The Vatican City State, or Vatican for short, is an inland city-state in the highlands of the northwest corner of Rome, the capital of Italy. It is also the smallest country in the world with the smallest territory and the smallest population. Its territory area is only 0.44 square kilometers.
梵蒂冈城国简称“梵蒂冈”，位于意大利首都罗马西北角高地的一个内陆城邦国家。也是全球领土面积最小、人口最少的国家，其国土面积只有0.44平方公里。
Because it is bordered by Italy on all sides, it is called "China". It is the center of Catholicism all over the world, the seat of the Holy See headed by the Pope, and the faith center of one sixth of the world's population.
由于四面都与意大利接壤，故称“国中国”。是全世界天主教的中心——以教皇为首的教廷的所在地，也是世界六分之一人口的信仰中心。
The Vatican means "City of the Prophets". After the unification of Italy in 1870, the Pope was forced to retire to the Vatican Palace. In 1929, Italy signed the Lateran Treaty with the Pope, recognizing the Vatican as a sovereign state of unity of church and state. The Vatican is a neutral country whose territory is sacred and inviolable.
梵蒂冈意为“先知之城”。1870年意大利统一后，教皇被迫退居梵蒂冈宫。1929年意大利同教皇签订《拉特兰条约》，承认梵蒂冈为政教合一的主权国家。梵蒂冈为中立国，其国土神圣不可侵犯。
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1、文化概况
梵蒂冈城本身就是一件伟大的文化瑰宝，城内的建筑如圣彼得大教堂、圣彼得大殿、西斯廷教堂等都是世界上重要的建筑作品，包含了波提切利、贝尔尼尼、拉斐尔和米开朗基罗等人的作品。梵蒂冈也拥有一个馆藏丰富的图书馆，以及一个博物馆，专门收藏具有历史、科学与文化价值的艺术品。
2、人口民族
梵蒂冈的人口主要为意大利人，因为其是意大利的城中城。梵蒂冈的公民大部分是神职人员，包括了主教、神父、修女，以及著名的瑞士卫队（一支专门为教宗服务的志愿禁卫队）。还有大约3000名世俗工人，他们是梵蒂冈的主要劳动力，但都不住在梵蒂冈城内。
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人口：0．1万（2000年7月），其中常驻人口仅540人，主要是意大利人。官方语言为意大利语和拉丁语。信奉天主教。
首都：梵蒂冈城
教皇：约瑟夫·拉青格枢机主教在2005年4月19日的第265任教宗选举中当选为慈母教会第265任天主教罗马教皇，按照教会惯例，改名为本笃十六世(Bendict XVI pp. 265)是罗马教会的第8位德国教宗。
Area is 0.44 square kilometers is a minimum nation in the world.Locate the Vatican highland of city northwest in Italian capital city Rome up.The territory includes Peter in saint Peter's square,saint the big church,temple in Vatican and Vatican museum etc..The national territory presents triangle mostly, in addition to locating the saint Peter's square of the southeast of the city, the national boundary takes ancient city wall in Vatican as to symbolize.Belong to subtropics type in Mediterranean weather.
Population:0.10,000(July of in 2000), among them resident population only 540 people mainly is an Italian.The official language is Italian and Latin.Believe in Catholic.
Capital city:Cittàdel Vaticano
Pope:Joseph · pull green space cardinal on April 19th in 2005 of win an election for the mother church Pope in the 265th Catholic Rome in the 265th Pope election, change name to Bendict XVI pp. 265 a life times according to the church usual practice It is the 8th German Pope of church in Rome.本回答被提问者采纳
们常说，到了意大利就等于到了三个国家，这话一点不假。因为意大利有一个国中之国，这就是欧洲最古老的共和国圣马力诺；另外在首都罗马还有一个城中之国，这就是全世界天主教的中心梵蒂冈城国，习惯称梵蒂冈。
Size is not a criterion in our definition of what constitutes a country.A country need only be an independent state，with distinct territorial boundaries and its own government.As weighing in at a mere 0.17 square miles，Vatican holds the title of being the smallest country in the world.
Vatican City is the official seat of the Catholic Church，and its head，the Pope，rules through a civil governor.As with any other country，this miniature country sports its own flag，coins its own coins，runs its own postal，transportation，telephone systems，and radio broadcasting station.Vatican City is all grown up.
面积大小不是界定一个国家的标准。国家只需要是独立的，有明确的领土边界，有自己的政府。梵蒂冈面积只有0.17平方英里，因此它具有世界上最小国家的称号。
梵蒂冈城是天主教教廷的官方所在地，其首领为教皇，通过行政长官实行统治。跟任何其他国家一样，这样一个袖珍小国挂自己的国旗，铸造自己的硬币，经营自己的邮政、交通、电话系统和无线电广播电台。梵蒂冈城可谓是“麻雀虽小，五脏俱全”！