Vatican City

Japanese: バチカン[市国]（英語表記）Vatican City

Official name: Vatican CityStato della Città del VaticanoArea: 0.44 ^{km2Population} (1994): 1,000Time difference with Japan: -8 hoursMain languages: Italian, LatinCurrency: Lira (shared with Italy)The smallest state in the world, located on the right bank of the Tiber River in Rome, with the Pope as its head of state.It was established based on the Lateran Accords of February 1929, when the Pope, as head of the Catholic Church, was recognized as having sovereignty and territorial foundations under international law.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

正式名称＝バチカン市国Stato della Città del Vaticano面積＝0.44km²人口(1994)＝1000人日本との時差＝－8時間主要言語＝イタリア語，ラテン語通貨＝リラLira(イタリアと共通)ローマ市のテベレ川右岸にあるローマ教皇を元首とする世界最小の国家。1929年2月のラテラノ協定に基づき，カトリック教会の首長たるローマ教皇が国際法上の主権と領土的基盤をもつことを認められて成立した。

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