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Coordinates: 41°54′10″N 12°27′9″E. Map of Vatican City. The geography of Vatican City is unique due to the country's position as an urban, landlocked enclave of Rome, Italy. With an area of 49 hectares (120 acres; 0.19 square miles), [ a] and a border with Italy of 3.5 km (2.2 mi), it is the world's smallest independent state.
The territory of Vatican City is part of the Vatican Hill, and of the adjacent former Vatican Fields. It is in this territory that St. Peter's Basilica, the Apostolic Palace, the Sistine Chapel, and museums were built, along with various other buildings. The area was part of the Roman rione of Borgo until 1929.
It was created in 1929 by the Lateran Treaty as a vestige of the much larger Papal States (756 to 1870). It is the sovereign territory of the Holy See and the location of the Apostolic Palace—the Pope's official residence—and the Roman Curia. Capital: Civitas Vaticana, Città del Vaticano (Vatican City) Population: 783 inhabitants. Area: 0. ...
Vatican City – an ecclesiastical or sacerdotal - monarchical [ 1] state, being the sovereign territory of the Holy See and ruled by the Bishop of Rome —the Pope, the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church. The territory of this landlocked sovereign city-state consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy.
Excludes annexations that are internationally recognized as part of Ukraine. Total area is 17,035,650 km2 when including Siberia or North Asia (13,083,100 km2).[ 3] ^ Mainland France (535,261 km2) and Corsica (8,680 km2) comprise European France or Metropolitan France. Total area is 633,109 km2 when including Overseas departments (89,168 km2).[ 5]
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies by land, water, and total area, ranked by total area. The entries in this list include, but are not limited to, those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which includes sovereign states and dependent territories.
Vatican City: Vatican City: 0.44 0.17 232 American Samoa (United States) Pago Pago: 2.09 n/a 233 Anguilla (United Kingdom) The Valley: 1.5 0.6 234 Aruba (Netherlands) Oranjestad: 30 11 235 British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) Road Town: 7.17 n/a 236 Christmas Island : Flying Fish Cove: 17 6.6 237 Collectivity of Saint Martin : Marigot: 2 0.8 238
Finland. 14,500. 156,000. Formed of two squares, approx. 120 by 100 m (390 by 330 ft) and 50 by 50 m (160 by 160 ft) Republiky Square. Mladá Boleslav. Czech Republic.