Domain registration Vatican City
The official domain extension for Vatican City is .VA.
Registration of domain names with this extension is reserved exclusively for Vatican bodies and organizations.
Vatican City is a small ecclesiastical state situated in Central Europe at the heart of the Italian city of Rome. It gained independence in 1929, when it was granted sovereign nation status as part of the Lateran Pacts; it is also the administrative seat of the Catholic Church.
Vatican City covers a total area of 0.44 km² and is the smallest independent state in the world. The enclave is dominated by the enormous St Peter’s Square and the towering Basilica of the same name; the city is also home to art collections, Vatican museums, libraries, parks, gardens and a vast cultural patrimony.
The population, of clergy and lay workers, numbers 836, according to the 2012 census; the official languages are Italian and Latin (for religious ceremonies and official communications). The local currency is the Euro.
