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Internet country code top-level domain for Vatican City From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
.va is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Vatican City State.[1] It is administered by the Vatican Internet Service.[2]
This article needs to be updated. (June 2016) |
Introduced | 11 September 1995 (root zone) |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | Vatican Internet Service |
Sponsor | Holy See Secretariat of State |
Intended use | Entities connected with Vatican City |
Registration restrictions | No public registrations are available |
Dispute policies | None |
Registry website | www |
The .va top-level domain was created in 1995[3] by Archbishop John Patrick Foley of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.[4] The website Vatican.va went live on Christmas day 1995.[5]
There are at least 23 easily adopted names starting with "www" in the .va zone, with many more email-only subdomains.[6][7]
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