Search

The Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary

 
     
 

Encyclopedia

Dictionary

Quotes

 

Exclave

D is B's exclave, but is not an .
D is B's exclave, but is not an enclave.
C is B's exclave, and A's enclave.
C is B's exclave, and A's enclave.

An exclave is a territory that belongs to a political entity but is not connected to it by land (islands are not counted) and is surrounded by other political entities. A good example is the region around the Russian city Kaliningrad. It belongs to the Russian Federation, but is separated from the rest of that country by territory belonging to Lithuania and Poland.

Although both meanings are close, an exclave may not necessarily be an enclave. Kaliningrad is surrounded not by one state only, but by two: Lithuania and Poland and it also borders the Baltic Sea. On the other hand, the Spanish exclave of Llívia is an enclave in France.

Other examples

Examples of exclaves in subnational units include the traditional counties of Flintshire, Wales and Cromartyshire, Scotland, in the United Kingdom.

External links

Last updated: 10-23-2005 13:12:21
The contents of this article are licensed from Wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. How to see transparent copy