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World Borders and Enclaves

Lesotho, the only country fully enclaved within another. San Marino, a 61 km² republic founded in 301. Kaliningrad, Ceuta, Rio Grande: test your knowledge of the world map's anomalies.

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Question 1 : Which microstate is an enclave entirely surrounded by Italy?

Possible answers:

  • Andorre
  • Saint-Marin
  • Monaco
  • Vatican

Explanation: San Marino is one of the world's oldest republics, founded in 301. This small state of 61 km² is completely landlocked within Italian territory.

Question 2 : Which Spanish enclave is located on the Moroccan coast?

Possible answers:

  • Gibraltar
  • Tanger
  • Ceuta
  • Tétouan

Explanation: Ceuta is a Spanish territory of 18.5 km² located on the northern coast of Morocco. Along with Melilla, these are the only European territories on mainland Africa.

Question 3 : Which African country is entirely landlocked within South Africa?

Possible answers:

  • Malawi
  • Botswana
  • Eswatini
  • Lesotho

Explanation: Lesotho is the only country in the world entirely landlocked within a single other country. This mountainous kingdom of 30,000 km² reaches heights over 3,000 m.

Question 4 : Which Russian exclave is separated from the rest of Russia by Lithuania and Poland?

Possible answers:

  • Mourmansk
  • Kaliningrad
  • Crimée
  • Vladivostok

Explanation: Kaliningrad (formerly Königsberg) is a Russian exclave on the Baltic Sea. Annexed in 1945, it is separated from Russia by approximately 400 km.

Question 5 : Which river forms most of the border between the United States and Mexico?

Possible answers:

  • Pecos
  • Colorado
  • Rio Grande
  • Gila

Explanation: The Rio Grande (called Río Bravo in Mexico) forms about 2,000 km of the border between the two countries, from Texas to the Gulf of Mexico.

Question 6 : The Belgian village of Baarle-Hertog is famous for consisting of numerous enclaves within which country?

Possible answers:

  • Pays-Bas
  • Luxembourg
  • France
  • Allemagne

Explanation: Baarle-Hertog (Belgium) and Baarle-Nassau (Netherlands) form a unique geographical puzzle with 22 Belgian enclaves and 8 Dutch counter-enclaves.

Question 7 : Which is the only country in the world to have a land border with exactly one other country?

Possible answers:

  • Irlande
  • Monaco
  • Portugal
  • Danemark

Explanation: Portugal only shares a land border with Spain, making it the only continental European country in this unique situation.

Question 8 : What is the longest land border in the world?

Possible answers:

  • Russie-Chine
  • Argentine-Chili
  • Russie-Kazakhstan
  • Canada-États-Unis

Explanation: The Canada-United States border extends over 8,891 km (including Alaska), making it the longest international land border in the world.

Question 9 : Which "tripoint" brings together Germany, France, and Switzerland?

Possible answers:

  • Tripoint de Bâle
  • Tripoint de Mulhouse
  • Tripoint de Genève
  • Strasbourg tripoint

Explanation: The Basel tripoint is located in the middle of the Rhine. It is a symbolic point where the three countries meet, marked by boundary stones on each bank.

Question 10 : Which city is divided between two countries, with a Turkish part and a Greek part?

Possible answers:

  • Thessalonique
  • Istanbul
  • Nicosie
  • Rhodes

Explanation: Nicosia (Cyprus) has been the last divided capital in Europe since 1974. The "Green Line" separates the Greek part from the Turkish part of the city.

Question 11 : Which country has the most land borders with other nations?

Possible answers:

  • Allemagne
  • France
  • Brazil
  • China and Russia

Explanation: China and Russia share this record with 14 neighboring countries each. China borders North Korea, Vietnam, India, and Pakistan among others.

Question 12 : Which Azerbaijani exclave is separated from the rest of the country by Armenia?

Possible answers:

  • Abkhazie
  • Nakhitchevan
  • Adjarie
  • Haut-Karabakh

Explanation: Nakhchivan is an autonomous Azerbaijani republic of 5,500 km², separated from Azerbaijan by Armenian territory since 1921.

Question 13 : Which British overseas territory is located at the southern tip of Spain?

Possible answers:

  • Andorre
  • Ceuta
  • Minorque
  • Gibraltar

Explanation: Gibraltar, "the Rock," has been a British territory of 6.8 km² since 1713. Spain still claims this strategic territory at the entrance to the Mediterranean.

Question 14 : Which demarcation line has separated the two Koreas since 1953?

Possible answers:

  • The 38th parallel (DMZ)
  • Le mur de Berlin
  • La ligne Curzon
  • La ligne Maginot

Explanation: The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) roughly follows the 38th parallel for 250 km. 4 km wide, it is one of the most militarized borders in the world.

Question 15 : Which Indian territory is an enclave surrounded by Bangladesh?

Possible answers:

  • Dahala Khagrabari
  • Pondichéry
  • Sikkim
  • Goa

Explanation: Until 2015, Dahala Khagrabari was a unique counter-counter-enclave: an Indian enclave within a Bangladeshi enclave within an Indian enclave in Bangladesh.

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