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Monaco

A tiny princely city by the sea

Passport card

Principality of Monaco

Flag of Monaco

Monaco

Capital
Monaco
Continent
Europe
Currency
Euro
Languages
French
People
About 38,000
Size
Just 2.02 km²
Leader
Prince Albert II
Ruled by the Grimaldis since
1297
About the capital
A city-state: the country and its capital are one city.
Time
4½ hours behind India in winter: at 12 noon in India, it is 7:30 am in Monaco, and 8:30 am in summer

⭐ Only Vatican City is smaller than Monaco, and no country is more crowded.

Your Monaco stamp

Your stamp is blank. Each step makes it better.

Two ways to learn

Learn about Monaco

Find it on the globe

Fly from India to Monaco

Turn the globe with your finger. Monaco has 1 neighbour on land: tap one to visit it.

Compare with India

Monaco and India, side by side

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Both are drawn to the same scale. Monaco is so small that it is marked with a ring.

  • SizeIndia is about 16,00,000 times the size of Monaco.
  • PeopleIndia has about 38,000 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 38,000 in Monaco.
  • DistanceMonaco is about 6,300 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
  • TimeMonaco is 4½ hours behind India in winter. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 7:30 am in Monaco, or 8:30 am in summer.

Test yourself

Quiz Me

30 questions on Monaco, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.

Fly through 30 questions on Monaco

  • A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
  • See the right answer and why, straight away.
  • Score 18 or more to earn Monaco's passport stamp.

Map puzzle

Put Monaco back on the map

Monaco and its neighbour have fallen off the map. Can you put them both back?

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Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map. Places too tiny to see are shown as circles.

Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.

For parents and teachers

Free Monaco worksheet

One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.

Open the worksheet

Next stop

Where next after Monaco?