Brcko/BA border sign

http://www.nicolette.dk/borderbase/country.php?country=17

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] ba2 bosnia & herzegovina punctology & clavology

> 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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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "m donner" <maxivan82@...>
> To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> 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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