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| Capital (and largest city) |
Vatican City | ||||||
| Language | Italian | ||||||
| Religion | Christianity | ||||||
| Pope | Francis | ||||||
| President | Giuseppe Bertello | ||||||
| Area | 0.44 km² | ||||||
| Population | 839 | ||||||
| Independence | from Kingdom of Italy | ||||||
| declared | 11 February 1929 | ||||||
| Currency | Euro | ||||||
| Internet TLD | .va | ||||||
Vatican City, (Italian: Città del Vaticano), officially Vatican City-State, is a landlocked city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome. It has an area of approximately 44 hectares (110 acres), and a population of around 840. This makes Vatican City the smallest internationally recogni(z/s)ed independent state in the world by both area and population.