Craig Oakford wrote:
> I'm new to this group. What is an enclave?
A bit of territory entirely surrounded by some other state, as the
Vatican city-state is surrounded by the Italian Republic; but usually we
mean a piece detached from its parent state; examples include
- numerous bits of India and Bangladesh, clustered
along the northernmost part of their border
- Iordan, Uzbekistan, surrounded by Kyrgyzstan
- (formerly) West Berlin
- Baarle-Hertog, Belgium, surrounded by Baarle-Nassau, Netherlands
(and that's simplifying it!)
- Buesingen, Germany, surrounded by Switzerland
- Llivia, Spain, surrounded by France
I'm not entirely sure, but believe an "exclave" is a detached piece
surrounded by two or more other states, like
- Nakhichevan, Azeri territory, between Armenia and Iran
- the westernmost bit of Kentucky, between Missouri and Tennessee
or (more often) by a foreign state(s) and water, as
- Cabinda, separated from Angola by Congo
- the northernmost bit of Oman, separated by UAE
- Kaliningrad (East Prussia), Russia, on the Baltic
between Poland and Lithuania
- Campione, Italy, on Lake Lugano, bounded on land by Switzerland
- Ceuta, Spain, on the Morocco shore
- the Northwest Angle, Minnesota
- Point Roberts, Washington
Of course, e[nx]claves can occur at other levels. The western Swiss
cantons are especially fragmented. O'Hare Airport is an exclave of
telephone area 773, bounded by 630 and 847 (it was kept with central
Chicago in the split of 1989).
--
Anton Sherwood