Title: Vatican City - Wikipedia
Headings: Vatican City
Vatican City
Contents
Name
History
Early history
Papal States
Italian unification
Lateran treaties
World War II
Post-war history
Geography
Climate
Gardens
Governance
Political system
Head of state and government
Administration
Defense and security
Foreign relations
Non-party, non-signatory policy
Economy
Demographics
Languages
Citizenship
Statistical oddities
Culture
Sport
Infrastructure
Transport
Communications
Recycling
Crime
See also
References
Footnotes
Citation notes
Bibliography
External links
Official websites
Other websites

Content: 41°54′09″N 12°27′09″E
﻿ / ﻿ 41.90250°N 12.45250°E ﻿ / 41.90250; 12.45250
Official languages
Italian
Religion
Roman Catholicism
( Official religion)
Government
Unitary Christian absolute monarchy (under an ecclesiastical and elective theocracy)

• Sovereign entity
Holy See
• Sovereign
Francis
• Secretary of State
Pietro Parolin
• President of the Governorate
Giuseppe Bertello

Legislature
Pontifical Commission
Independence from Italy

• Lateran Treaty
11 February 1929; 92 years ago

Area
• Total
0.49 km 2 (0.19 sq mi) ( 194th)
Population
• 2019 estimate
825 ( 240th)
• Density
924 /km 2 (2,393.1/sq mi) ( 12th)
Currency
Euro ( €) ( EUR)
Time zone
UTC +1 ( CET)
• Summer ( DST)
UTC +2 ( CEST)
Driving side
right
Calling code
+379
ISO 3166 code
VA
Internet TLD
.va
Website
Official website
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Criteria
Cultural: i, ii, iv, vi
Reference
286
Inscription
1984 (8th session)

Vatican City ( / ˈvætɪkən / ( listen) ), officially the Vatican City State ( Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano; Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae ), is the Holy See 's independent city state, an enclave within Rome, Italy. The Vatican City State, also known as The Vatican, became independent from Italy with the Lateran Treaty (1929), and it is a distinct territory under "full ownership, exclusive dominion, and sovereign authority and jurisdiction" of the Holy See, itself a sovereign entity of international law, which maintains the city state's temporal, diplomatic, and spiritual independence. With an area of 49 hectares (121 acres) and a population of about 825, it is the smallest state in the world by both area and population. As governed by the Holy See, the Vatican City State is an ecclesiastical or sacerdotal - monarchical state (a type of theocracy) ruled by the pope who is the bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church.