.va is the
Internet
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country code
Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical
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top-level domain
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(
ccTLD
A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet
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) for the
Vatican City State
Vatican City (), officially the Vatican City State ( it, Stato della Città del Vaticano; la, Status Civitatis Vaticanae),—'
* german: Vatikanstadt, cf. '—' (in Austria: ')
* pl, Miasto Watykańskie, cf. '—'
* pt, Cidade do Vati ...
. It is administered by the
Vatican Internet Service.
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Background
The .va top-level domain was created in 1995 by Archbishop
John Patrick Foley of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. The websit
Vatican.vawent live on Christmas day 1995.
Description
Second-level domains are not available to the public.
Name and email servers within the .va namespace include john.vatican.va (DNS and email), michael.vatican.va (DNS), paul.vatican.va (email), lists.vatican.va (email), and vatiradio.va (email).
Websites
At least 23 easily adopted names starting with "www" in the .va zone, with many more email-only subdomains.
See also
*
Index of Vatican City-related articles.catholic
References
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Computer-related introductions in 1995
Communications in Vatican City
Dicastery for Communication
Country code top-level domains
Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members