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San Marino San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world an ...

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sovereign country A sovereign state or sovereign country, is a political entity represented by one central government that has supreme legitimate authority over territory. International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population, defined terr ...

located in the Apennine Mountains on the Italian Peninsula in

Southern Europe Southern Europe is the southern region of Europe. It is also known as Mediterranean Europe, as its geography is essentially marked by the Mediterranean Sea. Definitions of Southern Europe include some or all of these countries and regions: Alba ...

. San Marino is a landlocked enclave, surrounded by

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

. One of the

European microstates The European microstates or European ministates are a set of very small sovereign states in Europe. In modern contexts the term is typically used to refer to the six smallest states in Europe by area: Andorra, Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco, Sa ...

, San Marino has the smallest population of all the members of the Council of Europe and the 3rd highest GDP per capita in the world. San Marino claims to be the oldest constitutional republic in the world, founded on 3 September 301, by Marinus of

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, a Christian stonemason fleeing the religious persecution of Roman Emperor Diocletian. San Marino's constitution, dating back to 1600, is the world's oldest written constitution still in effect.

General reference

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: * Common English country name:

* Official English country name: The

Republic of San Marino San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world an ...

* Common endonym(s): * Official endonym(s): * Adjectival(s): Sammarinese * Demonym(s): Sammarinese *

Etymology Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the Phonological chan ...

: Name of San Marino *

ISO country codes ISO 3166-1 (''Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes'') is a standard defining codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. It ...

: SM, SMR, 674 *

ISO region codes ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and defines codes for identifying the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. The ...

: See ISO 3166-2:SM *

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.sm .sm is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for San Marino. The domain is occasionally used as a domain hack for sites ending in the -ism ''-ism'' is a suffix In linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of huma ...

Geography of San Marino

Geography of San Marino * San Marino is: a landlocked country and a European microstate * Location: ** Eastern Hemisphere ** Northern Hemisphere *** Eurasia **** Europe ( Outline of Europe, outline) *****

****** Italian Peninsula ******* Surrounded by

Time zone A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it ...

Central European Time Central European Time (CET) is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00. It is used in most parts of Europe and in a few North African countries. CET ...

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UTC+01 UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+01:00. This time is used in: *Central European Time *West Africa Time *Western European Summer Time **Br ...

Central European Summer Time Central European Summer Time (CEST), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time ...

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UTC+02 UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00. This time is used in: As standard time (year-round) ''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape ...

) ** Extreme points of San Marino *** High:

Monte Titano Monte Titano ("Mount Titan") is a mountain of the Apennines and the highest peak in San Marino. It stands above sea level and is located immediately to the east of the capital, San Marino. It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 20 ...

*** Low: Ausa River ** Land boundaries: 39 km ** Coastline: ''none'' * Population of San Marino: 30,800 (January 1, 2008) - 206th most populous country ** Sammarinese * Area of San Marino: 61 km² * Atlas of San Marino

Environment of San Marino

* Climate of San Marino * Geology of San Marino * Protected areas of San Marino * Wildlife of San Marino ** Fauna of San Marino *** Birds of San Marino *** Mammals of San Marino

Natural geographic features of San Marino

* Mountains of San Marino **

* Rivers of San Marino ** Ausa (river) ** Cando (river) ** Fiumicello (river) ** San Marino (river) * World Heritage Sites in San Marino: None

Demography of San Marino

Demographics of San Marino

Government and politics of San Marino

Politics of San Marino The politics of the state of San Marino take place in a framework of a unitary assembly-independent representative democratic republic, whereby the Captains Regent are the heads of state and heads of government. The country has a multi-party ...

* Form of government: * Capital of San Marino:

* Elections in San Marino * Political parties in San Marino

Branches of the government of San Marino

Government of San Marino A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is ...

Executive branch of the government of San Marino

Captains Regent The Captains Regent (Italian: ''Capitani reggenti'') are the two heads of state of the Republic of San Marino. They are elected every six months by the Grand and General Council, the country's legislative body. Normally the Regents are chosen ...

Congress of State A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ad ...

Legislative branch of the government of San Marino

Chamber of the Grand and General Council of San Marino

Grand and General Council The Grand and General Council ( it, Consiglio Grande e Generale) is the parliament of San Marino. The council has 60 members elected for a five-year term. History From the fifth century San Marino was ruled by an assembly composed by all t ...

Judicial branch of the government of San Marino

Judiciary of San Marino The Judicial system of San Marino requires that the country's lower court judges be noncitizens, to ensure impartiality. Most lower court judges are Italian. A local conciliation judge handles cases of minor importance. Other cases are handled by ...

Foreign relations of San Marino

Foreign relations of San Marino San Marino is an independent and sovereign member of the international community. It maintains an extensive diplomatic network relative to its diminutive size, as well as an active foreign policy and international presence. International organizat ...

* Diplomatic missions in San Marino * Diplomatic missions of San Marino * Italy–San Marino relations * San Marino–Serbia relations * San Marino–United Kingdom relations * San Marino–United States relations

International organization membership

The Most Serene Republic of San Marino is a member of: * Council of Europe (CE) *

Food and Agriculture Organization The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...

(FAO) * International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) *

International Civil Aviation Organization The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO, ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international a ...

(ICAO) *

International Criminal Court The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands. It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals f ...

(ICCt) *

International Criminal Police Organization The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and cri ...

(Interpol) * International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS) *

International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and o ...

(ILO) * International Maritime Organization (IMO) *

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster glo ...

(IMF) *

International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...

(IOC) *

International Organization for Migration The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is a United Nations agency that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees, and migrant workers. The IOM w ...

(IOM) (observer) * International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM) *

International Telecommunication Union The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It was established on 17 May 1865 as the International Telegraph Unio ...

(ITU) *

International Trade Union Confederation The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); german: Internationaler Gewerkschaftsbund (IGB), link=no; es, Confederación Sindical Internacional (CSI), link=no. is the world's largest trade union federation. History The federation w ...

(ITUC) * Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) * Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) *

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is an intergovernmental organisation and the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which entered into force on 29 April 1997. The OPCW, with its 193 member ...

(OPCW) *'' Unione Latina'' *

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoniz ...

(UN) *

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is an intergovernmental organization within the United Nations Secretariat that promotes the interests of developing countries in world trade. It was established in 1964 by the ...

(UNCTAD) *

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

(UNESCO) *

Universal Postal Union The Universal Postal Union (UPU, french: link=no, Union postale universelle), established by the Treaty of Bern of 1874, is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to ...

(UPU) *

World Federation of Trade Unions The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is an international federation of trade unions established in 1945. Founded in the immediate aftermath of World War Two, the organization built on the pre-war legacy of the International Federation o ...

(WFTU) *

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of ...

(WHO) *

World Intellectual Property Organization The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO; french: link=no, Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI)) is one of the 15 specialized agencies of the United Nations (UN). Pursuant to the 1967 Convention Establishi ...

(WIPO) *

World Tourism Organization The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is the United Nations specialized agency entrusted with the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. Its headquarters are in Madrid, Spain. UNWTO is the leading internati ...

(UNWTO)

Law and order in San Marino

Law of San Marino * Capital punishment in San Marino *

Constitution of San Marino The Constitution of the Republic of San Marino (also called the Constitution of the Most Serene Republic of San Marino) is distributed over a number of legislative instruments of which the most significant are the Statutes of 1600 and the Declara ...

* Human rights in San Marino ** Abortion in San Marino ** LGBT rights in San Marino ** Freedom of religion in San Marino *

Law enforcement in San Marino Law enforcement in San Marino is the responsibility of the centralized Civil Police, the Corps of Gendarmerie of San Marino (militarized police), and the Fortress Guard (border patrol, part of the Military of San Marino). These three organisati ...

** Carcere dei Cappuccini ** Civil Police

Military of San Marino

Military of San Marino The Sammarinese Armed Forces ( it, Forze Armate Sammarinesi) refers to the national military defence forces of the Republic of San Marino. It is one of the smallest military forces in the world, with its different branches having varied functions ...

Military ranks of San Marino The Military ranks of San Marino are the military insignia used by the Sammarinese Armed Forces. Due to the history of San Marino and its cultural ties to Italy, San Marino has a similar rank structure to that of Italian Armed Forces. The rank in ...

History of San Marino

History of San Marino As the only surviving medieval microstate in the Italian peninsula, the history of San Marino is intertwined with the medieval, Renaissance and modern-day history of the Italian peninsula, according to tradition beginning with its foundation i ...

Battle of San Marino The Battle of San Marino was an engagement on 17–20 September 1944 during the Italian Campaign of the Second World War, in which German Army forces occupied the neutral Republic of San Marino, and were then attacked by Allied forces. It is als ...

Culture of San Marino

Culture of San Marino * Architecture of San Marino * Art in San Marino ** Art in San Marino ** Cinema of San Marino ** Literature of San Marino ** Music of San Marino ** Theatre in San Marino * Cuisine of San Marino ** Sammarinese wine ** Torta Tre Monti * Festivals in San Marino *

Languages of San Marino Italian is the only official language of San Marino San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links ...

* Media in San Marino ** Newspapers in San Marino ** Television in San Marino * National symbols of San Marino ** Coat of arms of San Marino **

Flag of San Marino The state and war flag of San Marino is formed by two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and light blue with the national coat of arms superimposed in the center; the coat of arms has a shield (featuring three towers on three peaks) with a c ...

** National anthem of San Marino * People of San Marino * Public holidays in San Marino *

Religion in San Marino San Marino is a small landlocked country with an area of about on a rocky promontory at an elevation of in central Italy. It is the third smallest country in Europe after Vatican City and Monaco. It was founded as a Republic in 600 AD and recog ...

** Christianity in San Marino ** Islam in San Marino ** Judaism in San Marino * World Heritage Sites in San Marino: None

Sports in San Marino

Sports in San Marino *

Football in San Marino Football is the most popular sport in San Marino, as well as in Italy, the country within which it is an enclave. Domestic football The San Marino Championship, founded under the auspices of the FSGC (San Marino Football Federation), is the p ...

San Marino at the Olympics San Marino, following its début at the 1960 Summer Olympics, has competed in 15 Summer Olympics, and 10 Winter Olympics. San Marino has won three medals at the Olympics, two in shooting and one in wrestling, with all three thus far coming at To ...

Economy and infrastructure of San Marino

Economy of San Marino The economy of San Marino is a developed free-market economy focused on industries such as tourism, banking, and the manufacture of ceramics, clothing, fabrics, furniture, paints, spirits, tiles, and wine. Taken together, the manufacturing and fin ...

* Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 166th (one hundred and sixty sixth) * Agriculture in San Marino * Banking in San Marino **

Central Bank of San Marino The Central Bank of the Republic of San Marino (CBSM) ( it, Banca Centrale della Repubblica di San Marino), is the central bank of San Marino. The CBSM was established through a merger between the (San Marino Credit Institute, a body with public ...

** National Bank of San Marino * Communications in San Marino ** Internet in San Marino **

Poste San Marino Poste San Marino (before 2012: ''Poste Sammarinesi'') is the company responsible for postal service in San Marino. History It was established on 7 October 1607, with the first stamps printed in 1877. San Marino originally joined the Univer ...

** Telecom Italia San Marino Euro banknotes 2002

* Currency of San Marino:

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(see also: Euro topics) *

Sammarinese euro coins Sammarinese euro coins feature separate designs for every coin. All the coins are inscribed with the words "San Marino" and the twelve stars of the EU. The Sammarinese euro coins are minted by Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (IPZS), in R ...

* Previous currency:

Sammarinese lira The lira (plural ''lire''; abbreviation: SML) was the currency of San Marino from the 1860s until it was replaced by the euro on 1 January 2002. It was equivalent and pegged to the Italian lira. Italian coins and banknotes and Vatican City coins ...

** ISO 4217:

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* Energy in San Marino * Health care in San Marino * Tourism in San Marino **

Museums in San Marino A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...

** Visa policy of San Marino *

Transport in San Marino San Marino is a small European republic, with limited public transport facilities. It is an enclave in central Italy. The principal public transport links involve buses, helicopters, and an aerial tramway. There was a public electric railway ne ...

** Aerial cable car ** Airports in San Marino ** Rail transport in San Marino ** Roads in San Marino

Education in San Marino

Education in San Marino *

Scuola Superiore di Studi Storici di San Marino The Scuola Superiore di Studi Storici di San Marino (Graduate School of Historical Studies at San Marino), founded in 1988, is a doctorate-awarding centre for research and study in history and related humanities, with a strong international characte ...

References

External links

CIA World Factbook: San Marino
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Meteo San Marino
- Center Of Meteorology and Climatology — Local Forecast and Webcams of San Marino

Secretary of State for External Relations and PoliticsHistory of San Marino: Primary DocumentsVisit San Marino
- Official San Marino Tourism Site Contrada Omagnano
General information of San Marino: Politics, Institutions and very otherSan Marino: excerpt from a 1769 GuidebookRenata Tebaldi International Voice CompetitionSan Marino InfoCentro Meteorologico Sammarinese
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