COUNTRY ARCHIVE

Monaco

EUROPE · WESTERN EUROPE · Principality of Monaco
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TERRITORIAL OUTLINE
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Monaco (officially Principality of Monaco) is a country in Western Europe, with its capital at Monaco, and is home to roughly 38.6K people.

French is the official language; the currency in circulation is Euro (€); people from here are called Monegasque.

> INTEL_
CAPITALMonaco43.738 N / 7.424 E
POPULATION38,631~38.6K
AREA2 km²
LANGUAGESFrench
CURRENCYEuro (€)
DEMONYMMonegasque
UN MEMBERYES
> NOTABLE_
  • »Monaco is the second smallest country in the world and the most densely populated.
  • »Its Grand Prix runs on ordinary city streets, closed for the weekend.
> BORDERS_

Monaco has exactly one neighbour: France to the northwest.

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MONACOBORDERING COUNTRIESCAPITALNEIGHBOURS CROPPED TO FRAME
> THE CAPITAL_

Monaco has no separate capital city because the whole state is effectively one urban area of about two square kilometres.

> SCALE_

2 km² (1 sq mi), 197th largest of 198 countries and territories on file.

Population 38,631, 192nd of 198 on file. That averages 19,316 per km² (50,027 per sq mi).

> THE FLAG_

Red and white are the heraldic colours of the House of Grimaldi, who have ruled since 1297. It is identical to Indonesia's except in proportion.

Easily confused with Indonesia and Singapore.