వాటికన్ (ఆంగ్లం : Vatican City), అధికారిక నామం "స్టేట్ ఆఫ్ వాటికన్ సిటి".[7] ఒక నగర-రాజ్యం, రోమ్ నగరప్రాంతంలోనే గల ఒక స్వతంత్ర రాజ్యం. ప్రపంచంలోనే అత్యంత చిన్న రాజ్యం (వైశాల్యం మరియు జనాభా ఆధారంగా)[8][9]
ఈ రాజ్యం 1929 లో ఏర్పడినది. దీని వైశాల్యం దాదాపు 110 ఎకరాలు మరియు జనాభా 800.
↑No official language is established by law for the state, but, in accordance with paragraph 2 of the Legge sulle fonti del diritto of 7 June1929, laws and regulations are published in the Italian-language Supplemento per le leggi e disposizioni dello Stato della Città del Vaticano attached to the Acta Apostolicae Sedis. The text of the first seven items published in that supplement is given here. Other languages are used by institutions situated within the state, such as the Holy See, the Pontifical Swiss Guard, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, etc. See also Languages of Vatican City.
↑Numerous languages are used by institutions situated within the state. The Holy See uses Latin as an official language and French as a diplomatic language; in addition, its Secretariat of State uses English, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish. The Swiss Guard, in which commands on parade are given in German, also uses French and Italian in all its official ceremonies. The newspaper L'Osservatore Romano uses English, French, German, Italian, Malayalam, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish. Vatican Radio uses Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Esperanto, English, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Kiswahili, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malayalam, Philippine, Polish, Portuguese, Rumanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Tigrigna, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.