Europe · DX entity · DXCC 295

Vatican

Vatican is a DX entity in Europe, in CQ zone 15 and ITU zone 28. Its primary prefix is HV.

Flag of Vatican.

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Figure 1. Vatican and its first-level subdivisions, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. At the full detail of the source; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 41.9° N 12.5° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	295
Name in the ADIF standard	VATICAN
Continent	Europe
Primary prefix	HV
CQ zone	15
ITU zone	28

Prefixes

HV is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Vatican.

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Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.