Country (long form):The Holy See (State of the Vatican City)
國家
Capital : Vatican City
首都
Total Area :0.17 sq mi/0.44 sq km
(about 0.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC)
總面積（相當與華盛頓商業街的0.7倍）

Population :890 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050
人口
Languages :Italian, Latin, French, various other languages
語言

Religions :Roman Catholic
宗教



There seem to be a confusion between the Vatican City State, the minuscule state that exists only since 1929, and the Holy See (of Rome), which is the entity which is active in all international relationships except those of a clearly territorial nature, such as membership of UPU (Universal Postal Union), INTELSAT, CEPT and UNIDROIT (International Institute for the Unification of Private Law).


人們似乎混淆了梵蒂岡城市以及這個國家的關系，這個最小的國家成立于1929年，羅馬圣堂是一個實體，活躍在所有的國際關系中除了那些有明確領土的自然界，比如萬國郵聯，國際衛星通訊機構，以及國際統一私法協會的成員。


No government would have much interest in relations with so tiny a state as Vatican City. But 172 states maintain diplomatic relations with the Holy See, and half of those that have accredited their ambassador to the Holy See find it worthwhile to have him or her resident in Rome, distinct from their ambassador to the Italian Republic.

沒有政府會有興趣與梵蒂岡如此渺小的政府合作.但是仍有172個國家仍然與這個圣堂保持外交關系。其中半數認為在梵蒂岡建立其大使館是值得的,這種意義有別于其大使館駐意大利.


The flag of the Vatican City State is as on your webpage, showing the arms with the silver key in the dexter position. When what is represented is the Holy See, not Vatican City State, the keys are reversed. Rather, when the state was set up in 1929, the keys in the arms of the Holy See, with the gold one in dexter position, were reversed to provide a distinctive symbol for the new entity. In the personal arms of the popes, the keys are, of course, arranged as in the arms of the Holy See: the other arrangement would be equivalent to treating him as merely the head of that little state.


梵蒂岡國旗就像我們的主頁一樣,展示了銀鑰匙綁住的武器擺在右側。 看到的是代表的神圣,而不是梵蒂岡國家,鑰匙是反著放的. 然而當國家在 1929年成立時, 圣堂武器上的鑰匙是有一個金色的在右側位置,把這個顛倒位置是為了體現國家新建突出特別的意義. 在羅馬教皇手上的鑰匙被當成圣堂的手臂：其他被等同為這個小國家的首領。