City-state
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In history a city-state was a city which was also a small independent country. In modern times there are few city-states which are countries, and the name is often used to mean a city which is also a state in a federal country.
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[change] Examples of city states
[change] Independent Countries
[change] Monaco
Monaco-Ville and Monte Carlo are districts in Monaco, not separate towns or cities. The city boundary is the same as the country's boundary.
[change] Singapore
Singapore was independent before becoming part of the federal kingdom of Malaysia. It is now independent again
[change] Vatican City
The smallest country in the world was created in 1929. It is completely surrounded by the city of Rome, Italy, and is the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church.
[change] City states in other countries
[change] Germany
Germany has 16 Bundesländer and three of them are city-states; they are Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen. They do not have a Minister President (prime minister) like the other Bundesländer. Instead their head of government is called a Mayor in English.
[change] Austria
Vienna is a federal state.
[change] Spain
Spain has two small territories in north Africa. Spanish law calls them autonomous communities. They are
[change] United Kingdom
The British colony of Gibraltar is a city state
