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ID: 7001168
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Holy See (nation)  Holy See (nation)

Coordinates:
Lat: 41 54 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 41.9000  decimal degrees
Long: 012 27 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 12.4500  decimal degrees

Note: Papal sovereign state located within Rome, Italy; was long the headquarters of the Papal States, which had varying boundaries from 3rd-20th cen.; flourished particularly during Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods; was occupied by Italy in 1870.

Names:
Santa Sede (preferred,C,V,Italian-P,U,N)  ............ term preferred by UN, refers to the administrative body; "Città del Vaticano" refers to the state with terrritorial limits
Santa Sede (Spanish-P,U,N)
Holy See (C,O,English-P,U,N)
Saint-Siège (C,O,French-P,U,N)
Città del Vaticano (C,V,Italian,U,N)
Stato della Città del Vaticano (C,V,O,Italian,U,N)
Vatican (C,O,English,U,N)
Vatican City (C,O,English,U,N)
Vatican City State (C,O,English,U,N)
State of Vatican City (C,O,English,U,N)
State of the Vatican City (C,O,English,U,N)
Cité du Vatican (C,O,French,U,N)
Ciudad del Vatican (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
Vatican, État de la Cité du (C,O,French,U,N)
Vatikan (C,O,German,U,N)
Vaticaanstad (C,O,Dutch,U,N)
VAT (C,O,ISO3L)
VA (C,O,ISO2L)
ISO336 (C,O,ISO3N)
VT00 (C,O,FIPS)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Holy See (nation)  ........  Holy See (nation) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italian Peninsula (peninsula)  ........  Italian Peninsula (peninsula) (P)
Hierarchy of Holy See (nation)  ............  Holy See (nation)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italy (nation)  ........  Italy (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Lazio (region)  ............  Lazio (region) (P)
Hierarchy of Roma (province)  ................  Roma (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Holy See (nation)  ....................  Holy See (nation) (P)

Place Types:
nation (preferred, C)  ............  sovereignty recognized by Italian government in Lateran Treaty of 1929
primary political unit (C)
independent sovereign nation (C)  ............  created 1929

Sources and Contributors:
Cité du Vatican..........  [VP]
.............................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 320
Città del Vaticano..........  [FDA, GRLPSC, VP]
...................................  National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
...................................  TCI: Roma e Dintorni (1979)
...................................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1286
Ciudad del Vatican..........  [VP]
...................................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 320
Holy See..........  [BHA, VP]
.................  ISO Newsletter (1996) 1996-04-03
ISO336..........  [VP]
.................  ISO Country Codes (1996) 15
Saint-Siège..........  [VP]
.......................  ISO Newsletter (1996) 1996-04-03
.......................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 56
Santa Sede..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  TCI: Roma e Dintorni (1979) 517
.......................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 56
State of the Vatican City..........  [VP]
............................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
State of Vatican City..........  [VP]
......................................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1286
Stato della Città del Vaticano..........  [FDA, VP]
.....................................................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 279-280
VA..........  [VP]
...........  ISO Country Codes (1996) 15
VAT..........  [VP]
...........  ISO Handbook (1988) 773
Vaticaanstad..........  [VP]
.......................  Engels Woordenboek (1987) I, 825
Vatican..........  [FDA, GRLPSC, VP]
.................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
.................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 685
Vatican City..........  [FDA, GRLPSC, VP]
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1286
Vatican City State..........  [BHA, VP]
...................................  ISO Handbook (1988) 773
...................................  ISO Newsletter (1996) 1996-04-03
Vatican, État de la Cité du..........  [VP]
...............................................  ISO Handbook (1988) 785
Vatikan..........  [VP]
.................  Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 1540
VT00..........  [VP]
...........  NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) 97
Subject: .....  [BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 685
..................  Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 1540
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 279-280
..................  Engels Woordenboek (1987) I, 825
..................  ISO Country Codes (1996) 15
..................  ISO Handbook (1988) 773; 785
..................  ISO Newsletter (1996) 1996-04-03
..................  National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) 97
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 320
..................  TCI: Roma e Dintorni (1979) 517
..................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 56
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1286
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1286
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)

 

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