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Vatican releases 1st report of financial watchdog
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Roma, Lazio delegations meet Pope Francis
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| Vatican City State [1]
Stato della Città del Vaticano [2]
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| Anthem: Inno e Marcia Pontificale (Italian) Pontifical Anthem and March |
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![Location of Vatican City (green)in Europe (dark grey) — [Legend]](/wiki/File:Location_Vatican_City_Europe.png) |
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| Capital | Vatican City 41°54.2′N 12°27.2′E / 41.9033°N 12.4533°E |
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| Official languages | Italiana | |||||
| Government | ecclesiastical;[3]sacerdotal-monarchical;[4] absolute monarchy;[5]elective monarchy;[6] elective theocracy.[7] |
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| - | Sovereign | Francis | ||||
| - | President of the Governorate |
Giuseppe Bertello[8] |
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| Legislature | Pontifical Commission | |||||
| Independence from the Kingdom of Italy | ||||||
| - | Lateran Treaty | 11 February 1929 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 0.44 km2 (250th) 0.17 sq mi |
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| Population | ||||||
| - | July 2012 estimate | 836[9] (240th) | ||||
| - | Density | 1877/km2 (6th) 4,859/sq mi |
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| Currency | Euro (€)b (EUR) |
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
| Drives on the | right[note 1] | |||||
| Calling code | +379[10] | |||||
| ISO 3166 code | VA | |||||
| Internet TLD | .va | |||||
| a. | The Vatican City, whose official language is Italian, is not the same as the Holy See, whose official language is Latin.[11][12] | |||||
| b. | Since 1 January 2002 (see Valuta at www.vatican.va, retrieved 23 October 2009). Before 2002, the currency was the Vatican lira, on a par with the Italian lira. | |||||
