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/History_of_Vatican_City:_Primary_Documents History of Vatican City: Primary Documents]
• [http://www.religlaw.org/template.php?id=578 Agreement Between the Italian Republic and the Holy See], 18 February 1984
• [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120802141255/http%3A//www.pellegrinocattolico.com/foto/vaticano/city_map.jpg Map of Vatican City]
• [https://mises.org/journals/scholar/lottieri2.pdf The Vatican as a Free Society by Carlo Lottieri]
• [http://nolli.uoregon.edu/wallsOfRome.html Walls of Rome]

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• [http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/vaticancity.html World Heritage Site]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120420131255/http://www.vaticanstate.va/IT/Monumenti/webcam/ Vatican City Live Webcam]
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