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<title>
Vatican City: Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Holy See (Vatican City)
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Southern Europe, an enclave of Rome - central Italy
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 0.44 km2</l>
<l> land area: 0.44 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: about 0.7 times the size of The Mall in
Washington, DC</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 3.2 km, Italy 3.2 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
</p>
<p>Maritime claims: none; landlocked
</p>
<p>International disputes: none
</p>
<p>Climate: temperate; mild, rainy winters (September to mid-May) with
hot, dry summers (May to September)
</p>
<p>Terrain: low hill
</p>
<p>Natural resources: none
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 0%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 0%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 0%</l>
<l> other: 100%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 0 km2
</p>
<p>Environment: urban
</p>
<p>Note: landlocked; enclave of Rome, Italy; world's smallest state;
outside the Vatican City, 13 buildings in Rome and Castel Gandolfo
(the pope's summer residence) enjoy extraterritorial rights
</p></body></article></text>