Vatican Ceety

Vatican Ceety (Latin: Civitatis Vaticanae; Italian: Città del Vaticano) ance kent as the State o Vatican Ceety (Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae; Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano) is ae ecclesiastical sovereign laundlockit enclave surroondit bi Roum, Italy, an administratit bi the Pape.

• The offeecial siller is the euro (atho monie o the fowk that wones thare uises a furm o tradin cried Peter's Pence).
• It haes 921 indwallers that conseests mainly o clergy, includin heich deegnitaries, priests, nuns, an the weel-kent Swiss Gaird an aw, an a volunteer airmie. While monie o 3,000 lay warkers haes tae stey ootside its waws.
• It's offeecial leid is Italian.

Vatican Ceety State Stato della Città del Vaticano  (Italian) Status Civitatis Vaticanae  (Laitin)
Banner Coat o airms
Anthem: Inno e Marcia Pontificale  (Italian) "Pontifical Anthem an March"
Location o  Vatican Ceety  (green) on the European continent  (dark grey)  —  [Legend]
Caipital	Vatican Ceety (ceety-state) 41°54.2′N 12°27.2′E
Offeecial leids	Italian[a]
Releegion	Roman Catholicism
Govrenment	Absolute monarchy,[2] ecclesiastical[3] and elective[4] theocracy[5]
• Sovereign	Leo XIV
• Secretar o State	Pietro Parolin
• President of the Governorate	Raffaella Petrini
Legislatur	Pontifical Commission
Unthirldom frae the Kinrick o Italy
• Lateran Treaty	11 Februar 1929
Aurie
• Total	49 ha (120 acre) (251st)
Population
• December 2024 estimate	882[6] (237t)
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,662.0/sq mi) (7t)
Currency	Euro (€) (EUR)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Drivin side	right[b]
Cawin code	+379[c]
ISO 3166 code	VA
Internet TLD	.va

Notes

1. Mony ither leids are uised bi institutions situatit within the state, such as the Haly See, the Pontifical Swiss Guard, an the Pontifical Academy o Sciences.
   The Haly See uses Laitin as its main offeecial leid, Italian as its main wirkin leid an French as its main diplomatic leid; in addeetion, its Secretariat o State uises Inglis, German, Italian, Pols, Portuguese an Spainyie. The Swiss Guard, in which commands on parade are gien in German, an aa uses French and Italian, the ither twa offeecial Swiss leids, in its offeecial ceremonies, such as the annual swearin in o the new recruits on 6 Mey.^[1]
2. Veesitors an tourists are nae permittit tae drive inside the Vatican wioot specific permission, which is normally grantit anly tae those on offeecial business in the Vatican.
3. ITU-T assigned code 379 tae Vatican Ceety. Houever, Vatican Ceety is includit in the Italian telephone nummerin plan an uises the Italian kintra code 39, follaed bi 06 (for Roum) an 698.