Vatican City

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ecclesiastical state enclave landlocked country sovereign city-state theocracy

Vatican City is an independent city-state enclaved within Rome that serves as the spiritual and administrative headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church and the residence of the Pope.

Observed surface forms (14)

Surface form	Occurrences
Vatican City State	35
Vatican	3
Sovereign of the Vatican City State	1
Stato della Città del Vaticano	1
Vatican City (enclave within Rome)	1
Vatican City (historical predecessor territory)	1
Vatican City (within Rome)	1
Vatican City State authorities	1
Vatican City UNESCO World Heritage Site	1
Vatican City courts	1
Vatican City postage stamps	1
Vatican City territory	1
independent state of Vatican City	1
territory of Vatican City	1

Statements (74)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ecclesiastical state ⓘ enclave ⓘ landlocked country ⓘ sovereign city-state ⓘ theocracy ⓘ
area	0.49 square kilometers ⓘ 49 hectares ⓘ
areaRank	smallest internationally recognized independent state by area ⓘ
borderCountry	Italy ⓘ
callingCode	+39 ⓘ
capital	Vatican City self-link ⓘ
climate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
coatOfArms	papal tiara above crossed keys of Saint Peter ⓘ
contains	Apostolic Palace ⓘ Vatican Museums ⓘ surface form: Sistine Chapel St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ St. Peter's Square ⓘ Vatican Gardens ⓘ Vatican Museums ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
currency	euro ⓘ
demonym	Vatican City self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vatican Vatican citizen ⓘ
drivesOn	right ⓘ
enclavedWithin	Italy ⓘ
established	1929-02-11 ⓘ
establishedBy	Lateran Treaty ⓘ
flagDescription	yellow and white vertical bands with the papal tiara and crossed keys of Saint Peter on the white band ⓘ
governedBy	Holy See ⓘ
governmentType	absolute elective monarchy ⓘ theocratic monarchy ⓘ
hasNewspaper	L'Osservatore Romano ⓘ
hasNewsPortal	Dicastery for Communication ⓘ surface form: Vatican News
hasNo	permanent military ⓘ
hasRadioStation	Vatican Radio ⓘ
hasSecurityForce	Vatican Gendarmerie ⓘ surface form: Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City Swiss Guard ⓘ surface form: Pontifical Swiss Guard
headOfGovernment	Pope ⓘ
headOfState	Pope ⓘ
internetTLD	.va ⓘ
issues	coins ⓘ passports ⓘ stamps ⓘ
judicialBody	Court of First Instance of Vatican City State ⓘ surface form: Tribunal of Vatican City State
landlocked	true ⓘ
legalSystem	canon law and civil law ⓘ
legislativeBody	Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State ⓘ
locatedIn	Rome ⓘ
memberOf	International Telecommunication Union ⓘ Universal Postal Union ⓘ
nationalAnthem	Inno e Marcia Pontificale ⓘ
notMemberOf	United Nations ⓘ
officialLanguage	Italian language ⓘ surface form: Italian Latin ⓘ
officialName	Vatican City self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Stato della Città del Vaticano
populationEstimate	around 800 inhabitants ⓘ
populationRank	smallest internationally recognized independent state by population ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity	museum admission fees ⓘ publications ⓘ religious services ⓘ sale of postage stamps and souvenirs ⓘ tourism ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
representedInternationallyBy	Holy See ⓘ
residenceOf	Pope ⓘ
securityProvidedBy	Italian police for outer perimeter ⓘ
shortName	Vatican City self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vatican City State
sovereignOver	Holy See ⓘ
spiritualCenterOf	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
timeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time ⓘ
treatyPartner	Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	1984 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	entire territory ⓘ

Referenced by (397)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central American Integration System → hasObserver → Vatican City ⓘ

Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church → hasResidence → Vatican City ⓘ

Lazio → hasUNESCOSite → Vatican City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vatican City (within Rome)

Sovereign of the Vatican City State → headOfStateOf → Vatican City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vatican City State

Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith → headquarters → Vatican City ⓘ

International Theological Commission → headquarters → Vatican City ⓘ

Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Council for the Economy → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Dicastery for Bishops → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Dicastery for Legislative Texts → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Dicastery for the Clergy → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

DDF → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

subject surface form: Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Dicastery for the Service of Charity → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Governorate of Vatican City State → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

L'Osservatore Romano → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Pontifical Academy of Sciences → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Pontifical Biblical Commission → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Roman Curia → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Sacred Congregation for Religious → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Secretariat for the Economy → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Secretariat of State of the Holy See → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Section for First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Section for Life → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Vatican Gendarmerie → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Vatican Radio → headquartersLocation → Vatican City ⓘ

Second Vatican Council → heldAt → Vatican City ⓘ

Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization (2012) → heldAt → Vatican City ⓘ

Vatican civil law → interpretedBy → Vatican City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vatican City courts

Pope → isHeadOf → Vatican City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vatican City State

Commission for Confidential Matters → isLocatedIn → Vatican City ⓘ

encyclical Evangelium Vitae → issuedFrom → Vatican City ⓘ

subject surface form: Evangelium Vitae

encyclical Laborem Exercens → issuedFrom → Vatican City ⓘ

subject surface form: Laborem Exercens

Mysterium fidei → issuedFrom → Vatican City ⓘ

Spe Salvi → issuedFrom → Vatican City ⓘ

Pastor bonus → issuedIn → Vatican City ⓘ

Praedicate Evangelium → issuedIn → Vatican City ⓘ

Relatio finalis of the Synod of Bishops on the Family → issuedIn → Vatican City ⓘ

Court of Appeal of Vatican City State → jurisdiction → Vatican City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vatican City State

Court of First Instance of Vatican City State → jurisdiction → Vatican City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vatican City State

apostolic letter Fidelis dispensator et prudens → jurisdiction → Vatican City ⓘ

subject surface form: Fidelis dispensator et prudens

this entity surface form: Vatican City State

Office of the Auditor General → jurisdiction → Vatican City ⓘ

Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State → jurisdiction → Vatican City ⓘ

Secretariat for the Economy → jurisdiction → Vatican City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vatican City State