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Major Cities. Vatican City is a city-state. Geography. Vatican City is situated within the territory of Italy, and is completely landlocked. Set alongside the Italian capital, Rome, Vatican City is set upon Vatican Hill, though its elevation ranges from 19.2 meters (63 feet) and 76.2 meters (250 feet).
The name Vatican City was first used in the Lateran Treaty, signed on 11 February 1929, which established the modern city-state. The name is taken from Vatican Hill, the geographic location of the state. Vatican is likely to derive from the name of an Etruscan settlement, possibly called Vatica or Vaticum, located in the general area the Romans called vaticanus ager, Vatican territory.