Vatican facts - great collection of trivia.
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Capital : —-
Language : Italian
Currency : Euro
Population : 842
Area : 0,44 km2
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2. The population density is 1914 people / km².
3. The country is 709,000 times smaller than Poland.
4. The main religion is Catholicism, 45%.
5. The Vatican is the seat of the highest authorities of the Catholic Church.
6. The national holiday is the anniversary of the election of the Pope.
7. Political system – theocracy.
8. 50 Poles live in this country.
9. The Vatican visits about 6 million tourists annually.
10. The head of the state is the Pope.
11. The Vatican is the smallest country in the world
12. There is the largest percentage of criminal cases carried out, counting on the number of residents, about one case per one person.
13. ATMs are in Latin.
14. Annually, every citizen of the Vatican receives an average of over 7,000 letters.
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15. The name “Vatican” means “prophetic, prophesying, future, divinatory.”
16. The Swiss Guard, guarding the Vatican, consists of only 110 soldiers.
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17. The Vatican has its unofficial football team.
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18. Obelisk located in the middle of St. Peter brought Emigre Kaligula from Rome to Egypt in 37.
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19. It is the only country in the world where Latin is the official language.
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20. Among 140 figures of saints, placed around St. Peter is the sculpture of a Pole – Saint. Jacek Odrowąż.
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21. The Vatican and the Holy See are two separate entities that have united a personal and functional union.
22. The Holy See does not recognize the existence of the People’s Republic of China. He does not have diplomatic relations with her.
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23. The change from daylight saving time to winter time (turning clockwise back one hour) is the last Sunday in October.
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24. In the Vatican you can drive at a maximum speed of 30 km / h.
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25. In this country over 480 (2015) 480 (2018) people have access to the internet (about 57 % of society).
26. Founded 20 (2018) accounts on Facebook.
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27. The country’s top-level domain is .va . There are over 34 websites with such an extension.
28. The most popular pages with the extension .va are: vatican.va, radiovaticana.va and news.va.
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29. Gross domestic product (GDP) is $3,333,000,000 in 2015.
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30. In this country, according to statistics, there are no people over 15 years of age who can not read or write.
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31. The lowest temperature: -7.2 °C was measured in the Vatican.
32. The highest temperature: 40.7 °C was measured in the Vatican.
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33. The lowest located place in the country is Saint Peter’s Square – 19 m above sea level.
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34. The Vatican City State is one of the 12 monarchies in Europe.
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35. The last death penalty was carried out in 1870.
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