The Brcko District is shown on a map at
http://www.dur.ac.uk/a.s.jeffrey/methodology_paper.html#_Toc1287363
Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
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From: "m donner" <maxivan82@...>
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Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 11:19 AM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] ba2 bosnia & herzegovina punctology & clavology
> this odd country has only 3 primary political subdivisions
> which however apparently comprise 6 distinct territorial areas & produce 2
> internal tripoints
>
> the 2 most major component entities
> both of which can now at last be seen in clear outline at
> http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/europe/bosnia_rel_2002.jpg
> are
> the federation of bosnia & herzegovina
> of course not to be confused with this entire country of same name
> &
> the serb republic
> of course not to be confused with the entirely different republic of serbia
> elsewhere in the balkans
>
> & the 3rd & comparatively tiny but coequal entity is
> the neutral or shared district of brcko
> which cant be seen in outline yet
> unless one of our recent visitors could fill us in on this
> but can at least be visualized in the above map surrounding the city of
> brcko
> at the narrowest neck of the serb republic
>
> indeed
> since brcko is sometimes also called a corridor
> it probably cuts the serb republic into 2 roughly equal pieces or coclaves
> of each other
>
> & thus it most likely produces thereabouts the only major domestic tripoints
> in this whole country
> the technically condominial or multidominial ba2bdbhsre & ba2bdbhrew twins
>
>
> you can also see on the above map but without having to imagine them
> the 2 also roughly equal exclaves of the bosnian federation
>
> these are likewise deserving of the name coclaves
> albeit on the tertiary rather than the secondary level
> since they comprise an entire canton of the bosnian federation
> no less than the coclaves of the serb republic form one entire entity of the
> whole country
>
> so basically we have coclaves hugging coclaves about a pair of condo
> tripoints
>
>
> & if you think this is bizarre
> just imagine if we had to address the multipoints of the 10 cantons of the
> federation & the 63 municipalities of the republic
> not to mention the unknown subdivisions of the district
> however inapplicable or incomparable
>
> but fortunately these are all tertiary entities & thus easily postponable to
> a rainier day
>
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