Geography of the Vatican City

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1 Location
2 Area
- 2.1 Land boundaries
3 Climate
4 Terrain
- 4.1 Elevation extremes
5 Natural resources
6 Land use
7 Natural hazards
8 Environment - current issues
- 8.1 Environment - international agreements
9 Geography - note
10 References

[edit] Location

Southern Europe, an enclave of Rome (Italy)

[edit] Area

Vatican City has a total area of 108.7 acres (0.17 sq mi; 0.44 km²). All of the almost 109 acre complex is land and no part of it is covered by water.

[edit] Land boundaries

Vatican City is a landlocked country that shares a 2 mile (3.2 km) border with Italy.

[edit] Climate

The city state has temperate, mild, rainy winters (September to mid-May) with hot, dry summers (May to September)

[edit] Terrain

Vatican City sits on a low hill. The hill has been called the Vatican Hill (in Latin, Mons Vaticanus) since long before Christianity existed. The name is suspected of belonging originally to the Etruscan language.

[edit] Elevation extremes

The lowest point in Vatican City is an unnamed location at 62 feet (19 m). The highest point is another unnamed location at 246 feet (75 m).

[edit] Natural resources

The small state does not have any natural resources.

[edit] Land use

Due to the fact that this is a city-state, the land is used 100% as an urban area.

[edit] Natural hazards

There are no known natural hazards.

[edit] Environment - current issues

None.

[edit] Environment - international agreements

party to: none of the selected agreements

signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution, Environmental Modification the Catholic Church

[edit] Geography - note

Urban; landlocked; enclave of Rome, Italy; world's smallest state; outside the Vatican City, 13 buildings in Rome and Castel Gandolfo (The Pope's summer residence) enjoy extraterritorial rights

See also : Vatican City

[edit] References

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.

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