National name: Stato della Città del Vaticano (Santa Sede)

Ruler: Benedict XVI (2005)

Land area: 0.17 sq mi (0.44 sq km)

Population (July 2003 est.): 911; density per sq mi: 5,362

Monetary unit: Euro

Languages: Italian, Latin, French, various other languages

Ethnicity/race: Italian, Swiss, other

Religion: Roman Catholic.

Labor force: dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards, and 3,000 lay workers who live outside the Vatican.

Budget (2001): Revenues: $173.5 million; expenditures: $176.6 million, including capital expenditures.

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: n.a.; mobile cellular: n.a. Radio broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 4, shortwave 2 (1998). Radios: n.a. Television broadcast stations: 1 (1996). Televisions: n.a.

Transportation: Railways: total: 0.86 km; note: connects to Italy's network at Rome's Saint Peter's station (2001). Highways: none; all city streets. Ports and harbors: none. Airports: none. Heliports: 1 (2002).

International disputes: none.

 

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