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Outline of Vatican City

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to Vatican City:

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. It has an area of approximately 49 hectares (121 acres)[2] and a population of about 825.[3] This makes Vatican City the smallest independent state in the world by both area and population.

General reference

Geography of Vatican City

Geography of Vatican City

Location of Vatican City

Environment of Vatican City

Natural geographic features of Vatican City

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

Regions of Vatican City

  • 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.

Ecoregions of Vatican City

  • None

Administrative divisions of Vatican City

Demography of Vatican City

Demographics of Vatican City

Government and politics of Vatican City

Politics of Vatican City

Branches of the government of Vatican City

Government of Vatican City

Executive branch of the government of Vatican City

Legislative branch of the government of Vatican City

Judicial branch of the government of Vatican City

  • Absolute judicial authority: Pope, currently Leo XIV
    • 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.[12]
    • Appellate Court of Vatican City
    • Tribunal of Vatican City State
    • Under the terms of article 22 the Lateran Treaty,[13] 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.[14][15]

Foreign relations of Vatican City

International organization membership

International organization membership of Vatican City Vatican City State is a member of:[16]

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) 		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)

Law and order in Vatican City

Law of Vatican City State

Military in Vatican City

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

Military in Vatican City

Local government in Vatican City

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

History of Vatican City

History of Vatican City

Culture of Vatican City

Culture of Vatican City

Art in Vatican City

Sports in Vatican City

Economy and infrastructure of Vatican City

Economy of Vatican City

Education in Vatican City

See also

References

  1. Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 "catholic-pages.com". catholic-pages.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  2. Back to citation The De Agostini Atlas Calendar listed the area of Vatican City as 0.44 km2 in its 1930 edition De Agostini Atlas Calendar Archived 2022-10-16 at the Wayback Machine, 1930, p. 99. (in Italian) but corrected it to 0.49 km2 in its 1945–46 edition. De Agostini Atlas Calendar Archived 2022-10-16 at the Wayback Machine, 1945–46, p. 128. (in Italian) The figure of 0.44 km2 is still widely cited by many sources despite its inaccuracy.
  3. Back to citation 453 residents and 372 nonresident citizens. "Population" (in Italian). Vatican City State. 1 February 2019. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  4. Back to citation "Vatican City State Institutional Portal". Archived from the original on 2013-12-04. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  5. Back to citation "International Telecommunication Union Member States". Archived from the original on 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  6. Back to citation "Stato della Città del Vaticano" is the name used in the state's founding document, the Treaty between the Holy See and Italy Archived 2012-03-09 at the Wayback Machine, article 26.
  7. Back to citation Cf. The Geography Site, "What do call a person from?" Archived 2008-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Back to citation "Holy See (Vatican City)". CIA—The World Factbook. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  9. Back to citation "Internet portal of Vatican City State". Vatican City State. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  10. Back to citation Gerhard Robbers, Encyclopedia of World Constitutions (Infobase Publishing 2006 Archived 2022-12-04 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 978-0-81606078-8), p. 1009
  11. Back to citation Nick Megoran, "Theocracy" in International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, vol. 11, Elsevier 2009 Archived 2016-03-09 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 978-0-08-044911-1, p.226| Quote:elective theocracy (although its representatives would be unlikely to accept that label)
  12. Back to citation "Legge che approva l'ordinamento giudiziario dello Stato della Città del Vaticano (Suppl. 12)". Acta Apostolicae Sedis (AAS) 79. Holy See. 1987.
  13. Back to citation "INTER SANCTAM SEDEM ET ITALIAE REGNUM CONVENTIONES INITAE DIE 11 FEBRUARII 1929" (in Italian). Vatican.va. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  14. Back to citation "INTER SANCTAM SEDEM ET ITALIAE REGNUM CONVENTIONES* INITAE DIE 11 FEBRUARII 1929" (in Italian). Vatican.va. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  15. Back to citation Shea, Alison. "Researching the Law of the Vatican City State". Hauser Global Law School Program. New York University School of Law. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  16. Back to citation "Holy See (Vatican City)". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 2, 2009. Archived from the original on January 26, 2022. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
  17. Back to citation "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2020-03-15.

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