Atlantic Trivia: Enclaves and Exclaves
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The exclave of Ceuta—whose only land border is with Morocco—belongs to what European country?
And by the way, did you know that until 2015, the parcel of land known as Dahala Khagrabari was the world’s only third-order enclave? The 1.7-acre field was a piece of Indian territory, surrounded by a piece of Bangladeshi territory, surrounded (stay with me) by a piece of Indian territory, surrounded (we’re almost there) by Bangladesh proper. One apocryphal story explained the curiosity as the result of ink spilled on a map by an inebriated British colonialist.
Alas, the world did not in 2015 gain another fabulously interesting third-order enclave, but rather Dahala Khagrabari was ceded by India to Bangladesh as part of a huge enclave swap. Since then, we have had to settle for De Kastelein—a bit of the Netherlands stuck into a bit of Belgium … stuck into a bit of the Netherlands.
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