Borders & Geographic Oddities Quiz

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Which islands, one Russian and one American, are separated by an international border and the Date Line?

Houses split in two by a border, land nobody claims, enclaves within enclaves… This quiz explores the planet's strangest boundaries and the stories behind them.

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In Baarle, the border between Belgium and the Netherlands forms a jigsaw of dozens of enclaves.
The Wakhan Corridor, a narrow Afghan strip, reaches China.
Oman's Madha enclave itself surrounds a small piece of the United Arab Emirates.

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In which locality does the Belgium–Netherlands border form a puzzle of dozens of enclaves?

Answer: Baarle. Baarle-Hertog (Belgium) and Baarle-Nassau (Netherlands) form an extraordinary territorial puzzle: 30 enclaves in all. The border even crosses some buildings.

Which small principality lies between France and Spain in the Pyrenees?

Answer: Andorra. Andorra lies in the Pyrenees between France and Spain. Its border position has strongly shaped its history and institutions.

Which country has the Wakhan Corridor, a narrow extension reaching China?

Answer: Afghanistan. The Wakhan Corridor is a long mountainous strip of Afghanistan reaching the Chinese border between Tajikistan and Pakistan.

Which state is an enclave within Italy but is not located in Rome?

Answer: San Marino. San Marino is completely surrounded by Italy and also claims a very long republican tradition.

Which UAE counter-enclave lies inside the Omani enclave of Madha?

Answer: Nahwa. Nahwa belongs to Sharjah but lies inside Madha, an Omani territory itself enclosed by the UAE.

Which islands, one Russian and one American, are separated by an international border and the Date Line?

Answer: Diomede Islands. Big Diomede is Russian and Little Diomede is American. Only a few kilometres separate them, but the International Date Line runs between them.

Which river forms much of the Germany–Poland border together with the Neisse?

Answer: Oder. The Oder–Neisse line forms most of the German–Polish border established after the Second World War.

Which Central Asian country has several enclaves in the Fergana Valley?

Answer: Uzbekistan. The Fergana Valley contains several enclaves and complex borders involving Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

In Baarle, what part of a house generally determines which country its address belongs to?

Answer: The front door. The “front door rule” generally assigns the address to the country containing the main entrance. Number plates often display the corresponding flag.

With which country do Ceuta and Melilla share their land borders?

Answer: Morocco. Both Spanish cities lie on the North African coast and are surrounded on their landward sides by Morocco.

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