A city-state is an independent sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its contiguous territory. They...

Vatican City (/ˈvætɪkən/ ), officially the Vatican City State (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano; Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae), is a landlocked...

The Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (Latin: Pontificia Commissio pro Civitate Vaticana, Italian: Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della...

Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) is a public historically Black university in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. It enrolls nearly 2,500 students in...

as ‘city-state’. The model, however, fares no better than any other. City-states no doubt existed, but so also did many poleis that were not city-states...

measured by population within city limits. Simultaneously, the city is one of the states of Germany and is the third smallest state in the country in terms...

City & State is a political journalism organization based in New York City. The company publishes a weekly magazine covering politics and government in...

Jersey City Medical Center for the training of school nurses. 1958: New Jersey State Teachers College at Jersey City became Jersey City State College...

modern historiography, ancient Rome encompasses the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC, the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), Roman Republic...

The Free City of Danzig (German: Freie Stadt Danzig; Polish: Wolne Miasto Gdańsk) was a city-state under the protection and oversight of the League of...

sources claim that among the many deities worshipped by a typical Greek city-state (sing. polis, pl. poleis), one consistently held unique status as founding...

over the worldwide Catholic Church and sovereignty over the city-state known as the Vatican City. As the supreme body of government of the Catholic Church...

depending on the degree of cultural assimilation of various groups). A city-state, which is both smaller than a "nation" in the sense of a "large sovereign...

of state of the Vatican City State since 1929. He delegates executive authority to the President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, who...

law of Vatican City State consists of many forms, the most important of which is the canon law of the Catholic Church. The organs of state are governed...

Traverse City (/ˈtrævərs/ TRAV-ərs) is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Grand Traverse County, although a small portion extends...

of the Governorate of Vatican City State). The list includes the names of recently elected or appointed heads of state and government who will take office...

A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually...

The Gendarmerie Corps of Vatican City State (Italian: Corpo della Gendarmeria dello Stato della Città del Vaticano) is the gendarmerie, or military police...

State of the City Address - or State of the City Speech - is a speech customarily given once each year by the mayors or city managers of many cities in...

bend sinister. The Vatican City coats of arms is described in the Annex B of the 2023 Fundamental Law of Vatican City State. Previously, it was described...

Kano (Ajami: كَنُواْ) is a city in northern Nigeria and the capital of Kano State. It is the second largest city in Nigeria after Lagos, with over ten...

The Traverse City State Hospital, also known at various points as the Northern Michigan Asylum and the Traverse City Regional Psychiatric Hospital, is...

examples of city-states in Italy. The Latin settlement of Rome also was a city-state, founded in the 753 BC. Rome eventually created many colonies and municipi...

The Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck (German: Freie und Hansestadt Lübeck) was a city-state from 1226 to 1937, in what is now the German states of Schleswig-Holstein...

arose about 5,500 years ago as governments gained state capacity in conjunction with rapid growth of cities, invention of writing and codification of new...

Vatican City was adopted in 1929, the year Pope Pius XI signed the Lateran Treaty with Italy, creating the new independent state of Vatican City governed...

Valley City State University (VCSU) is a public university in Valley City, North Dakota. It is part of the North Dakota University System. Founded in 1890...

charter cities. For example, in California, cities which have not adopted a charter are organized by state law. Such a city is called a General Law City (or...

2000. "Introduction: The Concepts of City-States and City-State Culture." In A Comparative Study of Thirty City-State Cultures, Copenhagen: Copenhagen Polis...