In
political geography
Political geography is concerned with the study of both the spatially uneven outcomes of politics, political processes and the ways in which political processes are themselves affected by spatial structures. Conventionally, for the purposes of an ...
, an enclave is a piece of land belonging to one country (or region etc.) that is totally surrounded by another country (or region). An exclave is a piece of land that is politically attached to a larger piece but not physically contiguous with it (connected to it) because they are completely separated by a surrounding foreign territory or territories. Many entities are both enclaves and exclaves.
Enclaves that are also exclaves
Each enclave listed in this section has an administrative level equivalent to that of the one other entity that entirely surrounds it. Each enclave is also a part of a main region; hence, it is an exclave of that region.
National level
First-order subnational level
Other subnational
* In
Australia:
** The larger of the two parts of the
Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee in
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
is surrounded by the
Shire of Burke
The Shire of Burke is a local government area in North West Queensland, Australia. The shire lies on the south coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria and abuts the border with the Northern Territory. It covers an area of , and has existed as a local ...
. Except for the ocean, the smaller part is nearly surrounded also by the Shire of Burke.
* In
China:
**
Chaoyang District has one exclave that comprises Terminals 1 and 2 of
Beijing Capital International Airport
Beijing Capital International Airport is one of two international airports serving Beijing, the other one being Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX). It is located northeast of Beijing's city center, in an exclave of Chaoyang District ...
and the immediately surrounding service area. It is an enclave of
Shunyi that used to be Shunyi Subdistrict of Chaoyang District. The main reason for the existence of this exclave is because the financing for the building of these Terminals was largely carried by Chaoyang District and this political organization ensures that they continue to pay taxes to Chaoyang District. Note: Terminal 3 is not a part of this exclave as it was built for the 2008 Olympics and was built after the formation of Shunyi District. See a map of the exclave, not including Terminal 3, on Google Maps.
* In
Croatia
, image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg
, image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg
, anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland")
, image_map =
, map_caption =
, capit ...
:
**In
Osijek-Baranja County
Osijek-Baranja County (, hr, Osječko-baranjska županija, hu, Eszék-Baranya megye) is a county in Croatia, located in northeastern Slavonia and Baranja. Its center is Osijek. Other towns include Đakovo, Našice, Valpovo, Belišće, and ...
, the municipality of
Bilje has one exclave (
Zlatna Greda
Zlatna Greda ( hu, Bokroshát) is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Bilje municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. The population is 12.
See also
*Osijek-Baranja county
Osijek-Baranj ...
) inside the municipality of
Kneževi Vinogradi
Kneževi Vinogradi ( hu, Hercegszöllős; sr-cyr, Кнежеви Виногради) is a village and municipality in Croatia. It is situated in the Osijek-Baranja County, on the southern slopes of Bansko Brdo, 11 km southeast of Beli Man ...
.
*In
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
:
** In
Ida-Viru County
Ida-Viru County ( et, Ida-Viru maakond or ''Ida-Virumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is the most north-eastern part of the country. The county contains large deposits of oil shale - the main mineral mined in Estonia. Oil shale is use ...
, the town of
Kohtla-Järve
Kohtla-Järve is a city and municipality in northeastern Estonia, founded in 1924 and incorporated as a town in 1946. The city is highly industrial, and is both a processor of oil shales and is a large producer of various petrochemical products ...
consists of five separated areas within a distance of 22 km. Of these exclaves, Kukruse and Oru districts are also enclaves, since they are surrounded by
Toila Parish
Toila is a small borough (') in Ida-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. It is located about northeast of the town of Jõhvi, on the coast of Narva Bay (part of the Gulf of Finland). Toila is known as an important sea resort in Estonia, with ...
.
** Kudruküla and Olgina districts of
Narva
Narva, russian: Нарва is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru county, at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva river which forms the Estonia–Russia international border. With 54, ...
town are surrounded by the town of
Narva-Jõesuu
Narva-Jõesuu (; russian: Усть-Нарва, ''Ust'-Narva'', Нарва-Йыэсуу, Усть-Нарова) is a town in Ida-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia.
Geography
It is located on the country's northern Baltic coast of the Gulf o ...
.
* In
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
(''
départements''):
**
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle () is a department in the Grand Est region of France, named after the rivers Meurthe and Moselle. It had a population of 733,760 in 2019.[Meuse
The Meuse ( , , , ; wa, Moûze ) or Maas ( , ; li, Maos or ) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. It has a ...]
.
**
Nord has one exclave in
Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments ...
.
**
Oise
Oise ( ; ; pcd, Oése) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,419 ...
has three exclaves in
Aisne: one comprises the village of Chavres, while the other two are uninhabited parcels of land in the
Forest of Retz.
* In
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
: is an exclave of
Nuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...
,
Middle Franconia
Middle Franconia (german: Mittelfranken, ) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the west of Bavaria and borders the state of Baden-Württemberg. The administrative seat is Ansbach; however, ...
,
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total l ...
.
* In
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
, the district of Mulyorejo in
Surabaya
Surabaya ( jv, ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ or jv, ꦯꦹꦫꦨꦪ; ; ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of East Java and the second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. Located on the northeastern border of Java island, on the Mad ...
has an exclave inside the neighboring Sukolilo district.
* In
India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
, the district of
Kangpokpi in
Manipur
Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a States and territories of India, state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It ...
state has an exclave that is an enclave within
Imphal East
, native_name_lang = Meitei
, other_name = omp, Nongpok Yumphal
, nickname =
, settlement_type = District of Manipur
, image_skyline = Imphal W ...
district.
* In
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
:
** In
Aosta Valley
, Valdostan or Valdotainian it, Valdostano (man) it, Valdostana (woman)french: Valdôtain (man)french: Valdôtaine (woman)
, population_note =
, population_blank1_title = Official languages
, population_blank1 = Italian French
...
: the municipality of
La Magdeleine
La Magdeleine (; Valdôtain: ) is a town and '' comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of north-west Italy.
Description
La Magdeleine is a small ski resort featuring easy slopes, a nordic ski touring route and a snow park for children. It is ...
has an exclave within the municipality of
Antey-Saint-André.
** In
Apulia: the
Metropolitan City of Bari
The Metropolitan City of Bari ( it, Città Metropolitana di Bari) is a metropolitan city in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Bari. It replaced the Province of Bari and includes the city of Bari and some forty other munici ...
(the municipality of
Locorotondo) has three exclaves inside the
Province of Taranto
The province of Taranto ( it, provincia di Taranto; Tarantino: ; Salentino: ), previously known as the province of the Ionian, is a province in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Taranto. It has an area of , and a total popu ...
;
***In the
Metropolitan City of Bari
The Metropolitan City of Bari ( it, Città Metropolitana di Bari) is a metropolitan city in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Bari. It replaced the Province of Bari and includes the city of Bari and some forty other munici ...
:
Castellana Grotte has an exclave within
Alberobello
Alberobello (; literally "beautiful tree"; Barese: ) is a small town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy. It has 10,735 inhabitants and is famous for its unique ''trullo'' buildings. The ''trulli'' of Alberob ...
and one within
Conversano
Conversano ( Barese: ) is an ancient town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, south-eastern Italy. It is southeast of Bari and from the Adriatic coast, at above sea level.
The counts of Conversano owned a stud that the ...
;
Polignano a Mare has two exclaves inside
Conversano
Conversano ( Barese: ) is an ancient town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, south-eastern Italy. It is southeast of Bari and from the Adriatic coast, at above sea level.
The counts of Conversano owned a stud that the ...
;
Santeramo in Colle has an exclave within
Cassano delle Murge;
Terlizzi has an exclave inside
Ruvo di Puglia
''"Ruvo died to revive, like the Phoenix of Heliopolis, from the ashes of itself"''
Ruvo di Puglia (; nap, label= Ruvese, Rìuve ) is a city and '' comune (municipality)'' in the Metropolitan City of Bari in Apulia, southern Italy. It is a ve ...
.
***In the
Province of Taranto
The province of Taranto ( it, provincia di Taranto; Tarantino: ; Salentino: ), previously known as the province of the Ionian, is a province in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Taranto. It has an area of , and a total popu ...
:
Massafra has five exclaves inside
Crispiano;
Taranto
Taranto (, also ; ; nap, label=Tarantino dialect, Tarantino, Tarde; Latin: Tarentum; Old Italian: ''Tarento''; Ancient Greek: Τάρᾱς) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto, serving as an ...
has an exclave inside
Grottaglie
Grottaglie (; scn, label=Salentino, li Vurtàgghie; la, Criptalium) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Taranto, Apulia, in southern Italy.
Geography
Grottaglie is located in the Salento peninsula, dividing the Adriatic sea from Ionian ...
.
*** In the
Province of Foggia
The Province of Foggia ( it, Provincia di Foggia ; Foggiano: ) is a province in the Apulia (Puglia) region of southern Italy.
This province is also known as Daunia, after the Daunians, an Iapygian pre-Roman tribe living in Tavoliere plain, and ...
:
San Marco in Lamis has an exclave inside
San Giovanni Rotondo;
Manfredonia has one exclave inside San Giovanni Rotondo, and San Giovanni Rotondo has one inside Manfredonia;
San Severo
San Severo (; formerly known as Castellum Sancti Severini, then San Severino and Sansevero; locally ) is a city and comune of c. 51,919 inhabitants in the province of Foggia, Apulia, south-eastern Italy. Rising on the foot of the spur of Garga ...
has two exclaves inside
Foggia
Foggia (, , ; nap, label= Foggiano, Fògge ) is a city and former ''comune'' of Apulia, in Southern Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. In 2013, its population was 153,143. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also know ...
;
Pietramontecorvino
Pietramontecorvino ( Petraiolo: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. It is located in the Monti Dauni, on a rocky spur commanding the valley of the Triolo, a right tributary of the Candel ...
has four exclaves inside
Lucera
Lucera ( Lucerino: ) is an Italian city of 34,243 inhabitants in the province of Foggia in the region of Apulia, and the seat of the Diocese of Lucera-Troia.
Located upon a flat knoll in the Tavoliere Plains, near the foot of Daunian Mountain ...
;
Stornara has two exclaves inside
Orta Nova.
** In
Basilicata
it, Lucano (man) it, Lucana (woman)
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: the
Province of Matera
The province of Matera ( it, Provincia di Matera; Materano: ) is a province in the Basilicata region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Matera. It has an area of and a total population of 201,133; the city Matera has a population of 61,204. Th ...
has an exclave inside the
Province of Potenza
The Province of Potenza ( it, Provincia di Potenza; Potentino: ) is a province in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Potenza.
Geography
It has an area of and a total population of 369,538 (as of 2017). There ar ...
.
** In
Campania
(man), it, Campana (woman)
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:
Pannarano
Pannarano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about northeast of Naples and about southwest of Benevento. As of 1 January 2020, it had a population of 2,077 and an area of .All demo ...
is an exclave of the
Province of Benevento
The Province of Benevento ( it, Provincia di Benevento) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Benevento.
Geography
The province has an area of 2,071 km2, and, , a total population of 279,308. There are 78 ...
inside the
Province of Avellino
The Province of Avellino ( it, Provincia di Avellino) is a province in the Campania region of Southern Italy. The area is characterized by numerous small towns and villages scattered across the province; only two towns have a population over 20,0 ...
.
*** In the
Province of Caserta
The Province of Caserta ( it, Provincia di Caserta) is a province in the Campania region of southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Caserta, situated about by road north of Naples. The province has an area of , and had a total population of ...
:
Caserta
Caserta () is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy. It is an important agricultural, commercial, and industrial ''comune'' and city. Caserta is located on the edge of the Campanian plain at the foot of the Camp ...
has three exclaves inside
Capua
Capua ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Caserta, in the region of Campania, southern Italy, situated north of Naples, on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain.
History
Ancient era
The name of Capua comes from the Etrusc ...
.
*** In the
Metropolitan City of Naples
The Metropolitan City of Naples ( it, Città metropolitana di Napoli) is an Italian metropolitan city in Campania region, established on 1 January 2015. Its capital city is Naples; within the city there are 92 comunes (municipalities).
It was ...
:
Ottaviano has two small exclaves within
Nola
Nola is a town and a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, southern Italy. It lies on the plain between Mount Vesuvius and the Apennines. It is traditionally credited as the diocese that introduced bells to Christian worship ...
.
** In
Friuli Venezia Giulia
(man), it, Friulana (woman), it, Giuliano (man), it, Giuliana (woman)
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:
Grimacco has an enclave within
Drenchia, and Drenchia has one in Grimacco.
** In
Lombardy
*** In the
Province of Pavia
The province of Pavia ( it, Provincia di Pavia) is a province in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy; its capital is Pavia. , the province has a population of 548,722 inhabitants and an area of ; the town of Pavia has a population of 72,205 ...
:
Pieve del Cairo
Pieve del Cairo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km southwest of Milan and about 30 km southwest of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,179 a ...
has enclave inside
Mezzana Bigli.
** In
Marche
Marche ( , ) is one of the twenty regions of Italy. In English, the region is sometimes referred to as The Marches ( ). The region is located in the central area of the country, bordered by Emilia-Romagna and the republic of San Marino to the ...
: the
Province of Pesaro and Urbino
The Province of Pesaro and Urbino ( it, Provincia di Pesaro e Urbino, ) is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pesaro. It also borders the state of San Marino. The province is surrounded by San Marino and Emilia ...
(the municipality of
Monte Porzio) has two small exclaves within the
Province of Ancona
The province of Ancona ( it, provincia di Ancona) is a province in the Marche region of central Italy. Its capital is the city of Ancona, and the province borders the Adriatic Sea. The city of Ancona is also the capital of Marche.
To the north, t ...
.
** In
Molise
it, Molisano (man) it, Molisana (woman)
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:
*** In the
Province of Campobasso
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outs ...
:
Montenero di Bisaccia
Montenero di Bisaccia is a small hill top town and ''comune'' (municipality). It is in the Province of Campobasso, which is in the region of Molise, in Italy. It is about inland from the coast, and about north of Campobasso. The nearest large t ...
has an exclave inside
Tavenna
Tavenna is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about north of Campobasso.
Tavenna borders the following municipalities: Acquaviva Collecroce, Mafalda, Montenero di Bisaccia, Palat ...
.
** In
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
, population_note =
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, the
Province of Cuneo
Cuneo ( Italian), or Coni (Piedmontese), is a province in the southwest of the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west it borders on the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (departments of Alpes-Maritimes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Hautes ...
has an enclave (Carutti in the municipality of
Barge
Barge nowadays generally refers to a flat-bottomed inland waterway vessel which does not have its own means of mechanical propulsion. The first modern barges were pulled by tugs, but nowadays most are pushed by pusher boats, or other vessels. ...
) inside the
Metropolitan City of Turin.
*** In the
Province of Asti
The Province of Asti ( it, Provincia di Asti, Piedmontese: ''Provincia d’Ast'') is a province in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Asti. To the northwest it borders on the Metropolitan City of Turin; to the so ...
,
Soglio has two and
Cinaglio one exclave inside
Camerano Casasco.
*** In the
Metropolitan City of Turin,
Carignano has three exclaves inside
Carmagnola.
** In
Sicily
(man) it, Siciliana (woman)
, population_note =
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, demographics1_footnotes =
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, the
Metropolitan City of Palermo
The Metropolitan City of Palermo ( it, Città metropolitana di Palermo; scn, Cità metrupulitana di Palermu) is a metropolitan city in Sicily, Italy. Its capital is the city of Palermo. It replaced the Province of Palermo and comprises the city o ...
has an enclave within
Agrigento
Agrigento (; scn, Girgenti or ; grc, Ἀκράγας, translit=Akrágas; la, Agrigentum or ; ar, كركنت, Kirkant, or ''Jirjant'') is a city on the southern coast of Sicily, Italy and capital of the province of Agrigento. It was one o ...
(San Biagio); the province of
Caltanissetta
Caltanissetta (; scn, Nissa or ) is a '' comune'' in the central interior of Sicily, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Caltanissetta. Its inhabitants are called ''Nisseni''.
In 2017, the city had a population of 62,797. It is the 14 ...
has an enclave within Palermo (
Resuttano); and the province of
Enna
Enna ( or ; grc, Ἔννα; la, Henna, less frequently ), known from the Middle Ages until 1926 as Castrogiovanni ( scn, Castrugiuvanni ), is a city and located roughly at the center of Sicily, southern Italy, in the province of Enna, towerin ...
has an enclave within Caltanissetta.
*** In the
Metropolitan City of Palermo
The Metropolitan City of Palermo ( it, Città metropolitana di Palermo; scn, Cità metrupulitana di Palermu) is a metropolitan city in Sicily, Italy. Its capital is the city of Palermo. It replaced the Province of Palermo and comprises the city o ...
:
Roccapalumba has an exclave within
Caccamo.
*** In the
Province of Trapani
Trapani ( it, Provincia di Trapani, scn, Pruvincia di Tràpani; officially ''Libero consorzio comunale di Trapani'') is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily, southern Italy. Following the suppression of the Sicilian provinces, it ...
:
Gibellina has a small exclave within
Santa Ninfa.
*** In the
Province of Enna
Enna ( it, Provincia di Enna; Sicilian: ''Pruvincia di Enna''; officially ''Libero consorzio comunale di Enna'') is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy.
It was created in 1927, out of parts of the Provinces of Caltanise ...
:
Piazza Armerina
Piazza Armerina ( Gallo-Italic of Sicily: ''Ciazza''; Sicilian: ''Chiazza'') is a ''comune'' in the province of Enna of the autonomous island region of Sicily, southern Italy.
History
The city of Piazza (as it was called before 1862) developed ...
has one exclave within
Enna
Enna ( or ; grc, Ἔννα; la, Henna, less frequently ), known from the Middle Ages until 1926 as Castrogiovanni ( scn, Castrugiuvanni ), is a city and located roughly at the center of Sicily, southern Italy, in the province of Enna, towerin ...
and another one within
Aidone
Aidone (Gallo-Italic of Sicily: ''Aidungh'' or ''Dadungh''; scn, Aiduni) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Enna, in region of Sicily in southern Italy. The extensive archaeological site of Morgantina is on a ridge close to the town.
...
.
*** In the
Province of Caltanissetta
The Province of Caltanissetta ( it, provincia di Caltanissetta; scn, pruvincia di Nissa or ; officially ''Libero consorzio comunale di Caltanissetta'') is a province in the southern part of Sicily, Italy. Following the suppression of the Sicilia ...
:
Serradifalco has an exclave inside
Caltanissetta
Caltanissetta (; scn, Nissa or ) is a '' comune'' in the central interior of Sicily, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Caltanissetta. Its inhabitants are called ''Nisseni''.
In 2017, the city had a population of 62,797. It is the 14 ...
.
** In
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
it, Trentino (man) it, Trentina (woman) or it, Altoatesino (man) it, Altoatesina (woman) or it, Sudtirolesegerman: Südtiroler (man)german: Südtirolerin (woman)
, population_note =
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:
*** In the
Autonomous Province of Trentino:
Pellizzano has an exclave within
Peio;
Calliano has an exclave inside
Besenello.
* In
Japan:
** The
Aichi Prefecture town and city on
Kōta, has an exclave surrounded by
Nishio.
** The ward of
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most p ...
has an enclave, also known Honjigaoka, that is surrounded by
Owariasahi
is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 81,954 in 35,583 households, and a population density of 3,897 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
Geography
Owariasahi is located in west-cen ...
.
* In
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
, the municipality of
Sandefjord
Sandefjord () is a city and the most populous municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on 1 January 1969. On 1 ...
has one exclave,
Himberg, inside the neighbouring municipality of
Larvik
Larvik () is a town and municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. The municipality of Larvik has about 46,364 inhabitants. The municipality has a 110&nbs ...
.
* In the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
:
**
Manila South Cemetery is an exclave of the district of
San Andres, located in the capital city of
Manila
Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital city, capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is Cities of the Philippines#Independent cities, highly urbanize ...
. It is divided and surrounded by
Makati
Makati ( ), officially the City of Makati ( fil, Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines.
Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentratio ...
.
* In
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal:
:* mwl, República Pertuesa is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Macaronesian ...
, as a consequence of administrative reforms during the 19th century (in the 1830s, then again in the 1850s, and to a much lesser extent in the 1890s), as well as more recent legislation forbidding the creation of territorial discontinuities,
[Art. 4, № 5 of Law № 142/85, from 18 November (law on the creation of municipalities)][Art. 6, № 1 of Law № 8/93, from 5 March (law on the creation of civil parishes)] there are almost no sub-national exclaves or enclaves, and the few that persist are on the municipal or civil parish level:
** In the
Coimbra
Coimbra (, also , , or ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2011 census was 143,397, in an area of .
The fourth-largest urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto, and Braga, it is the largest cit ...
municipality, the civil parish of Taveiro has an exclave that is enclaved within the civil parish of Ribeira de Frades.
** In the
Vila Real de Santo António
Vila Real de Santo António (, often run together as ) is a city, civil parish, and municipality in the Algarve, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 19,156, in an area of 61.25 km2. It is one of the few municipalities in Portugal without ter ...
municipality, the entire civil parish of Vila Nova de Cacela is an exclave that is enclaved within the
Castro Marim municipality.
* In
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...
, within the city of
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
, the
Western Administrative Okrug
Western Administrative Okrug (russian: За́падный администрати́вный о́круг, ), or Zapadny Administrative Okrug, is one of the twelve high-level territorial divisions (administrative okrugs) of the federal city of M ...
has three exclaves that are not exclaves of Moscow itself. Two of them make up
Vnukovo District, and one of these is enclaved by the
Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug. Vnukovo was an exclave of Moscow until the 2012 creation of "New Moscow".
* In
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, ...
the following provincial level exclaves that are also enclaves exist:
** In
Andalusia
Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The ...
, Villar is an exclave of the
province of Córdoba within the
province of Seville
The Province of Seville ( es, Sevilla) is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Málaga, Cádiz in the south, Huelva in the west, Badajoz in the north and ...
.
** In
Castile and León:
*** is an exclave of the
province of Valladolid
Valladolid () is a province of northwest Spain, in the central part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It has a population of 520,716 people in a total of 225 municipalities, an area of and a population density of 64.19 people per ...
within the
province of León
León (, , ; ; ) is a province of northwestern Spain in the northern part of the Region of León and in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León.
About one quarter of its population of 463,746 (2018) lives in the ...
.
***
Villodrigo
Villodrigo is a municipality located in the province of Palencia, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE
INE, Ine or ine may refer to:
Institutions
* Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center
* I ...
and
Aguanares are exclaves of the
province of Palencia
Palencia is a province of northern Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. It is bordered by the provinces of León, Cantabria, Burgos, and Valladolid.
Overvie ...
within the
province of Burgos
The Province of Burgos is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Palencia, Cantabria, Vizcaya, Álava, La Rioja, Soria, Segovia, and Vall ...
.
*** is an exclave of the
province of Burgos
The Province of Burgos is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Palencia, Cantabria, Vizcaya, Álava, La Rioja, Soria, Segovia, and Vall ...
within the
province of Palencia
Palencia is a province of northern Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. It is bordered by the provinces of León, Cantabria, Burgos, and Valladolid.
Overvie ...
.
** In
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the no ...
:
*** is an exclave of the
province of Tarragona
Tarragona (, ) is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is bordered by the provinces of Castellón, Teruel, Zaragoza, Lérida and Barcelona and by the Mediterranean Sea.
The province's p ...
within the
province of Barcelona
Barcelona (, ) is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The province is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea. Its area is .province of Lleida
The Province of Lleida (; Aranese Occitan: Lhèida ; es, Lérida ) is one of the four provinces of Catalonia. It lies in north-eastern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Catalonia, and is bordered by the Provinces of ...
within the
province of Barcelona
Barcelona (, ) is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The province is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea. Its area is .Rovira de Baix Rovira may refer to:
*Rovira, Tolima
Rovira is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near ...
is an exclave of the
province of Girona
Girona (; es, Gerona ; french: Gérone) is a province of Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is bordered on the northwest by the province of Lleida, on the southwest by the province of Barcelona, on the n ...
within the
province of Barcelona
Barcelona (, ) is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The province is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea. Its area is .Sant Pere de Graudescales
Sant Pere de Graudescales is a Romanesque Benedictine monastery in La Valldora, in the municipality of Navès, Solsonès, in the Province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It lies to the north of Navès and west of Berga. It was consecrated in 913 by ...
are exclaves of the
province of Barcelona
Barcelona (, ) is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The province is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea. Its area is .province of Lleida
The Province of Lleida (; Aranese Occitan: Lhèida ; es, Lérida ) is one of the four provinces of Catalonia. It lies in north-eastern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Catalonia, and is bordered by the Provinces of ...
.
* In
Sweden many
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
have exclaves (most notably the municipalities of
Dalarna County
Dalarna County ( sv, Dalarnas län) is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden ( Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hed ...
).
* In the
United States of America
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territor ...
:
** In
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S ...
, the community of
Klukwan
Klukwan (Tlingit: ''Tlákw.aan'') is a census-designated place (CDP) in Alaska, United States. It is technically in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, though it is an enclave of Haines Borough. At the 2010 census the population was 95, down from 139 at ...
is surrounded by
Haines Borough
Haines Borough is a home-rule borough located in the state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,080, down from 2,508 in 2010.
Geography
The borough has a total area of , of which is land and (14.9%) is water.
Adjacent boro ...
, even though the community is part of the
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, which is in turn part of the
Unorganized Borough
The Unorganized Borough is composed of the portions of the U.S. state of Alaska which are not contained in any of its 19 organized boroughs. While referred to as the "Unorganized Borough," it is not a borough itself, as it forgoes that level of ...
.
** In
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...
***
San Jose has eight exclaves surrounded by unincorporated
Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County, officially the County of Santa Clara, is the sixth-most populous county in the U.S. state of California, with a population of 1,936,259, as of the 2020 census. Santa Clara County and neighboring San Benito County together f ...
, one of which is connected at a quadripoint.
***
Vacaville has a two exclaves, both surrounded by unincorporated
Solano County
Solano County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 453,491. The county seat is Fairfield.
Solano County comprises the Vallejo–Fairfield, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which i ...
. One is separated from the main city limits by the unincorporated village of
Elmira
Elmira may refer to:
Places Canada
* Elmira, Ontario
* Elmira, Prince Edward Island
United States
* Elmira, California
* Elmira, Idaho
* Elmira, Indiana
* Elmira, Michigan
* Elmira, Missouri
* Elmira, New York
** Elmira Correctional Facility
...
.
** In
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
,
Arapahoe County Arapahoe County may refer to:
*Arapahoe County, Colorado
*Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory
Arapahoe County was a county of Kansas Territory in the United States that existed from August 25, 1855, until Kansas's admission into the Union on January ...
has seven exclaves within
the City and County of Denver, including the city of
Glendale and the unincorporated neighborhood of
Holly Hills. In turn, Denver has a counter-exclave surrounded by Glendale.
Jefferson County Jefferson County may refer to one of several counties or parishes in the United States, all of which are named directly or indirectly after Thomas Jefferson:
*Jefferson County, Alabama
*Jefferson County, Arkansas
*Jefferson County, Colorado
**Jeffe ...
also has five exclaves, three of which are surrounded by Denver. Additionally,
Boulder
In geology, a boulder (or rarely bowlder) is a rock fragment with size greater than in diameter. Smaller pieces are called cobbles and pebbles. While a boulder may be small enough to move or roll manually, others are extremely massive.
In ...
and
Weld counties both have an exclave within the City and County of
Broomfield, and Broomfield has an exclave in Boulder County.
** In
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to t ...
,
Bibb County has an exclave within
Monroe County. This boundary is disputed, however.
** In
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virgini ...
, following the merger of the
Louisville and
Jefferson County Jefferson County may refer to one of several counties or parishes in the United States, all of which are named directly or indirectly after Thomas Jefferson:
*Jefferson County, Alabama
*Jefferson County, Arkansas
*Jefferson County, Colorado
**Jeffe ...
governments in 2003, the new Louisville Metro has several disjoint parcels of land throughout the county, of which some are enclaves in other cities.
** In
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minne ...
,
Mendota Heights has an exclave that is surrounded by
Lilydale.
** In
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York (state), New York; on the ea ...
,
Middletown Township in
Monmouth County has an exclave surrounded by the borough of
Keansburg.
** In
Ohio
Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...
:
*** In
Montgomery County Montgomery County may refer to:
Australia
* The former name of Montgomery Land District, Tasmania
United Kingdom
* The historic county of Montgomeryshire, Wales, also called County of Montgomery
United States
* Montgomery County, Alabama
* Mon ...
, there are several cities with enclaves and exclaves.
Dayton
Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater Da ...
has one exclave, consisting of
Dayton International Airport
Dayton International Airport (officially James M. Cox Dayton International Airport), formerly Dayton Municipal Airport and James M. Cox-Dayton Municipal Airport, is 10 miles north of downtown Dayton, in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. ...
. Dayton also surrounds several enclaves that belong to the cities of
Trotwood
Trotwood is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States and is a suburb of Dayton.
The population was 24,431 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is served by the Trotwood-Madison City Schoo ...
and
Riverside. Riverside also has several exclaves that border more than one city as well as additional parcels that are connected to the city only by a roadway.
Clayton contains several enclaves surrounded by
Englewood and one that is completely surrounded by
Union. Other than Dayton's exclave, these enclaves and exclaves were formed by municipality-township mergers in the 1990s.
*** In
Summit County:
**** The city of
Cuyahoga Falls has four small enclave/exclaves along its border with the city of
Akron
Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about south of downtown Cleveland. As of the 2020 Census, the city pro ...
. Several houses along Smith Road are legally in the Falls, while neighbors and municipal lands on all sides of the properties are legally within Akron.
****
Bath Township has four exclaves, of which one is an enclave of Akron.
****
Springfield Township has six exclaves, of which two are enclaves in Akron.
****
Coventry Township has six exclaves, of which five are enclaves in Akron. Two of these are joined at a quadripoint.
****
Twinsburg Township has seven exclaves, of which four are enclaves in the city of
Twinsburg
Twinsburg is a suburban city in Summit County, Ohio, United States, located about halfway between Akron and Cleveland. The population was 19,248 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Akron metropolitan area.
History
In 1817 Ethan Alling, then ...
. The city in turn has one piece connected by only a quadripoint, otherwise surrounded by the township.
** In
Oregon
Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idah ...
, the location of several businesses, including the world headquarters of
Nike, Inc., is surrounded by the city of
Beaverton, but is within
unincorporated Washington County.
** In
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Ma ...
,
Cumru Township in
Berks County has two exclaves, both separated by the city of
Reading
Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of Letter (alphabet), letters, symbols, etc., especially by Visual perception, sight or Somatosensory system, touch.
For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process invo ...
, and one of them is an enclave in Reading.
** In
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to ...
:
***
Loudon County, Tennessee
Loudon County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located in the central part of East Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 54,886. Its county seat is Loudon. Loudon County is included in the Knoxville, TN Metropo ...
has two exclaves, one of which is surrounded by
Monroe County. There is a third parcel connected at a quadripoint, but otherwise surrounded by
Roane County.
***
Dickson County
Dickson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 54,315. Its county seat is Charlotte. Dickson County is part of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN Met ...
has an exclave surrounded by
Cheatham County
Cheatham County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 41,072. Its county seat is Ashland City. Cheatham County is part of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN M ...
.
***
Davidson County has an exclave surrounded by
Wilson County.
** In
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography an ...
,
Fairfax County
Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is part of Northern Virginia and borders both the city of Alexandria and Arlington County and forms part of the suburban ring of Washington, ...
has an exclave within the
City of Fairfax that houses the county courthouse and some other county governmental offices.
Prince William County has an exclave within the
City of Manassas
Manassas (), formerly Manassas Junction, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. The population was 42,772 at the 2020 Census. It is the county seat of Prince William County, although the two are separate juris ...
that houses the county courthouse and some other county governmental offices.
Montgomery County Montgomery County may refer to:
Australia
* The former name of Montgomery Land District, Tasmania
United Kingdom
* The historic county of Montgomeryshire, Wales, also called County of Montgomery
United States
* Montgomery County, Alabama
* Mon ...
has a small exclave consisting of two houses inside the independent city of
Radford
Radford may refer to:
Places England
* Radford, Coventry, West Midlands
* Radford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
* Radford, Plymstock, Devon
*Radford, Oxfordshire
* Radford, Somerset
*Radford, Worcestershire
*Radford Cave in Devon
*Radford Semele, ...
.
Note that in Virginia, communities that are incorporated as ''cities'' are completely separate from counties; see
Political subdivisions of Virginia.
Enclaves that are not exclaves
Each enclave listed in this section has a legal status equivalent to the one other entity that entirely surrounds it. None of the enclaves has a separate main region of which it is a part.
National level
Some enclaves are sovereign states, completely surrounded by another one, and therefore not
exclave
An enclave is a territory (or a small territory apart of a larger one) that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state or entity. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is sometimes used improperly to deno ...
s. Three such sovereign countries exist:
The same logic applies to many of the sub-national enclaves listed immediately following.
First-order subnational level
Other subnational
* In
Australia:
** In
New South Wales
)
, nickname =
, image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, es ...
, the
City of Broken Hill is surrounded by the
Unincorporated Far West Region
The Unincorporated Far West Region is an unincorporated area in the Far West region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is one of only two areas in New South Wales that are not part of any local government area (the other is Lord Howe Isla ...
.
** In
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
:
*** The
District Council of Coober Pedy
The District Council of Coober Pedy is a local government area located around the opal mining town of the same name in Outback South Australia. The district's economy is based on the large opal deposits found beneath it, which have made it a ...
is surrounded by the
Outback Communities Authority
The Outback Communities Authority (OCA) is a statutory authority in South Australia (SA) created under the ''Outback Communities (Administration and Management) Act 2009''. It has been established to "manage the provision of public services and ...
.
*** The
City of Mount Gambier is surrounded by the
District Council of Grant.
*** The
Municipal Council of Roxby Downs
The Roxby Council, formerly Roxby Downs Council and before that the Municipal Council of Roxby Downs, is the local government area covering the town of Roxby Downs and the Olympic Dam mine in South Australia. It has an area of 110 km². ...
is surrounded by the
Outback Communities Authority
The Outback Communities Authority (OCA) is a statutory authority in South Australia (SA) created under the ''Outback Communities (Administration and Management) Act 2009''. It has been established to "manage the provision of public services and ...
.
** In
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
*** The
Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council is surrounded by the
South Burnett Regional Council
The South Burnett Region is a local government area in the South Burnett district of Queensland, Australia.
Origins
This Local Government was created in March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released i ...
.
** In the
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Au ...
*** The
Town of Alice Springs
The Alice Springs Town Council is a local government area in the Northern Territory. On 1 July 1971, Alice Springs was gazetted as a Municipality with the town council elected on 25 July 1971. It is situated south of Darwin. The council govern ...
is surrounded by the
MacDonnell Regional Council
The MacDonnell Regional Council is a local government area of the Northern Territory, Australia. The region covers an area of and had an estimated population of 6,863 people in June 2018.
Geography
MacDonnell Regional Council occupies the so ...
.
** In
Victoria, a few unincorporated areas for ski resorts form enclaves within the surrounding shires: Falls Creek, Victoria, Falls Creek and Mount Hotham within Alpine Shire and Mount Baw Baw in Baw Baw Shire. In addition, Mount Buller and Mount Stirling share a border with each other, but are surrounded by Mansfield Shire.
* In Austria: In Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Innsbruck-Land District completely surrounds the district of Innsbruck.
* In Brazil:
** In Goiás: Portelândia is surrounded by Mineiros.
** In Mato Grosso do Sul: Ladário is surrounded by Corumbá.
** In Rio Grande do Sul: Arroio do Padre is surrounded by Pelotas.
** In São Paulo (state), São Paulo: Águas de São Pedro is surrounded by São Pedro, São Paulo, São Pedro.
* In Canada:
**In Quebec, the city of Westmount, Quebec, Westmount, the town of Mount Royal, Quebec, Mount Royal, and, collectively, the municipalities of Hampstead, Quebec, Hampstead, Côte Saint-Luc and Montreal West, Quebec, Montreal West (Montréal-Ouest) are all enclaves in the city of Montreal. Similarly, the city of L'Ancienne-Lorette is an enclave in Quebec City after the demerger on 1 January 2006.
* In the China, People's Republic of China: In the Xinjiang autonomous region, the prefecture-level city of Karamay (that has two non-contiguous parts) and the county-level city of Kuytun (a part of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture) are completely surrounded by the Tacheng Prefecture (that is also technically part of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture).
* In Colombia, in the Bogotá, Capital District, Capital District, La Candelaria municipality is an enclave of Santa Fe, Bogotá, Santa Fe.
* In
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
, two towns are enclaves, surrounded by a single parish:
**Viljandi town is surrounded by Viljandi Parish
**Võru town is surrounded by Võru Parish
* In Ethiopia:
**The town and woreda of Debre Berhan is an enclave inside Basona Werana ("Baso and Werana") woreda, located in the Semien Shewa Zone (Amhara), Semien Shewa Zone in the Amhara Region.
**The city and separate woreda of Gambela (woreda), Gambela is surrounded by Gambela Zuria ("Greater Gambela") woreda, located in the Anuak Zone in the Gambela Region.
**The city and special zone of Mek'ele (comprising two woredas) is an enclave within Enderta (woreda), Enderta woreda, located in the Debub Misraqawi Zone, Debub Misraqawi (Southeastern) Zone in the Tigray Region.
**The town and woreda of Weldiya is an enclave inside Guba Lafto woreda, located in the Semien Wollo Zone in the Amhara Region.
**The town and woreda of Debre Marqos is an enclave inside Guzamn woreda, located in the Misraq Gojjam Zone in the Amhara Region.
* In Finland:
**The town of Kauniainen is enclosed by the city of Espoo. The two are located west of Helsinki, in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.
**The municipality of Enonkoski is encircled by the city of Savonlinna.
* In Iceland, the municipality of Hveragerði is an enclave in Ölfus, Sveitarfélagið Ölfus.
* In
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
:
** In North Sumatra:
*** Padang Sidempuan City is surrounded by South Tapanuli Regency.
*** Pematangsiantar City is surrounded by Simalungun Regency.
*** Tanjungbalai (city), Tanjungbalai City is surrounded by Asahan Regency.
*** Tebing Tinggi City is surrounded by Serdang Bedagai Regency.
** In West Sumatra:
*** Bukittinggi City is surrounded by Agam Regency.
*** Payakumbuh City is surrounded by Lima Puluh Kota Regency.
** In Jambi, Jambi (city), Jambi City is surrounded by Muaro Jambi Regency.
** In West Java:
*** Bogor City is surrounded by Bogor Regency.
*** Sukabumi City is surrounded by Sukabumi Regency.
** In Central Java:
*** Magelang City is surrounded by Magelang Regency.
*** Salatiga City is surrounded by Semarang Regency.
** In East Java:
*** Blitar City is surrounded by Blitar Regency.
*** Kediri (city), Kediri City is surrounded by Kediri Regency.
*** Malang City is surrounded by Malang Regency.
** In East Kalimantan, Samarinda City is surrounded by Kutai Kartanegara Regency.
** In North Sulawesi, Tomohon City is surrounded by Minahasa Regency.
* In
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
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** In
Apulia, in the Province of Lecce, the municipality of Surbo is an enclave inside the municipality of Lecce.
** In
Sicily
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*** In the Province of Agrigento: San Giovanni Gemini is an enclave inside Cammarata.
*** In the Province of Catania: Maletto is an enclave within Bronte, Sicily, Bronte and meets Bronte and eight other municipalities (Adrano, Belpasso, Biancavilla, Castiglione di Sicilia, Nicolosi, Randazzo, Sant'Alfio, Zafferana Etnea) at quadripoint#Multipoints of greater numerical complexity, one point at the top of Mount Etna.
** In
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
it, Trentino (man) it, Trentina (woman) or it, Altoatesino (man) it, Altoatesina (woman) or it, Sudtirolesegerman: Südtiroler (man)german: Südtirolerin (woman)
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*** In the
Autonomous Province of Trentino: Samone, Trentino, Samone is an enclave inside Castel Ivano.
* In Israel, the political system where Regional council (Israel), regional councils are distinct from City council (Israel), city councils leads to a plethora of subnational enclaves. For instance,
** Sderot is an enclave within the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council.
** The Bedouin towns of Rahat and Laqiya, as well as the suburb of Lehavim, are enclaves within the Bnei Shimon Regional Council.
** Yeruham and Mitzpe Ramon are enclaves in Ramat HaNegev Regional Council.
** Beit She'an is an enclave within the Emek HaMaayanot Regional Council.
* In Lithuania, a few city municipalities are enclaved in the district municipalities of the same names, including Šiauliai city municipality, Šiauliai, Panevėžys city municipality, Panevėžys, and Alytus city municipality, Alytus.
* In Mexico, in the state of Nuevo León, the municipality of Hualahuises is surrounded by the municipality of Linares, Nuevo León, Linares.
* In New Zealand, the Kawerau, Kawerau District Territorial authorities of New Zealand, territorial authority is completely surrounded by the Whakatāne District.
* In North Korea, in South Pyongan province, Ch'ŏngnam district is an enclave in Mundŏk county.
* In the Republic of China: Chiayi City is an enclave of Chiayi County.
* In Romania, București - Ilfov, București – Ilfov development region is enclaved within the Sud (development region), Sud (South) development region.
* In Togo, in Centrale Region, Togo, Centrale Region, the prefecture of Blitta is surrounded by the prefecture of Sotouboua.
* In the United Kingdom:
** The England, English unitary authorities of Nottingham, Derby, Stoke-on-Trent, and Leicester are enclaves in the administrative counties of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Leicestershire, respectively.
** In Cambridgeshire: the City of Cambridge is a local government district completely surrounded by the district of South Cambridgeshire.
** In Cheshire: the unpopulated civil parish of Chester Castle (civil parish), Chester Castle is completely surrounded by the unparished area of Chester. Both form part of the borough of Cheshire West and Chester.
** The City of London is an enclave within the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Greater London. It forms its own ceremonial county. Also, the rest of Greater London consists of London boroughs, whilst the city is not a London borough.
** Two parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom may also be described as enclaves: the constituencies of Bath (UK Parliament constituency), Bath and York Central (UK Parliament constituency), York Central are completely surrounded by the constituencies of North East Somerset (UK Parliament constituency), North East Somerset and York Outer (UK Parliament constituency), York Outer, respectively.
* In the
United States of America
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territor ...
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** In Arizona:
*** The Hopi Reservation is surrounded by the Navajo Nation, Navajo Reservation.
*** The city of South Tucson, Arizona, South Tucson is an enclave in the city of Tucson, Arizona, Tucson.
** In Arkansas, the City of Cammack Village, Arkansas, Cammack Village is an enclave of Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock.
** In
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...
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*** In 1956, Newark, California, Newark withdrew from the incorporation of the communities of Washington Township as the city of Fremont, California, Fremont and is now surrounded by Fremont.
*** Piedmont, California, Piedmont incorporated in 1907 to avoid annexation by Oakland, California, Oakland and is now surrounded by Oakland.
*** San Pablo, California, San Pablo, along with two small unincorporated areas, is completely surrounded by Richmond, California, Richmond
*** The city of San Fernando, California, San Fernando is an enclave in the city of Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles. Beverly Hills, California, Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, California, West Hollywood together form another. Culver City, California, Culver City and the unincorporated community of Ladera Heights, California, Ladera Heights form a third enclave.
*** The city of Signal Hill, California, Signal Hill is entirely surrounded by the city of Long Beach, California, Long Beach.
*** The city of Villa Park, California, Villa Park is an enclave of the city of Orange, California, Orange.
*** The unincorporated area of Broadmoor, California, Broadmoor is surrounded by Daly City.
*** The unincorporated area of Old Fig Garden, California, Fig Garden is surrounded by Fresno.
*** Many other California cities have small enclaves of unincorporated area.
** In Florida, the town of Baldwin, Florida, Baldwin is an enclave within the city of Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville. The Village of Lazy Lake, Florida, Lazy Lake is contained entirely within the borders of the city of Wilton Manors.
** In
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to t ...
, Remerton, Georgia, Remerton is an enclave of Valdosta, Georgia, Valdosta; similarly, Payne, Georgia, Payne City was an enclave within the city of Macon, Georgia, Macon until it was dissolved in 2015.
** In Idaho, Garden City, Idaho, Garden City is an enclave in the city of Boise.
** In Illinois, Norridge and Harwood Heights together form an enclave in the city of Chicago.
** In Indiana, after the passage of Unigov in 1970 by the state legislature that merged the government of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana, Marion County, four cities remained independent and did not merge with Indianapolis – three of those cities Beech Grove, Indiana, Beech Grove, Southport, Indiana, Southport, and Speedway, Indiana, Speedway became enclaves of Indianapolis.
** In Iowa, the city of University Heights, Iowa, University Heights is entirely surrounded by Iowa City, Iowa, Iowa City.
** In Kansas, the city of Eastborough, Kansas, Eastborough is entirely surrounded by Wichita, Kansas, Wichita.
** In
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virgini ...
, when the governments of
Louisville and
Jefferson County Jefferson County may refer to one of several counties or parishes in the United States, all of which are named directly or indirectly after Thomas Jefferson:
*Jefferson County, Alabama
*Jefferson County, Arkansas
*Jefferson County, Colorado
**Jeffe ...
merged in 2003, a bewildering array of enclaves was created, as all other incorporated cities in Jefferson County retained their status as separate cities.
[ Note that this map clearly marks the pre-merger boundaries of Louisville.] Note that the entire Ohio River between the northern and southern low-water marks is now part of Louisville Metro.
*** Three other cities were, and still are, enclaved in cities other than Louisville:
**** Norbourne Estates, Kentucky, Norbourne Estates and Richlawn, Kentucky, Richlawn are enclaves of St. Matthews, Kentucky, St. Matthews.
**** Woodland Hills, Kentucky, Woodland Hills is an enclave of Middletown, Kentucky, Middletown.
*** The merger created many other enclaves within the portion of Louisville Metro that includes pre-merger Louisville but excludes all other pre-existing cities, an entity defined by the United States Census Bureau as the Louisville-Jefferson County (balance), Kentucky, "Louisville-Jefferson County balance". As municipalities, these enclaves are not parts of the "balance," but rather, they are surrounded by the "balance."
**** These individual enclaves: Creekside, Kentucky, Creekside, Fincastle, Kentucky, Fincastle, Glenview Hills, Kentucky, Glenview Hills, Hickory Hill, Kentucky, Hickory Hill, Hills and Dales, Kentucky, Hills and Dales, Hollow Creek, Kentucky, Hollow Creek, Hollyvilla, Kentucky, Hollyvilla, Lynnview, Kentucky, Lynnview, Minor Lane Heights, Kentucky, Minor Lane Heights, Shively, Kentucky, Shively, South Park View, Kentucky, South Park View, Spring Mill, Kentucky, Spring Mill, and Thornhill, Kentucky, Thornhill.
**** The combination of Cambridge, Kentucky, Cambridge, Houston Acres, Kentucky, Houston Acres, Lincolnshire, Kentucky, Lincolnshire, and St. Regis Park, Kentucky, St. Regis Park.
**** The combination of Poplar Hills, Kentucky, Poplar Hills, Watterson Park, Kentucky, Watterson Park, and West Buechel, Kentucky, West Buechel.
**** The aforementioned cities of Middletown, Norbourne Estates, Richlawn, St. Matthews, and Woodland Hills, along with 46 other municipalities are part of a large composite enclave within the "balance."
** In Michigan:
*** The city of Center Line, Michigan, Center Line is completely surrounded by Warren, Michigan, Warren.
*** Highland Park, Michigan, Highland Park and Hamtramck, Michigan, Hamtramck border each other, but the two together are completely surrounded by Detroit.
*** The city of Lathrup Village, Michigan, Lathrup Village is completely surrounded by Southfield, Michigan, Southfield.
*** The city of Springfield, Michigan, Springfield is completely surrounded by Battle Creek, Michigan, Battle Creek.
** In
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minne ...
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*** The city of Centerville, Minnesota, Centerville is completely surrounded by Lino Lakes, Minnesota, Lino Lakes.
*** The city of Hilltop, Minnesota, Hilltop is completely surrounded by Columbia Heights, Minnesota, Columbia Heights.
*** The city of Landfall, Minnesota, Landfall is completely surrounded by Oakdale, Minnesota, Oakdale.
*** The city of Long Lake, Minnesota, Long Lake is completely surrounded by Orono, Minnesota, Orono.
*** The city of Loretto, Minnesota, Loretto is completely surrounded by Medina, Minnesota, Medina.
*** The city of Medicine Lake, Minnesota, Medicine Lake is completely surrounded by Plymouth, Minnesota, Plymouth.
*** The city of Peterson, Minnesota, Peterson is completely surrounded by Rushford Village, Minnesota, Rushford Village.
*** The city of Rushford, Minnesota, Rushford is completely surrounded by Rushford Village, Minnesota, Rushford Village.
*** The city of St. Bonifacius, Minnesota, St. Bonifacius is completely surrounded by Minnetrista, Minnesota, Minnetrista.
*** The city of Willernie, Minnesota, Willernie is completely surrounded by Mahtomedi, Minnesota, Mahtomedi.
** In Missouri, the cities of Gladstone, Missouri, Gladstone and North Kansas City, Missouri, North Kansas City are separately surrounded by Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City.
** In Montana, when the governments of Butte, Montana, Butte and Silver Bow County, Montana, Silver Bow County merged in 1977, the town of Walkerville, Montana, Walkerville voted not to join the consolidated government, thus becoming an enclave.
** In
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York (state), New York; on the ea ...
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:* In New York (state), New York, the city of Cortland, New York, county seat, seat of Cortland County, New York, Cortland County, is entirely surrounded by the Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town of Cortlandville, New York, Cortlandville, from which it is legally separate. Likewise, the city of Beacon, New York, Beacon is surrounded by the Fishkill (town), New York, Town of Fishkill.
:* In North Dakota, the city of Prairie Rose, North Dakota, Prairie Rose is an enclave of Fargo, North Dakota, Fargo.
:* In
Ohio
Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...
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:** The cities of Brice, Ohio, Brice, Bexley, Ohio, Bexley, and Whitehall, Ohio, Whitehall are all enclaves of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus.
:** The city of Norwood, Ohio, Norwood is an enclave of Cincinnati. The cities of Elmwood Place, Ohio, Elmwood Place, to the north, and St. Bernard, Ohio, St. Bernard, to the south, together form another enclave of Cincinnati.
:** In Stark County, Ohio, Stark County, the village of Hills & Dales, Ohio, Hills & Dales is enclaved within Jackson Township, Stark County, Ohio, Jackson Township.
:** In
Summit County, the village of Lakemore, Ohio, Lakemore is surrounded by
Springfield Township.
:* In
Oregon
Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idah ...
, the city of Maywood Park, Oregon, Maywood Park is surrounded by Portland, Oregon, Portland.
:* In
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Ma ...
, every county in the state other than the counties of Fulton County, Pennsylvania, Fulton, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pike County, Pennsylvania, Pike and Union County, Pennsylvania, Union contains at least one municipality in another municipality. There are at least List of enclaves in Pennsylvania, 338 enclaves in the state comprising incorporated List of places in Pennsylvania, places and List of census-designated places in Pennsylvania, census-designated places within other county subdivisions.
Usually, the enclave takes the form of a borough that is surrounded by the township of which it was originally a part, but other scenarios are possible (e.g., the Mount Oliver, Pennsylvania, Borough of Mount Oliver is an enclave of Pittsburgh; Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, Pitcairn borough, of Monroeville, Pennsylvania, Monroeville; Dale, Pennsylvania, Dale borough, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Johnstown; and the Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Lackawanna County township of Elmhurst Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Elmhurst, of Roaring Brook Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Roaring Brook Township). While Pennsylvania's urban counties contain few enclaves due to municipal fragmentation, rural areas feature numerous enclaved municipalities. Many resulted from small town centers separating from their rural surrounding areas.
:* In
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to ...
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:** The cities of Red Bank, Tennessee, Red Bank and Ridgeside, Tennessee, Ridgeside are enclaves in the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chattanooga.
:** The city of Berry Hill, Tennessee, Berry Hill is an enclave of the city of Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville.
:** The cities of Belle Meade, Tennessee, Belle Meade, Forest Hills, Tennessee, Forest Hills and Oak Hill, Tennessee, Oak Hill together form an enclave of the city of Nashville.
:** Ooltewah, Tennessee, Ooltewah is an enclave of Collegedale, Tennessee, Collegedale.
:* In Texas:
:** The cities of Alamo Heights, Texas, Alamo Heights, Balcones Heights, Texas, Balcones Heights, Castle Hills, Texas, Castle Hills, Hill Country Village, Texas, Hill Country Village, Hollywood Park, Texas, Hollywood Park, Kirby, Texas, Kirby, Leon Valley, Texas, Leon Valley, Olmos Park, Texas, Olmos Park, Shavano Park, Texas, Shavano Park, and Terrell Hills, Texas, Terrell Hills are all enclaves of San Antonio.
:** The cities of Bellaire, Texas, Bellaire, West University Place, Texas, West University Place, and Southside Place together form an enclave of Houston. The cities of Bunker Hill Village, Texas, Bunker Hill Village, Hedwig Village, Texas, Hedwig Village, Hilshire Village, Texas, Hilshire Village, Hunters Creek Village, Texas, Hunters Creek Village, Piney Point Village, Texas, Piney Point Village, and Spring Valley Village, Texas, Spring Valley Village together form another enclave of Houston.
:** The cities of Highland Park, Texas, Highland Park and University Park, Texas, University Park, collectively known locally as the Park Cities, Texas, "Park Cities", together form an enclave of Dallas. In addition, the city of Cockrell Hill, Texas, Cockrell Hill is also an enclave of Dallas.
:** The city of Sunset Valley, Texas, Sunset Valley is enclave of Austin.
:** The cities of Blue Mound, Texas, Blue Mound, Edgecliff Village, Texas, Edgecliff Village, Haslet, Texas, Haslet, Lake Worth, Texas, Lake Worth, River Oaks, Texas, River Oaks, Saginaw, Texas, Saginaw, Sansom Park, Texas, Sansom Park, Westover Hills, Texas, Westover Hills, Westworth Village, Texas, Westworth Village, and White Settlement, Texas, White Settlement are enclaves of Fort Worth, Texas, Fort Worth
:** The cities of Dalworthington Gardens, Texas, Dalworthington Gardens and Pantego, Texas, Pantego together form an enclave of Arlington, Texas, Arlington.
:** The city of Beverly Hills, Texas, Beverly Hills is an enclave of Waco, Texas, Waco.
:* In Vermont:
:** The Rutland (city), Vermont, city of Rutland is an enclave of the Rutland (town), Vermont, town of Rutland.
:** The St. Albans (city), Vermont, city of St. Albans is an enclave of the St. Albans (town), Vermont, town of St. Albans.
:* In
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography an ...
, under Virginia law, all municipalities that are incorporated as ''cities'' are legally independent city, independent of any county. Fifteen such enclaves — thirteen individual cities, plus two pairs of adjoining cities — exist within the state; some of the cities that form these enclaves serve as county seat of the surrounding county:
:** Bedford, Virginia, Bedford, enclaved within and the county seat of Bedford County, Virginia, Bedford County
:** Buena Vista, Virginia, Buena Vista, enclaved within Rockbridge County, Virginia, Rockbridge County
:** Charlottesville, Virginia, Charlottesville, enclaved within and the county seat of Albemarle County, Virginia, Albemarle County
:** Covington, Virginia, Covington, enclaved within and the county seat of Alleghany County, Virginia, Alleghany County
:** Emporia, Virginia, Emporia, enclaved within and the county seat of Greensville County, Virginia, Greensville County
:** Fairfax, Virginia, Fairfax, enclaved within and the county seat of
Fairfax County
Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is part of Northern Virginia and borders both the city of Alexandria and Arlington County and forms part of the suburban ring of Washington, ...
. #Subnational enclaves that are also exclaves, As noted above, the county courthouse is located in an unincorporated portion of Fairfax County that is completely surrounded by the city.
:** Harrisonburg, Virginia, Harrisonburg, enclaved within and the county seat of Rockingham County, Virginia, Rockingham County
:** Lexington, Virginia, Lexington, enclaved within and the county seat of Rockbridge County, Virginia, Rockbridge County
:** Manassas, Virginia, Manassas and Manassas Park, Virginia, Manassas Park together form an enclave within
Prince William County. Manassas is the county seat; #Subnational enclaves that are also exclaves, as noted above, the county courthouse is located in an unincorporated portion of Prince William County that is completely surrounded by the city.
:** Martinsville, Virginia, Martinsville, enclaved within and the county seat of Henry County, Virginia, Henry County
:** Norton, Virginia, Norton, enclaved within Wise County, Virginia, Wise County
:** Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke and Salem, Virginia, Salem together form an enclave within Roanoke County, Virginia, Roanoke County. The Roanoke County Courthouse is located in Salem, but the rest of the county government is located in the unincorporated community of Cave Spring, Virginia, Cave Spring.
:** Staunton, Virginia, Staunton, enclaved within and the county seat of Augusta County, Virginia, Augusta County
:** Waynesboro, Virginia, Waynesboro, enclaved within Augusta County, Virginia, Augusta County
:** Winchester, Virginia, Winchester, enclaved within and the county seat of Frederick County, Virginia, Frederick County
:* In Wisconsin, the village of Thiensville, Wisconsin, Thiensville is an enclave of the city of Mequon, Wisconsin, Mequon in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, Ozaukee County.
Exclaves that are not enclaves
An exclave must always be grouped with a main region of which it is a legal part. In the case of international waters, the main region consists of all international waters not in EEZs. ''All'' potential paths of travel from the exclave to its main region ''must'' cross one or more different administrative-territorial regions having the equivalent legal level. Each exclave listed in this section borders on more than one other region.
National level
First-order subnational level
Other subnational
* In
Australia:
** The state of
Victoria's Murrindindi Shire has an exclave along the border with Shire of Yarra Ranges. It is separated from the rest of Murrindindi Shire by the Lake Mountain (Victoria), Lake Mountain unincorporated area, which was originally a part of the shire.
** The Aboriginal Shire of Woorabinda consists of five non-contiguous pieces; four are sub-parts of their four communities. Three are in the Central Highlands Region (previously excised from the Shire of Duaringa), and two are in the Rockhampton Region (previously excised from the Shire of Fitzroy), meaning the main settlement of Woorabinda, Queensland, Woorabinda itself has four exclaves.
* In Belgium:
** Apart from Baarle-Hertog, there are three municipalities consisting of non-contiguous parts: Ixelles (Elsene) and Saint-Gilles, Belgium, Saint-Gilles (Sint-Gillis) in the Brussels Capital Region and Mesen in West Flanders.
* In Brazil:
** In Goiás: Sítio d'Abadia was cut in two as a result of the expansion of Alvorada do Norte.
** In Mato Grosso: Barra do Bugres was cut in two as a result of the expansion of Salto do Céu and Reserva do Cabaçal.
** In Pará: the town of Senador José Porfírio was cut in two as a result of the formation of Anapu.
* In Canada:
** The Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality in Quebec is separated into multiple sections including the exclaves of Lac-Vacher, Quebec, Lac-Vacher and Lac-Juillet, Quebec, Lac-Juillet surrounded by Labrador and Nunavik.
** Greenstone, Ontario has a large principal section and two exclaved townsites, Nakina and Caramat.
* In
China:
** In Qinghai province, Tanggulashan town is an exclave of the city of Golmud and the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture that Golmud is part of, separated from the rest of the prefecture by a "panhandle" of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
* In
Croatia
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**In Koprivnica-Križevci County, the municipality of Legrad is split in two, separated by the municipality of Đelekovec.
**In
Osijek-Baranja County
Osijek-Baranja County (, hr, Osječko-baranjska županija, hu, Eszék-Baranya megye) is a county in Croatia, located in northeastern Slavonia and Baranja. Its center is Osijek. Other towns include Đakovo, Našice, Valpovo, Belišće, and ...
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*** The villages of Palača and Silaš form an exclave of the municipality of Šodolovci. The main road between the two portions goes through Vukovar-Srijem County.
*** The village of Široko Polje belongs to the city of Đakovo from which it is separated by the municipalities of Gorjani and Viškovci.
* In
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
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**In Harju County, Harku small borough is an exclave of Harku Parish.
**In
Ida-Viru County
Ida-Viru County ( et, Ida-Viru maakond or ''Ida-Virumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is the most north-eastern part of the country. The county contains large deposits of oil shale - the main mineral mined in Estonia. Oil shale is use ...
, the town of
Kohtla-Järve
Kohtla-Järve is a city and municipality in northeastern Estonia, founded in 1924 and incorporated as a town in 1946. The city is highly industrial, and is both a processor of oil shales and is a large producer of various petrochemical products ...
is divided into five separated districts. Of these exclaves, Ahtme, Järve and Sompa districts are not enclaves.
**In Tartu County, Piirissaar island in Lake Peipus is an exclave of Tartu Parish, which otherwise doesn't have a coastline at the lake.
**In Võru County, sixteen villages form an exclave of Setomaa Parish.
* In Ethiopia:
**in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Gedeo Zone is an exclave between Sidama Region and Oromia Region
* In Finland:
**In Ostrobothnia (region), Ostrobothnia, the former municipality of Vähäkyrö is now an exclave of the city of Vaasa.
**In Kymenlaakso, the municipality of Iitti has a small exclave called Supinkulma, which surrounded by Lahti and Heinola, both located in Päijänne Tavastia.
* In
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
, the commune of Ménessaire is an exclave of the department of Côte-d'Or between Nièvre and Saône-et-Loire.
* In
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
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** The Samtgemeinde Baddeckenstedt (Samtgemeinde), Baddeckenstedt is separated from the greater part of the district Wolfenbüttel (district), Wolfenbüttel by the Urban districts of Germany, urban district of Salzgitter.
* In
India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
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** In Madhya Pradesh in central India, Datia district has an exclave surrounded by Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh and Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh.
** The districts of Kapurthala district, Kapurthala (in Punjab, India, Punjab state), Tumakuru district, Tumakuru (in Karnataka state), and
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Manipur
Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a States and territories of India, state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It ...
state each has an exclave.
* In
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
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** In North Sumatra, three subdistricts of Nias Regency, namely Botumuzoi, Hiliduho and Hili Serangkai, are separated from the rest of the regency by the city of Gunungsitoli and West Nias Regency.
** In South Sumatra, six subdistricts of Muara Enim Regency, namely Muara Belida, Gelumbang, Sungai Rotan, Kelekar, Lembak, and Belida Darat, are separated from the rest of the regency by the city of Prabumulih and the Penukal Abab Lematang Ilir Regency (both are split from Muara Enim).
** In Central Java, the subdistrict of is cut from other parts of the Karanganyar Regency by land that belongs to the regencies and cities of Boyolali Regency, Boyolali, Surakarta, and Sukoharjo Regency, Sukoharjo.
* In
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
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** In Abruzzo:
*** In the Province of L'Aquila: the municipality of L'Aquila has an exclave between the municipalities of Lucoli, Rocca di Mezzo, Magliano de' Marsi and the region of Lazio; Carapelle Calvisio and Castelvecchio Calvisio have two adjoining exclaves between Santo Stefano di Sessanio, Calascio and the Province of Teramo; Ofena consists of two parts separated by Castel del Monte, Abruzzo, Castel del Monte and Villa Santa Lucia degli Abruzzi; Sulmona has an exclave between Pratola Peligna and Prezza, Abruzzo, Prezza; Cerchio has an exclave between Aielli, Collarmele and Celano; Celano consists of two non-contiguous parts separated by Aielli and Ovindoli.
*** In the Province of Chieti: Atessa has an exclave separated from the rest of the municipality by Tornareccio and is bordering six other municipalities; San Buono has an exclave between Furci and Fresagrandinaria.
**In
Apulia:
***In the
Metropolitan City of Bari
The Metropolitan City of Bari ( it, Città Metropolitana di Bari) is a metropolitan city in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Bari. It replaced the Province of Bari and includes the city of Bari and some forty other munici ...
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Castellana Grotte has an exclave between
Alberobello
Alberobello (; literally "beautiful tree"; Barese: ) is a small town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy. It has 10,735 inhabitants and is famous for its unique ''trullo'' buildings. The ''trulli'' of Alberob ...
and Monopoli; Monopoli has an exclave between Castellana Grotte and Alberobello; Acquaviva delle Fonti has an exclave between Gioia del Colle and
Santeramo in Colle; Putignano has an exclave between Gioia del Colle and Turi, Apulia, Turi; Binetto has an exclave between Toritto, Palo del Colle and Bitonto.
*** In the
Province of Foggia
The Province of Foggia ( it, Provincia di Foggia ; Foggiano: ) is a province in the Apulia (Puglia) region of southern Italy.
This province is also known as Daunia, after the Daunians, an Iapygian pre-Roman tribe living in Tavoliere plain, and ...
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San Marco in Lamis has three exclaves between
Foggia
Foggia (, , ; nap, label= Foggiano, Fògge ) is a city and former ''comune'' of Apulia, in Southern Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. In 2013, its population was 153,143. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also know ...
and
San Giovanni Rotondo and one between Foggia, San Giovanni Rotondo and
Manfredonia;
San Severo
San Severo (; formerly known as Castellum Sancti Severini, then San Severino and Sansevero; locally ) is a city and comune of c. 51,919 inhabitants in the province of Foggia, Apulia, south-eastern Italy. Rising on the foot of the spur of Garga ...
has an exclave between Foggia, San Marco in Lamis and Rignano Garganico; Manfredonia has an exclave between Foggia and Carapelle; Poggio Imperiale has two non-contiguous parts separated by Lesina, Apulia, Lesina; Castelnuovo della Daunia has an exclave between Torremaggiore and Casalvecchio di Puglia and another one between Torremaggiore, Casalvecchio di Puglia, Casalnuovo Monterotaro and Santa Croce di Magliano in the region of
Molise
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*** In the Province of Lecce: Leverano has an exclave between Arnesano and Copertino; Squinzano has an exclave between Lecce and Torchiarolo in the Province of Brindisi.
** In
Basilicata
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*** In the
Province of Matera
The province of Matera ( it, Provincia di Matera; Materano: ) is a province in the Basilicata region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Matera. It has an area of and a total population of 201,133; the city Matera has a population of 61,204. Th ...
: Tricarico has an exclave between Grottole and Grassano.
*** In the
Province of Potenza
The Province of Potenza ( it, Provincia di Potenza; Potentino: ) is a province in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Potenza.
Geography
It has an area of and a total population of 369,538 (as of 2017). There ar ...
: Fardella, Basilicata, Fardella has four exclaves; Chiaromonte has three; Atella, Basilicata, Atella and Noepoli have two each; Tito, Basilicata, Tito has one.
** In Calabria:
*** In the Province of Catanzaro: Feroleto Antico has an exclave between Pianopoli and Serrastretta; Fossato Serralta has an exclave between Cicala, Gimigliano and Sorbo San Basile.
*** In the Province of Cosenza: Bianchi, Calabria, Bianchi has an exclave between Panettieri and the Province of Catanzaro; Oriolo has an exclave between Albidona, Alessandria del Carretto and Castroregio; Castroregio has an exclave between Oriolo, Alessandria del Carretto and the
Province of Potenza
The Province of Potenza ( it, Provincia di Potenza; Potentino: ) is a province in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Potenza.
Geography
It has an area of and a total population of 369,538 (as of 2017). There ar ...
; Cerchiara di Calabria has an exclave between San Lorenzo Bellizzi, Castrovillari and the Province of Potenza; Mormanno has an exclave between Laino Castello and Papasidero; Mongrassano has an exclave between Cervicati, San Marco Argentano, Cerzeto and Bisignano; Cervicati has an exclave between Mongrassano and San Marco Argentano; Acquappesa has an exclave between Mongrassano, Fagnano Castello, Cetraro and Guardia Piemontese.
*** In the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria: the seat of the municipality of Roghudi is an enclave within Melito di Porto Salvo and the other, larger part of the municipality is about 40 km away and is an exclave surrounded by 6 other municipalities. Similarly, the seat of the municipality of Africo is a semi-exclave in Bianco with the larger part being an exclave between 7 other municipalities.
** In Emilia-Romagna:
*** In the Metropolitan City of Bologna: Castello d'Argile has an exclave between Sala Bolognese and Argelato.
*** In the Province of Forlì-Cesena: Sarsina consists of three non-contiguous parts, the larger two separated by Bagno di Romagna and Mercato Saraceno and the smallest one separated by Verghereto.
*** In the Province of Modena: Modena has two exclaves between Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, Carpi and Soliera.
*** In the Province of Rimini: Verucchio has an exclave between San Leo and the Republic of San Marino.
** In
Friuli Venezia Giulia
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: Dogna has an exclave between Moggio Udinese and Pontebba; Tramonti di Sopra has an exclave between Meduno and Tramonti di Sotto.
** In Lazio, the Province of Viterbo (the municipality of Gallese) has an exclave between Umbria and the Province of Rieti.
*** In the Province of Rieti: Rieti has an exclave between Colli sul Velino, Contigliano, Greccio and the Province of Terni; Concerviano has an exclave between Rieti and Longone Sabino; Longone Sabino consists of two non-contiguous parts separated by southern part of Concerviano; Rocca Sinibalda consists of two non-contiguous parts separated by southern exclave of Longone Sabino and northern exclave of Ascrea; Ascrea consists of three non-contiguous parts separated by Castel di Tora (north and south part) and Paganico Sabino (south and east).
*** In the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital: Polline Martignano is an exclave of Rome between Anguillara Sabazia, Campagnano di Roma and Trevignano Romano; Monte Compatri consists of three non-contiguous parts; Grottaferrata has an exclave between Marino, Lazio, Marino, Rocca di Papa and Castel Gandolfo; Artena has an exclave between Lariano, Velletri and the Province of Latina; Rocca Priora has an exclave between Artena, Lariano and Rocca di Papa.
*** In the Province of Viterbo: Viterbo has an exclave between Ronciglione and Vetralla; Vejano has an exclave between Blera and the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital.
** In
Lombardy: San Colombano al Lambro, Comune di San Colombano (named after the Irish missionary Saint Columbanus) is an exclave of the Metropolitan City of Milan between the provinces of Province of Lodi, Lodi and Province of Pavia, Pavia
*** In the
Province of Pavia
The province of Pavia ( it, Provincia di Pavia) is a province in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy; its capital is Pavia. , the province has a population of 548,722 inhabitants and an area of ; the town of Pavia has a population of 72,205 ...
: Cornale e Bastida has an exclave between Sannazzaro de' Burgondi, Corana and an exclave of Silvano Pietra; Silvano Pietra has an exclave between Sannazzaro de' Burgondi, Corana and an exclave of Cornale e Bastida; Casei Gerola has three exclaves (between
Mezzana Bigli, Cornale e Bastida, Silvano Pietra and the region of
Piedmont
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); Pancarana has an exclave between Mezzana Rabattone, Zinasco and Bastida Pancarana; Santa Maria della Versa has an exclave between Golferenzo and Montecalvo Versiggia.
** In
Marche
Marche ( , ) is one of the twenty regions of Italy. In English, the region is sometimes referred to as The Marches ( ). The region is located in the central area of the country, bordered by Emilia-Romagna and the republic of San Marino to the ...
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*** In the Province of Ascoli Piceno: Ascoli Piceno has an exclave (Piana della Forcella) between Acquasanta Terme, Roccafluvione and Forcella (an exclave of Roccafluvione), itself between Acquasanta Terme and Piana della Forcella (Ascoli Piceno).
*** In the Province of Fermo: Fermo has one exclave between Francavilla d'Ete, Montegiorgio, Massa Fermana and the Province of Macerata, and another one between Montegiorgio, Grottazzolina and Magliano di Tenna.
*** In the
Province of Pesaro and Urbino
The Province of Pesaro and Urbino ( it, Provincia di Pesaro e Urbino, ) is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pesaro. It also borders the state of San Marino. The province is surrounded by San Marino and Emilia ...
: Sassofeltrio has an exclave between Monte Grimano Terme and the Republic of San Marino.
** In
Molise
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*** In the
Province of Campobasso
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outs ...
: Campobasso has an exclave between Oratino, Castropignano and Ripalimosani;
Montenero di Bisaccia
Montenero di Bisaccia is a small hill top town and ''comune'' (municipality). It is in the Province of Campobasso, which is in the region of Molise, in Italy. It is about inland from the coast, and about north of Campobasso. The nearest large t ...
has an exclave between San Felice del Molise and
Tavenna
Tavenna is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about north of Campobasso.
Tavenna borders the following municipalities: Acquaviva Collecroce, Mafalda, Montenero di Bisaccia, Palat ...
, and another one between Mafalda, Molise, Mafalda and Tavenna.
** In
Piedmont
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*** In the
Province of Asti
The Province of Asti ( it, Provincia di Asti, Piedmontese: ''Provincia d’Ast'') is a province in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Asti. To the northwest it borders on the Metropolitan City of Turin; to the so ...
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Camerano Casasco has two exclaves between Chiusano d'Asti and Montechiaro d'Asti; Pino d'Asti has one between Castelnuovo Don Bosco and Passerano Marmorito; Monastero Bormida has an exclave between Roccaverano, Bubbio and Loazzolo.
*** In the Province of Biella: Callabiana, Pettinengo, Tavigliano, Valdilana, Bioglio, Veglio, Vallanzengo, Valle San Nicolao, Caprile and Ailoche have mountain exclaves in the northern part of the province, between the Province of Vercelli and the region of
Aosta Valley
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; Valle San Nicolao has another exclave between Pettinengo, Bioglio and Valdilana; Muzzano, Piedmont, Muzzano has an exclave between Graglia and Sordevolo; Andorno Micca and Sagliano Micca have adjoining exclaves between Piedicavallo, Rosazza, Campiglia Cervo, Biella and the region of Aosta Valley; Pollone has an exclave between Biella, Sordevolo and the region of Aosta Valley; Magnano has an exclave between Zimone and the
Metropolitan City of Turin.
*** In the
Metropolitan City of Turin:
Carignano has an exclave between Castagnole Piemonte and Osasio;
Carmagnola has an exclave between Carignano and Lombriasco; Claviere consists of two exclaves between Cesana Torinese and
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
; Traversella has an exclave between Quincinetto and
Aosta Valley
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region; Brosso has an exclave between Traversella and Valchiusa; Castelnuovo Nigra has two exclaves between Cintano and Colleretto Castelnuovo; Castellamonte, Valchiusa, Vistrorio and Val di Chy have exclaves, some bordering each other, between Traversella, Castelnuovo Nigra, Rueglio and Lessolo. Castellamonte has another one between San Martino Canavese, Torre Canavese, Quagliuzzo and Parella; Vistrorio has two more between Issiglio and Rueglio; Prascorsano has one between Canischio and Pratiglione; Rivara has one between Pratiglione and Forno Canavese; and Pertusio has one between Valperga and Prascorsano (connected at a quadripoint).
*** In the Province of Vercelli: Cigliano has an exclave between Moncrivello and the
Metropolitan City of Turin.
** In Sardinia:
*** In the Metropolitan City of Cagliari: Assemini consists of two non-contiguous parts of approximately same sizes separated by Uta, Sardinia, Uta; Decimomannu also has two non-contiguous parts separated by Uta; Quartucciu has two non-contiguous parts separated by Maracalagonis and Quartu Sant'Elena.
*** In the Province of Nuoro: Triei has an exclave between Urzulei, Talana and Baunei; Arzana has an exclave (Acetorri) between Contissa (exclave of Jerzu), Quirra (exclave of Lanusei) and the Province of South Sardinia; Loceri has an exclave (Bacu Orca) between Sa Tuvada (exclave of Osini), Quirra (exclave of Lanusei) and Tertenia; Osini consists of four non-contiguous exclaves; Lanusei has an exclave (Quirra) between Sa Tuvuda (exclave of Osini), Acetorri (exclave of Arzana) and Bacu Orca (exclave of Loceri); Jerzu has an exclave (Contissa) between Ulassai, Acetorri (exclave of Arzana), Sa Tuvuda (exclave of Osini) and the Province of South Sardinia; Elini has an exclave between Ilbono, Arzana and Lanusei; Gairo, Sardinia, Gairo has an exclave (Su Sirboni) between Tertenia and Cardedu.
*** In the Province of Sassari: Cheremule has an exclave between Giave and Thiesi; Tempio Pausania has an exclave between Palau, Sardinia, Palau, Santa Teresa Gallura, Aglientu, Luogosanto and Arzachena.
*** In the Province of South Sardinia: Iglesias, Sardinia, Iglesias has an exclave separated by Domusnovas; Gonnosfanadiga has an exclave between Guspini and Arbus, Sardinia, Arbus.
** In
Sicily
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*** In the
Province of Caltanissetta
The Province of Caltanissetta ( it, provincia di Caltanissetta; scn, pruvincia di Nissa or ; officially ''Libero consorzio comunale di Caltanissetta'') is a province in the southern part of Sicily, Italy. Following the suppression of the Sicilia ...
: Mazzarino, Sicily, Mazzarino consists of three non-contiguous parts, all three separated by Riesi.
*** In the Metropolitan City of Catania: Motta Sant'Anastasia has an exclave between Catania and Belpasso; Tremestieri Etneo has an exclave between Catania, Sant'Agata li Battiati, San Giovanni la Punta and San Gregorio di Catania.
*** In the
Province of Enna
Enna ( it, Provincia di Enna; Sicilian: ''Pruvincia di Enna''; officially ''Libero consorzio comunale di Enna'') is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy.
It was created in 1927, out of parts of the Provinces of Caltanise ...
:
Piazza Armerina
Piazza Armerina ( Gallo-Italic of Sicily: ''Ciazza''; Sicilian: ''Chiazza'') is a ''comune'' in the province of Enna of the autonomous island region of Sicily, southern Italy.
History
The city of Piazza (as it was called before 1862) developed ...
has an exclave between five municipalities; Assoro has three exclaves between various other municipalities.
*** In the
Metropolitan City of Palermo
The Metropolitan City of Palermo ( it, Città metropolitana di Palermo; scn, Cità metrupulitana di Palermu) is a metropolitan city in Sicily, Italy. Its capital is the city of Palermo. It replaced the Province of Palermo and comprises the city o ...
: Bisacquino has an exclave between Monreale, Contessa Entellina and Roccamena.
*** In the
Province of Trapani
Trapani ( it, Provincia di Trapani, scn, Pruvincia di Tràpani; officially ''Libero consorzio comunale di Trapani'') is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily, southern Italy. Following the suppression of the Sicilian provinces, it ...
:
Gibellina has an exclave (Nuova Gibellina) surrounded by
Santa Ninfa except for a quadripoint with Salemi, and Santa Ninfa has an exclave between Nuova Gibellina and Salemi.
** In
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
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*** In the
Autonomous Province of Trentino: Canal San Bovo, Carisolo, Cimego, Cinte Tesino, Comano Terme, Giustino, Trentino, Giustino, Imer, Trentino, Imèr, Malosco, Massimeno,
Pellizzano, Pergine Valsugana, Pieve Tesino, Ronzone, Spiazzo, Stenico, Tione di Trento, Tre Ville consist of two or three non-contiguous parts separated by other municipalities
** In Tuscany:
*** In the Province of Arezzo: Poppi has one exclave between Bibbiena, Chiusi della Verna and the region of Emilia-Romagna, and another one between Bibbiena, Ortignano Raggiolo and Castel Focognano.
*** In the Province of Lucca: Gallicano has an exclave between Barga, Tuscany, Barga, Fosciandora, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana and Molazzana.
* In South Korea, is an exclave of Dalseong, Daegu and is an exclave of Wanju, North Jeolla Province.
* In the Netherlands, Amsterdam Zuidoost is cut from other parts of the municipality of Amsterdam (municipality), Amsterdam by land that belongs to the municipalities of Ouder-Amstel and Diemen.
* In the
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
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:
** Caloocan is divided in two by Quezon City.
** In Cotabato province, the municipality of President Roxas, Cotabato, President Roxas is divided in two by Antipas, Cotabato, Antipas municipality.
** In Nueva Ecija, the municipality of Talavera, Nueva Ecija, Talavera is divided in two by Santo Domingo, Nueva Ecija, Santo Domingo.
* In Poland:
** Sławków is an exclave of Będzin County. Sławków is separated from the rest of the county by the cities of Dąbrowa Górnicza and Sosnowiec. All of these are within the Silesian Voivodeship (province).
** Rybnik County is split into three disjoint parts, separated by the city of Rybnik. The three parts are the municipalities of Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Świerklany, and the combined area of Lyski, Gaszowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Gaszowice and Jejkowice. All of these are within the Silesian Voivodeship.
* In
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal:
:* mwl, República Pertuesa is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Macaronesian ...
, as a consequence of administrative reforms during the 19th century (in the 1830s, then again in the 1850s, and to a much lesser extent in the 1890s), as well as more recent legislation forbidding the creation of territorial discontinuities,
there are almost no subnational exclaves or enclaves, and the few that persist are on the municipal or civil parish level:
** Municipalities with exclave civil parishes (at least one civil parish is separated from the main body): Montijo, Portugal, Montijo and Oliveira de Frades.
** Municipalities with sub-civil parish level exclaves (at least one civil parish is itself territorially discontinuous, creating an exclave also at the municipal level): Soure Municipality, Portugal, Soure.
** Exclaves that are sub-parts of civil parishes and that yet remain within the municipal-level boundary are located in the following municipalities: Ansião, Belmonte Municipality, Belmonte,
Coimbra
Coimbra (, also , , or ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2011 census was 143,397, in an area of .
The fourth-largest urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto, and Braga, it is the largest cit ...
, Oliveira de Frades, Penela Municipality, Penela.
* In
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...
, Khabarovsky District in Khabarovsk Krai is separated into two parts by Amursky District
* In
Spain
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, the following provincial level exclaves that are not enclaves exist.
Many other exclaves exist at municipal level.
** Anchuras is an exclave of the province of Ciudad Real between the provinces of Province of Toledo, Toledo and Province of Badajoz, Badajoz.
** Berzosilla is an exclave of the
province of Palencia
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between Cantabria and the
province of Burgos
The Province of Burgos is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Palencia, Cantabria, Vizcaya, Álava, La Rioja, Soria, Segovia, and Vall ...
.
** Orduña-Urduña, Orduña is an exclave of Biscay between the Álava and the
province of Burgos
The Province of Burgos is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Palencia, Cantabria, Vizcaya, Álava, La Rioja, Soria, Segovia, and Vall ...
.
** Roales de Campos and Quintanilla del Molar constitute an exclave of the
province of Valladolid
Valladolid () is a province of northwest Spain, in the central part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It has a population of 520,716 people in a total of 225 municipalities, an area of and a population density of 64.19 people per ...
between the provinces of Province of León, León and Province of Zamora, Zamora.
** In Comarca de Guadix, the Aldeire municipality has an exclave to the north called "''Cortijo Ramos''", surrounded by the Valle del Zalabi and La Calahorra municipalities.
* In the
United States of America
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territor ...
:
** In
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S ...
, the Unorganized Borough is separated into multiple sections; however, the only true exclave that is not an enclave is the town of Hyder, Alaska, Hyder, which belongs to Prince of Wales – Hyder Census Area, Alaska, Prince of Wales – Hyder Census Area.
** In
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to t ...
, Brooks County, Georgia, Brooks County has a small portion separated by Lowndes County, Georgia, Lowndes County and Madison County, Florida.
** In Louisiana, a portion of St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, St. Martin Parish is separated by Iberia Parish, Louisiana, Iberia Parish. A portion of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, West Feliciana Parish is separated by Concordia Parish, Louisiana, Concordia Parish. A portion of Madison Parish, Louisiana, Madison Parish is separated by Warren County, Mississippi.
** In Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Norfolk County has two exclaves: Brookline, Massachusetts, Brookline between Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middlesex and Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Suffolk counties, and Cohasset, Massachusetts, Cohasset on the coast of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Plymouth County.
** In Michigan:
*** In Houghton County, Michigan, Houghton County: The city of Houghton, Michigan, Houghton divides Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan, Portage and Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan, Adams townships into two sections apiece, and the city of Hancock, Michigan, Hancock divides Quincy Township, Houghton County, Michigan, Quincy Township in two as well.
*** Brownstown Charter Township, Michigan, Brownstown Township, Wayne County, Michigan, Wayne County is separated into three parts. The two smaller parts are separated from the main portion of the township by Woodhaven, Michigan, Woodhaven. Both smaller parts are further separated by Rockwood, Michigan, Rockwood and Gibraltar, Michigan, Gibraltar.
** In
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York (state), New York; on the ea ...
:
*** In Atlantic County, New Jersey, Atlantic County, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, Egg Harbor Township is split into three parts.
*** In Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, the township of South Hackensack, New Jersey, South Hackensack is divided into three separate parts as a result of other municipalities withdrawing from it.
*** In Burlington County, New Jersey, Burlington County, the borough of Wrightstown, New Jersey, Wrightstown has two sections.
*** In Camden County, New Jersey, Camden County, Haddon Township, New Jersey, Haddon Township is split into three parts, of which two are joined at a quadripoint.
*** In
Monmouth County, Aberdeen Township, New Jersey, Aberdeen Township is divided into two pieces.
*** In Morris County, New Jersey, Morris County, the township of Randolph, New Jersey, Randolph has a tiny exclave, and Rockaway Township, New Jersey, Rockaway Township has a small portion that is joined by only a quadripoint.
** In New Mexico, Sandoval County, New Mexico, Sandoval County has an exclave. During World War II, Los Alamos County, New Mexico, Los Alamos County was created out of parts of Sandoval and Santa Fe County, New Mexico, Santa Fe Counties, for the convenience of the Manhattan Project. That portion of Sandoval County that is within the San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, San Ildefonso Indian Reservation, about 3 km
2, became an exclave bounded by Los Alamos County on the southwest, Santa Fe County on the east and Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, Rio Arriba County on the north.
** In New York (state), New York: In Westchester County, New York, Westchester County, Rye (town), New York, Rye Town has an exclave separated by Harrison, New York, Harrison and Rye (city), New York, Rye City.
** In
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Ma ...
:
*** In Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, O'Hara Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, O'Hara Township consists o
five non-contiguous areas with Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, Sharpsburg, Aspinwall, Pennsylvania, Aspinwall and Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania, Fox Chapel separating them. One area (Sixmile Island (Pennsylvania), Sixmile Island) is enclaved within Sharpsburg.
*** In
Berks County, in addition to the two exclaves of
Cumru Township mentioned above, Lower Alsace Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Lower Alsace Township has an exclave separated from the rest of the township by the borough of Mount Penn, Pennsylvania, Mount Penn.
*** In Chester County, Pennsylvania, Chester County, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill Township has a small exclave separated by Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, Phoenixville. In addition, Valley Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Valley Township has an exclave created by a narrow strip of land that is part of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, Coatesville.
*** Three municipalities in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Delaware County have exclaves. Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Springfield Township has an exclave separated from the main body of the township by the village of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, Swarthmore; Darby Township, Pennsylvania, Darby Township consists of two non-contiguous areas; and part of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, Upper Darby is separated from the main body of the township by Aldan, Pennsylvania, Aldan and Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, Lansdowne.
*** In Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Lackawanna County, South Abington Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, South Abington Township has an exclave along Glenburn Road bordered by Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, Clarks Summit borough and Waverly Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Waverly Township. The township itself is oddly shaped and borders the collective area of Clarks Summit, Clarks Green, Pennsylvania, Clarks Green, and Waverly Township on three sides.
*** There are four sets of exclaves in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County. Norwegian Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Norwegian Township has a small exclave separated by the city of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Pottsville, and West Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, West Mahanoy Township is split into two sections, separated by the borough of Gilberton, Pennsylvania, Gilberton. In addition, the borough of Auburn, Pennsylvania, Auburn creates exclaves of both South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, South Manheim Township and West Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, West Brunswick Township.
*** In York County, Pennsylvania, York County, Spring Garden Township, York County, Pennsylvania, Spring Garden Township has an exclave separated from the rest of the township by the city of York, Pennsylvania, York.
** In South Carolina, Pickens County, South Carolina, Pickens County has two exclaves separated by Oconee County, South Carolina, Oconee County and Anderson County, South Carolina, Anderson County.
** In
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to ...
:
*** White County, Tennessee, White County has a small portion separated by Cumberland County, Tennessee, Cumberland County and Van Buren County, Tennessee, Van Buren County.
*** Tipton County, Tennessee, Tipton County has a small portion separated by Shelby County, Tennessee, Shelby County and Mississippi County, Arkansas.
** The lands within numerous Indian reservations have been fragmented, with privately owned real estate intermixed with tribal, city, county, state, and federal authorities in a bewildering array of jurisdictional geographies.
*** Red Lake Indian Reservation has one large exclave bordering Canada (itself containing enclaves of non-reservation land) and numerous other small exclaves.
*** Rosebud Indian Reservation also has numerous small exclaves.
Semi-enclaves and semi-exclaves
Semi-enclaves and semi-exclaves are areas that, except for possessing an unsurrounded sea border, would otherwise be enclaves or exclaves.
Semi-enclaves can exist as List of countries that border only one other country, independent states that border only one other state. ''Vinokurov (2007)'' declares, "Technically, Portugal, Denmark, and Canada also border only one foreign state, but they are not enclosed in the geographical, political, or economic sense. They have vast access to international waters. At the same time, there are states that, although in possession of sea access, are still enclosed by the territories of a foreign state."
(At the time of publication, Canada and Denmark did not share a border.) Therefore, Vinokurov applies a quantitative principle: ''the land boundary must be longer than the coastline.'' Thus he classifies a state as a ''sovereign semi-enclave'' if it borders on just one state, and its land boundary is longer than its sea coastline.
Vinokurov affirms that "no similar quantitative criterion is needed to define the scope of non-sovereign semi-enclaves/exclaves."
Sovereign semi-enclaves
*
*
*
Non-sovereign semi-enclaves
* Brunei: Temburong District is bounded by Malaysia and Brunei Bay. The Temburong Bridge connects Temburong to the Brunei mainland, bypassing the need to traverse through Malaysian territory.
* In Canada: In Newfoundland and Labrador, the town of Petty Harbour–Maddox Cove is a semi-enclave in the city of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's.
* Cyprus (''de facto''): The ''de facto'' independent Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), which is unrecognized internationally, has a semi-enclave in the island's Northwest, Kokkina exclave, Kokkina/Erenköy, which is bounded by the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus, U.N. buffer zone and the Mediterranean Sea.
* East Timor: Oecusse is bounded by
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
and the Savu Sea.
* Oman: Musandam Governorate, Musandam is bounded by the United Arab Emirates and the Strait of Hormuz.
*
Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, ...
: Ceuta, Melilla, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera are bounded by the Mediterranean Sea and by either a neutral zone or Morocco itself.
* United Kingdom:
** The overseas territory of Gibraltar is on the south coast of
Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, ...
. A neutral zone had existed at one time but appears no longer to be observed.
** Akrotiri and Dhekelia – British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus, administered as two Sovereign Base Areas, an Eastern Sovereign Base Area (ESBA) and a Western Sovereign Base Area (WSBA). The bases were retained by the UK following the independence of Cyprus in 1960. The Western Sovereign Base Area includes Akrotiri and Episkopi Cantonment, while the Eastern Sovereign Base Area includes Dhekelia Cantonment and Ayios Nikolaos, SBA, Ayios Nikolaos.
* United States of America:
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S ...
is bounded by Canada, the Arctic Ocean, the Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Alaska is the world's largest semi-enclave.
Non-sovereign semi-exclaves
* Angola: Cabinda Province, Cabinda is bounded by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo and the Atlantic Ocean.
*
Croatia
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: The southern portion of Dubrovnik-Neretva County, including the historic city of Dubrovnik, is bounded by Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and the Adriatic Sea. Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina's only sea access, is sandwiched between the two portions of this county. This semi-exclave relies on national territorial waters as its only alternative connection to the rest of the country. It is accessible to Croatia's much larger region to the north by an 8 km road a short distance from and parallel to the Adriatic coastline, crossing Bosnia via Neum. The Pelješac Bridge, which opened July 2022, is a 2.3 km bridge to a Croatian peninsula that bypasses the Bosnian transit.
* Cyprus (''de facto''): The Greek Cypriot-controlled portion of Famagusta District, along with the easternmost exclave of Larnaca District, together are a semi-exclave, bounded by the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus, U.N. buffer zone, Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area and the Mediterranean Sea.
* Equatorial Guinea: continental Río Muni is surrounded by Gabon, Cameroon and the Atlantic Ocean and can only be accessed from the capital by boat or plane.
* Eritrea: The southeasternmost point of Eritrea () is surrounded by Djibouti and Bab-el-Mandeb.
*
France
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: French Guiana (an Overseas Department), in South America, is bounded by Suriname, Brazil and the Atlantic Ocean.
*
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...
: Kaliningrad Oblast is bounded by Lithuania, Poland and the Baltic Sea.
Subnational semi-exclaves
* Colombia: The municipality of Tumaco (Nariño (Colombia), Nariño) has one exclave (San Juan de la Costa, Nariño, San Juan de la Costa) between the Pacific Ocean and the municipalities of Francisco Pizarro, Nariño, Francisco Pizarro and Mosquera, Nariño, Mosquera.
*
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
:
** In West Nusa Tenggara, two subdistricts of Bima Regency, namely Tambora, and Sanggar, are separated by the rest of the regency of Dompu Regency.
** In South Sulawesi, six subdistricts of Luwu Regency, namely Walenrang, East Walenrang, West Walenrang, North Walenrang, Lamasi, and East Lamasi, are separated from the rest of the regency by the city of Palopo.
Pene-enclaves/exclaves (including inaccessible districts)
A pene-exclave is a part of the territory of one country that can be approached conveniently — in particular by wheeled traffic — only through the territory of another country.
Such areas are enclaves or exclaves ''for practical purposes,'' without meeting the strict definition; hence they are also called functional enclaves or practical enclaves.
Many pene-exclaves partially border their own territorial waters (i.e., they are not surrounded by other nations' territorial waters). A pene-enclave can also exist entirely on land, such as when intervening mountains render a territory inaccessible from other parts of a country except through alien territory. Thus, a ''pene-exclave'' has land borders with other territory but is not completely surrounded by the other's land or territorial waters. They can exhibit continuity of state territory across territorial waters but, nevertheless, a discontinuity on land, such as in the case of Point Roberts, Washington, Point Roberts.
Along rivers that change course, pene-enclaves can be observed as complexes comprising many small pene-enclaves.
Attribution of a pene-enclave status to a territory can sometimes be disputed, depending on whether the territory is considered to be practically inaccessible from the mainland or not.
National level
* Austria:
** The municipality of Jungholz is connected to the rest of Austria at a quadripoint at the summit of the mountain ''Sorgschrofen'' (1636 m). Road access is only via German land. However, ''Vinokurov (2007)'' states, "For all purposes, a connection in a single point does not mean anything. It is just like being completely separated. One cannot pass through a single point, nor is it possible to transport goods. It is not even possible to lay a telephone line."
(See above: ''Enclaves that are also exclaves''.)
** The Kleinwalsertal, a valley part of Vorarlberg, can only be reached by road from Oberstdorf,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
.
** Hinterriß and Eng, Tyrol, Eng (parts of the communes of Vomp and Eben am Achensee in Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria) are functional exclaves accessible by road only from Germany.
* Belgium/
France
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: Along the river Leie (Lys in French) between Halluin and Armentières, where the river forms the border, there are 7 small pene-exclaves of Belgium (province of Hainaut (province), Hainaut) on the southern side of the river and 7 small pene-exclaves of France (department of Nord (French department), Nord) on the northern side of the river. This is due to minor changes in the course of the river since the border was fixed in 1830.
*Belgium/Luxembourg: There is a building containing both an Aldi and a Lidl supermarket, adjacent to the northernmost point of Luxembourg, that is inaccessible by road from Luxembourg and can only be accessed through Belgium.
* Belgium/Netherlands: On the Dutch side of the Meuse River, between the Belgian municipality of Visé and its neighboring Dutch municipalities of Maastricht and Eijsden-Margraten, Belgium has two pene-exclaves, Presqu'ile de L'Ilal and Presqu'ile d'Eijsden. A Dutch pene-exclave, Presqu'ile Petit-Gravier, lies on the Belgian side. The states signed a treaty in 2016 to swap these plots of land, which are the result of river straightening prior to 1980.
** The Zeelandic Flanders (733 km
2/283 sq mi) is a part of the Netherlands, but has land access only from Belgium, and through the Western Scheldt Tunnel, Western Scheldt undersea tunnel built 2003.
* Belize: Ambergris Caye is an island in Belize located south of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. It is separated from the rest of the country and can only be reached on land by a bridge from Mexico.
* Bolivia: Copacabana, Bolivia, Copacabana and the surrounding promontory are separated from the rest of Bolivia by Lake Titicaca, only joining by land to Peruvian territory. Access to Bolivia is only available via ferry.
* Cambodia: Preah Vihear Temple, Prasat Preah Vihear can only be reached by traveling through Thailand.
* Canada:
** St. Regis Mohawk Reservation, St. Regis, Quebec: Part of the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, it has a land border with St. Regis Mohawk Reservation in New York (state), New York State; road access to the rest of Canada is only available through New York State.
** Campobello Island, New Brunswick can be reached by road only by driving through the United States, across the border bridge to Maine. Connection with the rest of Canada is by ferry.
** The entrance to Aroostook Valley Country Club near Fort Fairfield, Maine, is in the U.S., but most of the club's golf course and its clubhouse are in Canada. Members and their guests, as long as they remain on the club's property, are not required to clear Canadian customs. Although a shorter route to Canada exists, members coming from Canada must do a detour to report to U.S. border inspection before proceeding to the golf club.
** The Haskell Free Library and Opera House straddles the border. The Canadian part of the building is a practical exclave of Canada, as most of the building is physically in Stanstead, Quebec, but the only public access to the building is via the front door on Caswell Avenue in Derby Line, Vermont, in the United States. (Emergency exits from the second floor open to Canada.) People in Canada may not enter or exit the building except by travelling into the U.S. A special exception allows library and opera house patrons to cross the border to enter and move about in the building, but they must return to their home country (or see the Customs office) to avoid being charged with illegally entering the other country.
** The Salmon Glacier and Granduc Mine in Premier, British Columbia can only be reached by road through Hyder, Alaska.
* Chile: Magallanes Region of Chile, the southernmost portion of the Chilean mainland, is a practical exclave. The southernmost location that can be reached by road from the core of Chile is Villa O'Higgins in Aysén Region. Before the construction of the Carretera Austral, and its side-routes, the practical exclave included the Aysén Region and other locations such as Futaleufú, Chile, Futaleufú.
*
Croatia
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, anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland")
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**
Croatia
, image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg
, image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg
, anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland")
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/Bosnia and Herzegovina: A few houses and the castle Zrinski, belonging to the municipality of Hrvatska Kostajnica, lie on the right bank of the Una (Sava), Una river, and are connected to the municipality by a bridge. The border crosses the FK Partizan Kostajnica football club's pitch, leaving approximately 1/3 of the pitch on the Croatian territory.
**
Croatia
, image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg
, image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg
, anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland")
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/Serbia: The Croatian village of Kenđija is a pene-exclave on the left bank of the Danube, and can be reached by road only through Serbia.
**
Croatia
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, anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland")
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/Hungary: The Croatian village of Križnica lies on the left bank of the river Drava, and is connected to the rest of the country by a pedestrian bridge.
**
Croatia
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/Slovenia: A small portion of the Croatian village of Mali Tabor lies on the right bank of the river Sutla and can be reached only through Slovenian territory.
* Denmark/
Germany
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: Several farms on the border, e.g. Vilmkærgård (similar situation as Canada's Haskell Free Library, immediately above). Between 1920 and 1927, the popular German tourist island Sylt was accessible only by boat from Højer, ceded to Denmark in 1920. A direct German route was built in 1927.
*
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
: Lutepää is a small village on the Värska-to-Saatse gravel road in southeast and it can only be reached by travelling through
Russia
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(the one and only road through Lutepää cuts, on either side of the village, through Russia's Saatse Boot area).
* Finland/
Sweden: The city centre of the Finnish city of Tornio is a pene-enclave unreachable directly by land from Finnish territory, although connected to the rest of Finland by a pair of bridges. The neighboring Swedish municipality of Haparanda has two similar pene-enclaves unreachable directly from Swedish territory. One is an islet crossed by the international border at a golf course on the line between Tornio and Haparanda.
*
France
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: The territorial water of Canada completely surrounds that of the French territorial collectivity of St Pierre and Miquelon except for an EEZ corridor 10.5 NM (19.4 km) wide stretching 200 NM (370 km) to the south. This corridor is wholly enclosed within the EEZ of Canada due to the EEZ of Sable Island to the southeast of Nova Scotia.
*
France
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: The French village of Montfroc (Drôme) is a pene-exclave surrounded by Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and the salient of Drôme.
*
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
/Switzerland:
** The smaller part of the German city of Konstanz, which includes the Altstadt (old town), lies to the south of the Rhine and has no land border with Germany, being otherwise surrounded by Switzerland; it is linked to the rest of Konstanz, and by extension to the rest of Germany, by a bridge.
** The Swiss town of Stein am Rhein has only a bridge over the Rhine connecting it to the rest of Switzerland, which it does not border on land, and is otherwise surrounded by Germany.
* Guatemala/Mexico: The changing course of the Río Suchiate has created pene-exclaves on both banks of the river.
* Guyana/Venezuela: The coastal border runs in a straight, northwest–southeast line next to the beach, producing a pene-exclave of Guyana on Isla Corocoro 12 miles long and 300 feet wide at its narrowest.
*
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
:
** On the island of New Guinea, West Papua (region), West Papua is surrounded by Papua New Guinea, the Arafura Sea and the Pacific Ocean;
** Borneo's subdivisions include a part of Malaysia (the states of Sabah and Sarawak) and a part of Indonesia that are conterminous; thus, each part is a pene-exclave of its home country.
** West Timor is surrounded by East Timor, the Timor Sea and the Savu Sea.
* Republic of Ireland, Ireland/United Kingdom: The westernmost region of County Monaghan in Ireland contains a pene-enclave jutting into County Fermanagh, United Kingdom, known as the Drummully Polyp or Salient (also locally as Coleman Island after the name of its northernmost townland, Coleman). There are two inaccessible districts: Drumard in the 'polyp' itself, belongs to Ireland and is inaccessible directly by road from any other part of Ireland; the village of Summerhill, County Fermanagh in the United Kingdom is similarly inaccessible from the rest of the United Kingdom. The A3 (UK) and N54 (Ireland) road, known as the Concession Road, crosses the border here 4 times in a short distance.
*
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
:
** The Livigno valley near the Swiss border was at one time accessible only from Switzerland and was exempt from Italian customs, an exemption that continues today even though road access to the rest of Italy has been established. It is therefore excluded from EU VAT area.
** The village of Bagni di Craveggia can only be reached by travelling through the Canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The village never became part of Switzerland, as the pastures surrounding it were owned by the people of Vigezzo Valley, rather than the people of the Swiss Onsernone Valley, at the end of which the village is situated. Consequently, the Swiss franc is commonly used.
** On the San Marino/Italy border, there is Italian land east of the River San Marino that does not join to any other part of 'dry' Italian territory. This area is only a few metres wide, and follows the river's course for around 500 metres, and is close to the Strada del Lavoro.
* Lithuania: Curonian Spit's northern part in the Klaipėda District is bounded by
Russia
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and the Baltic Sea, but has the common territorial waters of Lithuania.
* Mexico/United States of America: Shifts in the meandering course of the lower Rio Bravo del Norte (Rio Grande) have created numerous pene-exclaves. Under the Boundary Treaty of 1970 and earlier treaties, the two nations have maintained the actual course of the river as the United States territorial acquisitions#Mexican boundary, international boundary, but both must approve proposed changes. From 1989 to 2009, there were 128 locations where the river changed course, causing land that had been on one side of the river to then occupy the opposite bank. Until the boundary is officially changed, there are 60 small pene-exclaves of the state of Texas now lying on the southern side of the river, as well as 68 such pene-exclaves of Mexico on the northern side of the river. The last such exchange (of pre-1989 river cuts) occurred in 2009, after languishing as a proposal for 20 years.
* Malaysia: In the state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo, the Limbang Division is completely cut off from the rest of the state's road network. The Limbang District in the division is only accessible by road through Brunei, as it is located between Brunei's main portion and the Temburong District. The Lawas District, on the other hand, lies between Temburong and the state of Sabah. As Sabah and Sarawak have autonomy in immigration affairs, immigration checks are required when traveling into or out of the Limbang Division by road.
* Namibia: Mpalila Island can only be reached from the rest of the country by travelling through Botswana.
* Netherlands: Part of the province of Zeeland, namely Zeelandic Flanders is accessible by land only through the country of Belgium, although it is accessible by sea from the rest of the province of Zeeland. There is a tunnel, the Westerscheldetunnel, which also links Zeelandic Flanders to the rest of the province.
* North Korea:
** A small pene-exclave is located on a lake island that is divided between North Korea and Songsan-ri, Paju-si, Gyeonggi Province, Gyeonggi-do in South Korea. It can be accessed by boat only.
** Another pene-exclave is located on the south side of a river adjacent to Gadal-ri, Cheorwon-gun, Gangwon Province (South Korea), Gangwon-do in South Korea. It can be accessed by boat only.
*
Norway
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Sweden: Properties 79/3 and 79/4 () at Trosterud in the Norwegian municipality of Rømskog are only accessible by a road that follows the Norwegian–Sweden, Swedish border, boundary. Some nearby houses in Sweden are only accessible from that road that is connected to a larger road only in Norway.
*
Portugal
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: An area north of Tourém is cut off from the rest of Portuguese territory by the lake Encoro de Salas, being surrounded by Spain, Spanish territory. It is accessible by a road bridge, but otherwise does not border the rest of
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal:
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.
*
Russia
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:
** Dubki, Pechorsky District, Pskov Oblast, Dubki area is bounded by
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
and Lake Peipsi-Pihkva.
** The settlement of Maloje Kulisko is separated from the rest of the country by the Kuuleski River; the village is otherwise surrounded by
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
n territory, although as it is a bog island, it is not accessible from Estonia either.
** Vistula Spit's eastern part in the Kaliningrad Area is bounded by Poland and the Baltic Sea, but has the common territorial waters of Russia.
* Senegal: An area of marshy land, approximately south of Tiong, Mauritania is owned by Senegal, but is inaccessible from any other part of Senegal. Coastal waters, however, are contiguous.
* Serbia/Bosnia and Herzegovina: In the vicinity of Međurečje (Rudo), Međurečje a salient belonging to Serbia is connected by a 30 meter wide, 660 meter long land corridor. It has road access only by passing through Bosnia and Herzegovina
43°36'10.3"N 19°15'49.5"E.
* Slovenia: A farmhouse and a few other buildings in the village of Rigonce on the left bank of the river Sutla, Sotla/Sutla can only be reached through
Croatia
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*
Spain
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: Os de Civís is inaccessible via any other part of Spanish territory, as one has to travel via Andorra.
*
Sweden: The settlements Naimakka, Keinovuopio and some few more farms located on the Swedish side of the Könkämäeno river have road access only on the Finnish side.
* Togo: A territory in the northwestern end of Togo is only accessible through Burkina Faso.
* Turkey:
** The East Thrace, European section of Turkey is bounded by Greece and Bulgaria. Despite that the European section and the Asian sections of Turkey are not geographically conterminous and are separated by Turkish Straits, there are three connecting bridges, one highway and one railway tunnel in Istanbul. Another Çanakkale 1915 Bridge, bridge is under construction in Çanakkale.
** The valley of Macahel, which includes five villages in northeastern Turkey, can only be reached by vehicle via Batumi in Georgia (country), Georgia. In winter, as the snow shuts the paths that are completely within the borders of Turkey, the road via Batumi is the only way to travel there.
** Turkey has a pene-exclave west of the Maritsa River opposite Edirne (Adrianople), with a land boundary of 10.8 km with Greece.
* Uganda: The extreme tip of Tanzania's Kanyiragwa peninsula is a very small pene-exclave of Uganda on the shore of Lake Victoria, created by the parallel of latitude that defines most of the border between Uganda and Tanzania.
* United Kingdom: Northern Ireland is bounded by Republic of Ireland, Ireland, the Irish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
* United States of America/Canada:
** Although Alaska is itself a pene-exclave (road access is primarily via the Alaska Highway), much of the Alaska Panhandle consists of mountainous peninsulas; many communities along the coast lack road connection to other parts of Alaska directly, such as the state capital, Juneau, Alaska, Juneau. Three communities are connected by road to Canada with no road to any other point in Alaska: Haines, Alaska, Haines via the Haines Highway; Skagway, Alaska, Skagway via the Klondike Highway; and Hyder, Alaska, Hyder to Stewart, British Columbia. The distance between Haines and Skagway is about by the Alaska Marine Highway car ferry but by road through Canada. Hyder is the only point in the U.S. that can be entered legally without reporting for border inspection; while Canada maintains a border post on the road to Stewart, the U.S. border post was closed in the 1970s. Hyder is connected to the rest of Alaska only by a seaplane service to Ketchikan, Alaska, Ketchikan, with customs inspection done on arrival in Ketchikan.
** Point Roberts, Washington, is bounded by British Columbia, Canada, the Strait of Georgia, and Boundary Bay. It can be reached from the rest of Washington State only via road through two border crossings.
** A slice of land on the edge of Lake Metigoshe lies in North Dakota's Roland Township bordering Municipality of Deloraine – Winchester, Winchester, Canada.
** A peninsula juts into North Dakota within the Osthus lake in Rolette County, North Dakota, Rolette County, North Dakota, 500 meters south of Gunnville Lake and 700 meters east of Wakopa Creek, in the Wakopa Wildlife Management Area.
** The Northwest Angle – the northernmost part of Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota, and the northernmost part of the contiguous 48 states – is bounded by Manitoba, Canada and Lake of the Woods. Access to the rest of Minnesota is only via boat or by a pair of vehicular border crossings.
** Elm Point, Minnesota and two small pieces of uninhabited land just to its west (Buffalo Bay Point) are also bounded by Manitoba and Lake of the Woods.
** The Alburgh, Vermont, Alburgh Tongue in Lake Champlain, location of the town of Alburgh, Vermont, is bounded by Quebec, Canada to the north. The community can be reached via road bridges from Vermont or New York.
** Lake Champlain#Province Point, Vermont, Province Point, the small end of a peninsula east of Alburgh, Vermont, is bounded by Quebec and Lake Champlain.
** Estcourt Station, Maine, does not have public road access to the rest of Maine. Instead, Estcourt Station's houses, store and gas station access Rue Frontiere, a street on the Canadian side of the border in Pohenegamook, Quebec.
Divided islands
:
* Argentina/Chile:
** Tierra del Fuego, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego is a shared island; the eastern section is part of Argentina's Tierra del Fuego Province (Argentina), Tierra del Fuego province and the western is part of Chile. The island is surrounded by the Beagle Channel, the Strait of Magellan, and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
** Isla Dos Hitos in General Carrera Lake, Lago General Carrera/Lago Buenos Aires is shared.
** The border divides an island formed by branches of the Mayer River, Río Mayer.
* Bahrain/Saudi Arabia: ''Middle East Causeway Embankment No. 4'' is an island situated on the King Fahd Causeway in the Persian Gulf. On this small hourglass-shaped island is the border between the two nations, each connected to the island by a bridge. The border station was designed as two connected islands, with the west side designated as Saudi Arabian and the east as Bahraini.
* Belarus and Latvia's international border divides an island in Lake Rychy; hence, each has a pene-exclave there.
* Belarus/Lithuania: Sosnovec Island and another nameless island in Lake Drūkšiai are each divided by the two nations; hence, they are pene-exclaves.
* Bolivia and Chile share an island formed by the Putani River, Río Putani and its branch, Quebrado Coipacoipani.
* Djibouti and Ethiopia each have a pene-exclave on an island off Cape Aleilou in Lake Abbe. Only the eastern tip of the island belongs to Djibouti.
* Finland and
Norway
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each have pene-exclaves on two List of divided islands, divided lake islands and one divided river islet on their international border.
* Finland/
Sweden:
** The Finnish municipality of Tornio and the neighboring Swedish municipality of Haparanda share an islet crossed by the international border at a golf course on the line between the two.
** Märket is a small 3.3-hectare (8.2-acre) uninhabited island in the Baltic Sea, which has been divided between the two nations since the Treaty of Fredrikshamn of 1809. The unusual border consists of eight line segments and takes the form of an inverted 'S', with the island's lighthouse connected to the rest of Finland only by a short stretch of land.
** Kataja, Kataja Island (Inakari in Finnish) is divided into two pene-exclaves, one of each nation. It was formed by the merger of two smaller islands due to post-glacial rebound.
* Finland/
Russia
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:
** Koiluoto, Koiluoto Island, located in the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea, is divided by the two nations; hence, it consists of a pene-exclave of each.
** The two nations also each have pene-exclaves on ten List of divided islands, divided islands in lakes on their international border.
*
Indonesia
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and Malaysia: Sebatik Island, a satellite island of Borneo, is divided between the two states.
* Republic of Ireland, Ireland/United Kingdom: The islet of Pollatawny in Lough Vearty lies on the international border; hence, each nation has a pene-exclave there.
* Lithuania/
Russia
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: An island in the Šešupė River is divided between Lithuania and the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.
*
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
and
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...
each have pene-exclaves on two List of divided islands, divided islands and one divided islet in two lakes on their international border.
*
Norway
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/
Sweden: On their international border, Norway and Sweden divide 16 List of divided islands, lake islands and one river islet into pene-exclaves of each nation.
* Poland and
Germany
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divide Usedom, Usedom Island, in the northern part of the Szczecin Lagoon.
* Collectivity of Saint Martin, St. Martin/Sint Maarten in the Caribbean Sea are pene-exclaves of
France
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and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, respectively.
* Turkey:
** The tripoint junction () of the borders of Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria is on an island in the Maritsa River known as ''Kavak Ada'' or ''Évros Alpha.''
Thus it contains three pene-exclaves.
** Turkey and Greece divide an island in the Maritsa River known as island ''Q'' located at , thus each nation has a pene-exclave there.
* United States of America/Canada: The two nations share extremely long borders defined by two meridians of longitude and the 49th parallel north#The Canada – United States border, 49th parallel of north latitude, crossing many lakes and rivers and, in at least 46 locations, dividing many islands. Each List of divided islands, divided island contains a pene-exclave of each nation:
** Canada and the U.S. divide a
islandin the Columbia River at near the List of Canada–United States border crossings, Waneta border crossing of Washington (state), Washington and British Columbia.
** Sheridan County, Montana, Salt Lake in northeastern Montana, known as Alkali Lake in Saskatchewan, contains a
islandthat is crossed by the international border at its southern tip (). When the lake is not dry, the island forms pene-exclaves of each nation.
** The two nations also divide two islands on their international border in Boundary Lake, North Dakota and Manitoba. The larger eastern island lies at ; the tiny western island is at .
** Each nation has a pene-exclave on the 77-acr
Province Islandat in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont and Quebec. The small southern tip is on the U.S. side; the remaining 90% of the island is Canadian.
**The two nations divide Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, Pine and Curry Island in Lake of the Woods on the Minnesota/Ontario border at
** In addition to the above, the two nations share a border on approximately 17 other List of divided islands#Lake islands, lake islands (5 are in
Alaska
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/Yukon) and approximately 50 other List of divided islands#River islands, river islands (37 in Alaska/Yukon, including at least 18 among greatly bifurcated flows). The 14 river islands outside of Alaska and Yukon border the states of Washington, Montana, North Dakota and Maine (1, 7, 1 and 5, respectively) and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec and New Brunswick (1, 5, 2, 1, 1 and 4, respectively). The 17 lake islands at lower latitudes are shared by the states of Washington, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Vermont and Maine (2, 2, 9, 1, 1, 1 and 1, respectively), and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick (2, 1, 2, 8, 2, 1 and 1, respectively).
Subnational pene-enclaves/exclaves (inaccessible districts)
* In
Australia:
**The sparsely-inhabited Jervis Bay Territory occupies a coastal peninsula. It is not part of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), but the laws of the ACT do apply to it. The Jervis Bay Territory is administered by the government of the ACT and thus it is a pene-exclave, accessible only by travel through
New South Wales
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** The border between Victoria, Australia, Victoria and New South Wales runs along the top of the south bank of the Murray River as far east as the source, thus the entire bank between the source and
South Australia
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n border technically constitutes a pene-enclave of New South Wales, accessible by crossing the river by road only through Victoria.
* In Canada:
** The village of Atlin, British Columbia, is only accessible by road through the Yukon Territory.
** The village of Tungsten, Northwest Territories is only accessible by road through the Yukon.
** Similarly, to reach the towns of Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories, Fort McPherson, Tsiigehtchic and Inuvik in the Inuvik Region by road from elsewhere in the Northwest Territories, it is necessary to drive into Yukon and take the Dempster Highway.
** Cold Lake (Canada), Cold Lake, a large C-shaped lake, straddles the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan in such a way that a peninsula in Albertan territory can only be reached overland by passing through Saskatchewan's Meadow Lake Provincial Park.
* In
China:
**Most of Chongming Island at the mouth of the Yangtze is administered as Chongming County of Shanghai municipality. However, a long swath of the northern side of the island was added to the island in the 1970s from the formerly separate island of Yonglongsha. It is divided between Haiyong Township, Haiyong and Qilong Township, Qilong township (PRC), townships, which are administered as pene-exclaves of Nantong's county (PRC), county-level county-level city, cities of Haimen and Qidong City, Qidong, respectively. Formerly connected only by ferry, they joined the mainland's road network with the completion of the Chongqi Bridge, although all routes now pass through Shanghai's territory.
** The northern part of Hong Kong's Sai Kung Peninsula is a part of Tai Po District, not Sai Kung District. There is no direct road link between two areas.
* In
Croatia
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** Slatine on the island of Čiovo is a pene-enclave of the city of Split, Croatia, Split, as it can be reached by road only via three other municipalities (Solin, Kaštela and Trogir).
** The north-western part of the municipality of Tisno is separated from the rest of the municipality by the municipality of Pirovac.
** The villages of Vlašići and Smokvica belong to the town of Pag (town), Pag, but are separated from it by the municipality of Povljana.
* In
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
:
**Haapsalu urban municipality is a coastal pene-enclave of Lääne-Nigula Parish;
**Loksa is a coastal pene-enclave of Kuusalu Parish;
**Aegna island subdistrict of Tallinn lies on the coast of Viimsi Parish, while Naissaar island of Viimsi Parish lies closer to Tallinn and Harku Parish.
**Kõinastu islet village of Saaremaa Parish is accessible both by sea from Saaremaa island and on land and shallow water from the insular Muhu Parish;
* In Finland, the South Karelian municipality of Taipalsaari is spread across several islands and peninsulas in Lake Saimaa; many are only accessible by road from its neighbouring municipalities. For example, the village of Merenlahti is located on a small peninsula, and the only way to get there by road is through Lappeenranta.
* In
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
, the North Sea islands of Neuwerk, Scharhörn and Nigehörn off the Lower Saxony, Lower Saxon coast are pene-exclaves of the federal state of Hamburg. During low tide, one can reach the tidal island of Neuwerk on foot or by horse carriages.
* In Iceland:
** Hafnarfjörður municipality is divided into two sections, on opposite sides of a peninsula.
** Skagabyggð municipality has two noncontiguous pieces with sea access.
** The municipality of Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur has three sections. Two sections are connected at a quadripoint, and the third is effectively separate, although administrative boundaries are undetermined. If this section is in fact connected, then the municipality of Bláskógabyggð would be divided in two (although still connected at the aforementioned quadripoint).
* In
India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
:
** The Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu includes two coastal exclaves in the state of Gujarat: Diu Island and Daman district, India, Daman district
** In Tamil Nadu State, the Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve contains 27 exclaves of the two districts of Kanyakumari district, Kanyakumari and Tirunelveli district, Tirunelveli.
* In
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
:
** The province of Yogyakarta is a coastal enclave of Central Java province with access to Indian Ocean in the south.
** In East Java, the districts of Kasembon, Ngantang, and Pujon in Malang Regency, which lies west of Batu, East Java, Batu City, is only accessible by road to the rest of Malang Regency through Batu City.
** In East Nusa Tenggara, the Bima Regency is divided by Dompu Regency.
** In Central Sulawesi, the Donggala Regency is divided by Palu City, Sigi Regency and Palu Bay.
* In Ireland, the townland of Aughinish in the parish of Oughtmama is a coastal pene-exclave of County Clare, from where it can be accessed by land only by traveling through County Galway.
* In
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
:
** The southern part of the Province of Venice, Veneto, can be reached by land only by traveling through the Province of Padua.
** The municipality of Oliveto Lario on the shore of Lake Como belongs to the Province of Lecco,
Lombardy, but can be reached by land only through the Province of Como.
** The village of Santa Margherita on the shore of Lake Lugano belongs to the municipality of Valsolda (Province of Como), but can be reached by land only by traveling through the municipalities of Claino con Osteno and Porlezza.
* In Malaysia:
** Cape Rachado is an exclave of States of Malaysia, state of Malacca, which lies on the coast of Negeri Sembilan.
** Cameron Highlands lies in the state of Pahang, but for many years the only road access was from Tapah in the state of Perak. A second route to Simpang Pulai in Perak and Gua Musang District, Gua Musang in Kelantan was opened in 2004. It was not until 2010 when the Malaysia Federal Route 102 was completed, connecting the highlands to the rest of Pahang.
* In Mexico, Calica and Xel-Há are two polygons of land belonging to the municipality of Cozumel in the Quintana Roo State which are bounded by the Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, Solidaridad and Tulum, Quintana Roo, Tulum Municipalities, respectively. Both polygons possess a coastline.
* In Moldova, Tiraspol, the capital city of the breakaway territory of Transnistria, lies on the left bank of the Dniester River but has two pene-exclaves on the right bank inside an oxbow bend, which must be accessed on land through the Căuşeni district.
* In Montenegro, the southern portion of the municipality of Herceg Novi can be accessed by land only through the municipalities of Kotor and Tivat.
* In the Netherlands, the province of Overijssel has two pene-exclaves on the Gelderland bank of the IJssel river opposite the towns of Olst and Wijhe, in which the villages of Marle (northerly), Welsum and Welsumerveld (southerly) are situated. There are cable ferries between Olst and Welsum and between Wijhe and Vorchten in the municipality of Heerde (there is no direct connection between Marle and the rest of Overijssel).
* In
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
, the municipalities Asker and Bærum are separated from the rest of the county of Akershus by land that belongs to the counties of Oslo, Oppland and Buskerud, and Oslofjorden. However, these municipalities border on the bay of Oslofjord.
* In the
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
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:
** In Soccsksargen, Sarangani province is divided by General Santos City and Sarangani Bay.
** In Zamboanga Peninsula:
*** Isabela, Basilan, Isabela City is part of this region (although it is the capital of the Bangsamoro province of Basilan), but it is separated from it by Basilan Strait.
*** Zamboanga del Sur – Zamboanga City, a chartered city, is unofficially part of this province but is separated from it by Zamboanga Sibugay.
** In Romblon, Romblon Province, the exclave of the municipality of Looc, Romblon, Looc is separated by the Looc Bay forming a peninsula with neighboring municipality of Santa Fe, Romblon, Santa Fe.
* In
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal:
:* mwl, República Pertuesa is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Macaronesian ...
, Vila Real de Santo António Municipality, Vila Real de Santo António is divided into 3 ''freguesias'', with one a few kilometers west of the other two. The "main," eastern part of its territory (where the municipal seat stands and where most of its inhabitants live) is more than three times smaller than the "secondary" part. To go from the eastern part to the western, one must pass through territory belonging to the municipality of
Castro Marim, or go by sea, as all 3 ''freguesias'' face the Atlantic Ocean to the South.
* In the Republic of China (Taiwan), Keelung City (part of Taiwan Province) faces East China Sea on one side and borders New Taipei City (a Special municipality of Taiwan, special municipality not a part of Taiwan Province) on all other sides.
* In Romania, the village of Nămoloasa (Galați County) can be accessed only through Vrancea County (where there is a bridge over the Siret (river), Siret) because it is separated by the Siret from the rest of Galați county.
* In
Russia
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** St. Petersburg, the administrative center of Leningrad Oblast, is a pene-enclave of it, as it has a shoreline on the Baltic Sea.
** Adjacent to the northwestern boundary of
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
, there is a small exclave of the Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Krasnogorsk administrative district located at the 65-km mark outside of the 137-km Moscow Ring Road (''Moskovskaya Koltsevaya Avtomobilnaya Doroga'' or MKAD), within which the administrative center and regional court are located. This area lacks access to the nearby Moscow River.
* In Samoa, A'ana, Palauli, Satupa'itea, and Va'a-o-Fonoti districts each have one exclave, and Gaga'emauga district has two. All parts of each district have sea access.
* In South Korea:
** Incheon Metropolitan City: Ganghwa Island is administered by Incheon, but is connected by bridges to Gyeonggi Province.
** Yeongjong Island, where Incheon International Airport is located, is administered by Jung-gu, but is connected by bridges to Seo-gu and Yeonsu-gu. (A "gu" is a geo-political subdivision of S. Korea's metropolitan cities).
* In Switzerland:
** canton of Lucerne, Lucerne has two pieces separated from the main territory by Lake Lucerne; one borders Schwyz, the other Nidwalden.
** Canton of Bern, Bern has a municipitality named Schelten, La Scheulte that has only a 12-meter border with the rest of the Canton of Bern, which can be reached only through the Canton of Jura or through the Canton of Solothurn
47°20'01.9"N 7°33'08.2"E** Nidwalden's district of Hergiswil is separated by an arm of Lake Lucerne.
** One of the pieces of canton of Fribourg, Fribourg is a large exclave bounded by Vaud and Lake Neuchâtel.
** Vaud has one exclave, Avenches, bordered by Lake Neuchâtel, Fribourg and the tiny Bernese exclave of Clavaleyres. The coast of Lake Neuchâtel is thus in seven pieces belonging to four cantons: clockwise from the north they are canton of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Bern (main), Vaud (Avenches exclave), Fribourg (main), Vaud (main), Fribourg (exclave), Vaud (main).
** Within Vaud, Geneva has a pene-exclave on the shoreline on Lake Geneva. It is one of the two separate parts of the commune of Céligny.
* In Ukraine, Kinburn peninsula is administratively a part of Mykolaiv Oblast but can be reached by land only from Kherson Oblast, as it is surrounded by sea from the main part of Mykolaiv Oblast.
* In the United Arab Emirates:
** The emirate of Sharjah (emirate), Sharjah has three pene-exclaves on the Gulf of Oman: Dibba Al-Hisn, Khor Fakkan and Kalba, Kalbā. Kalbā has two separate parts (east and west) connected by a middle zone that is administered jointly with Fujairah. Al 'Ayn al Ghumūr, Samāḩ and Waḩlah are located in this middle zone. Western Kalbā contains Zārūb, Maskūnah, Falaj, Ḩarrah, Mazārī', Fayyāᶁ, Wādī La'ili, Wādī Muᶁayq, Minazif and Dhabābiḩah.
** The emirate of Fujairah comprises two noncontiguous sections on the Gulf of Oman. The southerly of these two sections itself has two separate parts (north and south) connected by the aforementioned middle zone that is administered jointly with Sharjah. Wādī Umm al Ghāt, Wādī al Qūr and Wādī 'Abd al 'Aram are in the southernmost part.
* In the United Kingdom:
** England:
*** The village of Pentreheyling in Shropshire, near the Wales, Welsh border and south-east of Montgomery, Powys, Montgomery, is disconnected from the rest of England by road. (se
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*** On the English side of the English/Scottish border, the hamlet of High Cocklaw is not accessible directly from any other part of England except via footpath.
*** Newmarket, Suffolk, Newmarket is part of the County of Suffolk, but has only a small strip of land connecting it to the rest of the county and is otherwise entirely surrounded by Cambridgeshire.
** Scotland: There are two parts inaccessible from anywhere else other than by traveling through England: these are Edrington Castle and the village of Cawderstanes, which is accessible to the rest of Scotland by footbridge only. There is also a small area of land adjacent to a weir on the River Tweed, north of the B6350 road, due south of Coldstream and due south west of Cornhill on Tweed, from where one can reach the rest of Scotland directly only by crossing the weir.
** Wales:
*** In Flintshire, on the River Dee (United Kingdom), Dee estuary, there are several bits of marshland that are separated from other bits of Wales.
*** There is also a small area of land south of Wyastone Leys that is inaccessible from any other area of Wales directly by road, being separated by land and the River Wye.
*** Several small uninhabited areas near the hamlet of Part-Y-Seal or Pant-Y-Seal near Grosmont, Monmouthshire are inaccessible from Wales directly; these include one farm, two river banks and a small island in the River Monnow. These appear to be due to shifts in the course of the river.
* In the United States of America:
** Shifts in the meandering course of the lower Mississippi River have created numerous pene-exclaves.
***Arkansas has territory at across the Mississippi River on the northwest edge of Tennessee's Fort Pillow State Park, north of the Corona/Reverie, Tennessee irregularity (see below).
***Illinois' Kaskaskia, Illinois, Kaskaskia, Missouri's Grand Tower Island and other Illinois and Missouri territory on each other's side of the Mississippi River.
***The state of Mississippi controls at least 11 exclaves on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Louisiana, while Louisiana owns 8 exclaves on Mississippi's side.
***Mississippi state also owns 14 exclaves on the bank in Arkansas, while Arkansas has 15 of its own on Mississippi's side.
** In
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...
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*** Coast Guard Island in the Oakland estuary is part of the city of Alameda, California, Alameda but it is accessible only via a bridge from Oakland, California, Oakland.
*** The seaport of San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, San Pedro is part of the Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles but is connected to the rest of the city only by a narrow strip of land known as the Harbor Gateway, Los Angeles, California, Harbor Gateway, four city blocks wide and several miles long.
*** Santa Monica, California, Santa Monica borders the Pacific Ocean on one side but it is otherwise completely surrounded by the City of Los Angeles.
*** The City of San Diego has a significantly large exclave. It includes the communities of San Ysidro, San Diego, San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, Palm, and other neighborhoods considered as parts of San Diego. This piece of San Diego is separated from the main portion of San Diego by 7 miles, divided by the cities of National City, California, National City and Chula Vista. Technically, it is connected to the rest of San Diego by a seven-mile-long, two-inch-wide strip of land on the bottom of San Diego Bay. Hence, it is essentially an exclave, and it is commonly referred to as "South San Diego".
*** The city of Coronado, California, Coronado, nearly encircled by San Diego Bay, can be reached by land only via a narrow isthmus connected to Imperial Beach, CA, Imperial Beach. A bridge also connects it to San Diego. Four other small pene-exclaves occupy the same peninsula. Coastal lands that are north of Wright Ave., at the northern end of First St., part of Coronado Ferry Landing Park, and that surround most of Naval Air Station North Island (island before 1945) are part of the city of San Diego and are accessible on land only through the city of Coronado. A large portion of the famous Coronado beach is in the City of San Diego.
*** Redwood Shores on the San Francisco Peninsula is part of Redwood City, California, Redwood City, but is only connected with the rest of the city by an area of wetland in San Francisco Bay. It is accessible only via the cities of San Carlos, California, San Carlos and Belmont, California, Belmont.
*** Devils Postpile National Monument in eastern Madera County, California, is inaccessible from the remainder of the county due to wilderness areas of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada mountain range. It can be reached only via Mono County near Mammoth Lakes.
*** The General Grant Grove is an isolated, noncontiguous section of Kings Canyon National Park.
** Delaware – At least two parcels of land on the eastern (New Jersey) side of the Delaware River belong to the state of Delaware (the bulk of which is west of the river) and not to New Jersey. This is because within the "Twelve Mile Circle", the entire Delaware River, to the low water mark, is the territory of Delaware and not New Jersey (unlike many other river borders where the border is at some intermediate point in the river itself). As a result, certain areas (including the Killcohook National Wildlife Refuge and a portion of the Salem Nuclear Power Plant) on the New Jersey side of the river that have been expanded by adding fill into areas that were historically below the low water mark are considered part of New Castle County, Delaware, and not Salem County, New Jersey. Both of these areas are accessible by land only by traveling through New Jersey.
**
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virgini ...
– Ellis Park Race Course, a Thoroughbred horse racing track in Henderson, Kentucky, actually lies to the north of the Ohio River that forms the border between Kentucky and Indiana. The border is based on the river's course when Kentucky achieved statehood in 1792; a change in course to the south left the land that would later house Ellis Park cut off from the rest of Kentucky by the river. Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges, A pair of bridges across the Ohio connect the track to the rest of Kentucky.
** Iowa – The town of Carter Lake, Iowa, occupied a meander on the left bank of the Missouri River, until 1877 when flooding caused the river to jump its banks, shortening the main stream. The meander became an oxbow lake and Carter Lake now found itself on the right bank, attached to Nebraska. A lengthy court case ensued; the Supreme Court of the United States finally held that the sudden change in the river's course did not change the original boundary, and Carter Lake was still part of Iowa. (''Nebraska v. Iowa'', 143 U.S. 359 (1892)). The Court delayed a final decree to allow Nebraska and Iowa to reach an agreement consistent with its holding, which the states did. (145 U.S. 519 (1892)). All of the roads into Carter Lake run through Omaha, Nebraska.
**For similar geographic reasons several portions of Nebraska lie east of the Missouri River, mainly due to flooding and changes in the river's path:
***DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge near Blair, which borders Iowa. A portion of Iowa is also on the Nebraska side in the same area.
***McKissick Island near Peru, which borders Missouri.
***A section of land that borders Iowa, Sloan, Iowa, Sloan.
***Onawa Materials Yard Wildlife Area and Middle Decatur Bend State Wildlife Management Area near Onawa, Iowa.
** Louisiana – The island of Grand Isle, Louisiana, Grand Isle is part of Jefferson Parish but can be reached on land only via a bridge from Lafourche Parish.
** In Massachusetts:
*** Humarock, legally part of Scituate, Massachusetts, Scituate, was separated from the rest of the town in the Blizzard of 1898, in which the mouth of the North River (Massachusetts Bay), North River shifted. The village is only accessible via a bridge that connects it to Marshfield, Massachusetts, Marshfield, but has a peninsular connection to the mainland to the south at the old mouth of the North River, no
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*** Long Island (Massachusetts), Long Island, situated in Boston Harbor, is part of the City of Boston (Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Suffolk County) yet remains accessible by road only from Quincy, Massachusetts, Quincy (Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Norfolk County).
*** The town of Sandwich, Massachusetts, Sandwich is partially separated in its northern portion by the Cape Cod Canal and is only accessible by road through the neighboring town of Bourne, Massachusetts, Bourne.
** Michigan –
*** The "Lost Peninsula" in Monroe County, Michigan, can only be reached via Toledo, Ohio. It is otherwise surrounded by Maumee Bay in Lake Erie.
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*** The Upper Peninsula is attached by land to Wisconsin. It is connected to the rest of Michigan via the Mackinac Bridge on Interstate 75 in Michigan, I-75.
** Missouri – St. Joseph Rosecrans Memorial Airport is separated from St. Joseph and Buchanan County by the Missouri River. The airport, which lies on the west bank of the river, was once on the east bank along with the remainder of the city and county. Shifts in the course of the river put it on the west bank; part of the former course of the river became Browning Lake, an oxbow lake to the south of the airport. The only land access to the airport from Missouri is via Kansas Route 238 through Elwood.
** New Hampshire:
***Chatham, New Hampshire, Chatham is only accessible by road through Maine.
***In Rindge, New Hampshire, Rindge, there is a small peninsula in Lake Monomonac that is only accessible by road from Winchendon, Massachusetts.
** In
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York (state), New York; on the ea ...
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*** In Ocean County, New Jersey, Ocean County, Long Beach Township, New Jersey, Long Beach Township is split into four parts, each with sea access.
*** Elsewhere in Ocean County, Dover Beaches South, New Jersey, Ortley Beach and Dover Beaches North, New Jersey, some other small sections of Toms River Township, New Jersey, Toms River, otherwise inland, are located on Barnegat Peninsula.
*** In Monmouth County, the Sandy Hook peninsula is within
Middletown Township, though it is not connected to the rest of the township by land.
** In New York (state), New York:
*** The construction in 1895 of the Harlem River Ship Canal isolated Marble Hill, Manhattan, New York, Marble Hill, a small portion of the northern tip of Manhattan (New York County). Initially an island, it was later physically connected to the Bronx by the filling of Spuyten Duyvil Creek. It remains politically part of Manhattan, to which it is connected by the Broadway Bridge. Thus, it is part of the Borough of Manhattan and New York County, but not the island of Manhattan.
*** Rockaway, Queens, Rockaway Peninsula, part of Queens, is connected to the rest of New York City only by two causeways across Jamaica Bay, or through Nassau County, New York, Nassau County.
*** Riker's Island, the County jail, jail complex of the City of New York, is considered to be in the borough of The Bronx, but is only accessible via the Riker's Island Bridge, which terminates in the Borough of Queens.
*** Manhattan's borders often extend to the shorelines of the other boroughs so that, for example, certain piers extending from the Brooklyn waterfront are part of Manhattan but accessible only from Brooklyn. Manhattan (New York County) claims the entire East River bed.
*** A strip of the Bronx is separated from the rest of the borough by Pelham Bay Park as a result of a past error in drawing the border. The only residential street in this pene-exclave, Park Drive, is accessible by car only via the town of Pelham (town), Westchester County, New York, Pelham, in Westchester County.
*** A small part of the city of Mount Vernon is cut off from the rest of the city by the Cross County Parkway. The three streets of Alta Drive, Alta Parkway and Labelle Road can only be accessed by car via the town of Eastchester (town), New York, Eastchester.
*** The geography of the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York creates pene-exclaves in two counties. Halcott, New York, Halcott, at the southwestern corner of Greene County, New York, Greene County, and Hardenburgh, New York, Hardenburgh, at the western corner of Ulster County, New York, Ulster County, have extensive borders with neighboring towns in their respective counties. But those are along mountain ridgelines directly crossed only by hiking trails, or (in Halcott's case) poor-quality unpaved roads, and vehicles traveling to those towns from the rest of the county must take roads through neighboring counties to do so.
*** The town of Hardenbergh is also an exclave of itself. The only road directly connecting its southern half, along the upper Beaver Kill, and the northern half along Dry Brook (East branch Delaware River), Dry Brook, now runs through state-owned Forest Preserve (New York), Forest Preserve lands and is closed to vehicle traffic. To get between those two halves, cars must travel through neighboring Delaware County.
*** Fishers Island is part of the Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town of Southold (town), New York, Southold in Suffolk County, New York but is accessible only by ferry from Connecticut.
** In North Carolina:
***Knotts Island, North Carolina, Knotts Island in Currituck County is only accessible by road through Virginia Beach, Virginia via a narrow strip of land from the west. A 45-minute ferry connects the island to the rest of Currituck.
***On the north shore of Lake Gaston lie several small areas connected only by land to Virginia. Most of these have road and bridge connections to North Carolina, but one small area south of Joyceville, Virginia has road connections only to Virginia.
** In
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Ma ...
, the westernmost section of the city of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown is a pene-en(ex)clave connected at a quadripoint with the rest of the city; it is surrounded by South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, South Whitehall Township.
*** Also in Pennsylvania, Pond Eddy, Pennsylvania, Pond Eddy, an unincorporated area along the Delaware River in Pike County, Pennsylvania, Pike County's Shohola Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania, Shohola Township, is not connected by road to anywhere else in the town, county, or state. It can only be reached by driving to the Pond Eddy Bridge via roads in New York.
** In Rhode Island, the city of Warwick, Rhode Island, Warwick has an exclave called Potowomut, Rhode Island, Potowomut separated from the main body of the city by Greenwich Bay (Rhode Island), Greenwich Bay on the north and the town of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, East Greenwich on the west.
*** Elsewhere in Rhode Island, Newport County, Rhode Island, Newport County consists of three islands and one mainland portion, connected to Aquidneck Island, Aquidneck, by a bridge.
** In
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to ...
, over a period of about 24 hours on 7 March 1876, the Mississippi River abandoned its former channel that defined the Tennessee-Arkansas border, and established a new channel east of the town of Reverie, Tennessee. This places Reverie on the Arkansas side, while most of the area of Tipton County, Tennessee, Tipton County is located east of the Mississippi River, the Tennessee side. The direct distance between Reverie and the county seat, Covington, Tennessee, is only 18 miles (29 km), but the road trip to Covington requires the driver to cross the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis, and it is longer than 83 miles (134 km).
** In South Carolina, small parts of Horry County, SC, Horry County lie on the north shore of the Little River (Horry County, South Carolina), Little River or the nearby Intracoastal Waterway and can only be reached by land connection from neighboring North Carolina. The land is unpopulated and no roads exist in the area.
** Grand Isle County, Vermont, in that state's northwest corner, consists of the Alburgh Tongue (see above) and several islands in Lake Champlain. It is only connected to the rest of the state via bridges.
** In
Virginia
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***The Eastern Shore of Virginia, Eastern Shore, comprising Accomack County, VA, Accomack County and Northampton County, VA, Northampton County, is located at the southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula, conterminous only with Maryland on its north. It is connected to the rest of Virginia by the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.
***Several pieces of land along the shores of Kerr Lake and Lake Gaston can only be accessed by land from North Carolina. Some areas are undeveloped, but others, especially along the south shore of Kerr Lake, have state highways and settlement.
***Henrico County, Virginia, Henrico County has a small parcel across the James River from the contiguous part of the county, completely surrounded by Chesterfield County, Virginia, Chesterfield County and the James River.
** In Washington (state), Washington, Camano Island is part of Island County, Washington, Island County. Although Camano is contiguous with Island County via the Saratoga Passage, its residents can only drive to the rest of the county via road and bridge by traveling north through Snohomish County and Skagit County on State Route 20, or by traveling south through Snohomish County and then to Clinton, Washington, Clinton via the Mukilteo-Clinton Washington State Ferries, ferry on State Route 525.
** The resort of Mont Du Lac, Wisconsin, Mont Du Lac, Wisconsin, and the area to its north are accessible only by a section of Minnesota State Highway 23 that runs through Douglas County, Wisconsin, Douglas County, in Wisconsin's northwest corner. Several local dead-end roads run off it; there is no way to reach this part of the county or state by vehicle from anywhere else in Wisconsin.
** Washington, D.C. – Theodore Roosevelt Island in the Potomac River is part of Washington, D.C., but only accessible by a footbridge from Virginia. Although the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge from Washington to Virginia passes over the island, one cannot exit from the bridge onto the island.
*In Venezuela: eastern part of the state of Zulia is connected with the rest of the state by a bridge over Lake Maracaibo, and the northeastern part of the municipality of Sucre in the state of Zulia is separated from the rest of the state by the state of Mérida (state), Mérida.
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Divided islands
* In
Australia: Boundary Islet, historically known as North East Islet, is a Hogan Group islet of less than that straddles the border of the Australian states of
Victoria and Tasmania. The islet is Tasmania's only land boundary, and at long, it is the shortest land border between any Australian state or territory.
* In Canada:
** Killiniq Island is shared between Nunavut and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
** Nunavut and the Northwest Territories (NWT) share four islands that are split by the 110th meridian west, 110° W meridian: Borden Island, Mackenzie King Island, Melville Island (Northwest Territories and Nunavut), Melville Island and Victoria Island (Canada), Victoria Island. Excluding lake crossings, Melville Island contains three separate land boundaries between Nunavut and NWT due to coastal undulation, while Victoria Island contains six such land boundaries, of which one is on a small island.
* In the China, People's Republic of China:
** Zhongshan Dao is divided between Guangdong Province and the Special administrative regions of China, Special Administrative Region and former Portuguese overseas province of Macau.
** Part of Hengqin Island in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province is leased to Macau until 2049 to house the new campus of the University of Macau. The university campus is sealed off from the rest of the island by a fence, and access to the area is provided by an underwater tunnel to Macau.
* In
Croatia
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** Pag (island), Pag is divided between Lika-Senj County and Zadar County.
* In
Indonesia
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** Belitung is divided between Belitung Regency, Belitung and East Belitung Regency, East Belitung regencies.
** Buru is divided between Buru Regency, Buru and South Buru Regency, South Buru regencies in Maluku (province), Maluku province.
** Salawati is divided between Sorong Regency, Sorong and Raja Ampat Regency, Raja Ampat regencies in West Papua (province), West Papua province.
* In the United States, the City and County of San Francisco has four pene-enclaves on three islands in San Francisco Bay, which it shares with neighboring counties:
** On Alameda Island adjoining Alameda County, California, Alameda County, artificial fill on the border between the two counties to build the Naval Air Station Alameda (now decommissioned) created the pene-enclave. This small piece of open space can be reached on land only by passing through Oakland, CA, Oakland and Alameda, CA, Alameda.
** There are two small (5.37 acres) pieces of land on the eastern end of Angel Island, California, Angel Island (Quarry Point and the tip of Point Blunt) that belong to San Francisco. The rest (99.3%) of Angel Island lies in the town of Tiburon, California, Tiburon, which is in Marin County, CA, Marin County.
** San Francisco and Contra Costa County share Red Rock Island. A tripoint with Marin County may sometimes be exposed at low tide.
*Also in the United States,
** Bellows Falls, Vermont and Walpole, New Hampshire share an island in the Connecticut River.
** Rhode Island and Connecticut share Sandy Point Island in Little Narragansett Bay.
** New Jersey and New York share Shooter's Island, a bird sanctuary located in the south end of Newark Bay off the north shore of Staten Island. (The small portion in New Jersey is further divided between two counties.)
** Delaware and Maryland share Fenwick Island (Delaware–Maryland), Fenwick Island.
** Maryland and Virginia share Smith Island, Maryland, Smith Island in Chesapeake Bay, as well as Assateague Island on the Atlantic coast.
** Virginia and North Carolina share Knotts Island, North Carolina, Knotts Island, Mon Island, North Carolina, Mon Island and Simon Island, Virginia, Simon Island, separated from the Atlantic by an intracoastal waterway.
** North Carolina and South Carolina share Bird Island, North Carolina, Bird Island on the Atlantic coast.
** Florida and Alabama share Perdido Key in the Gulf of Mexico.
** Alabama and Mississippi share South Rigolets Island in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as an unnamed coastal island at the mouth of Bayou Heron.
** Minnesota and Wisconsin share Interstate Island State Wildlife Management Area in Saint Louis River (Lake Superior tributary), Saint Louis Bay between Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin.
** Michigan and Ohio share Turtle Island (Lake Erie), Turtle Island in Lake Erie.
** At the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon and Washington share Sand Island Dike and Rice Island (Oregon), Rice Island.
Historic enclaves/exclaves
National level
*Belgium:
** Belgium had a counter-enclave located near Fringshaus from 6 November 1922 until 23 April 1949, while Germany owned the connecting roads that were part of the Roetgener Wald enclave. These roads met at a traffic island north of Fringshaus, with the 2279 m
2 island itself being a part of Belgium. This counter-enclave was extinguished in 1949 when Belgium annexed the German roads that intersected at the traffic island. In 1958, when Belgium returned the east–west road to Germany, this traffic island also became part of the Roetgener Wald enclave.
* Bhutan:
**Darchen, Tarchen, Cherkip Gompa, Dho, Dungmar, Gesur, Gezon, Itse Gompa, Khochar, Nyanri, Ringung, Sanmar and Zuthulphuk were exclaves of Bhutan within Tibet from the 1640s until 1959.
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China:
** Forbidden City – The Xinhai Revolution led to the overthrow of the Qing dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China (ROC) in 1912. In exchange for the abdication of the last Qing emperor Puyi, the Qing court and the ROC government signed an agreement for the favourable treatment of the abdicated emperor. Puyi was allowed to retain his title as emperor and was accorded the courtesies as a foreign monarch by the ROC government, and the imperial court remained at the Forbidden City. The Flag of the Qing Dynasty, Dragon Flag of the Qing Dynasty remained hoisted inside the Forbidden City, certain government organs such as the Imperial Household Department, Imperial Clan Court and Ministry of Justice continued to exist within the palace walls, and the emperor continued to hold court, appoint officials and grant titles of nobility. Following the Beijing coup in 1924, the warlord Feng Yuxiang unilaterally revised the agreement, abolishing Puyi's title of emperor, his right to live in the Forbidden City and other related arrangements.
** Unlike Hong Kong Island, the Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories that were added later constituted a pene-exclave of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom from 1860/1898 until 1997. Kowloon south of Boundary Street was ceded in perpetuity, whereas the New Territories was turned over under a 99-year lease.
** Kowloon Walled City was a counter-enclave belonging to China on the Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong from 1898 to 1993. The question of jurisdiction led to a hands-off approach by Chinese and British authorities over the years until the quality of life became intolerable. A mutual decision to demolish the 2.6 hectares of structures was announced in 1987 and completed in 1994.
** Guangzhouwan, Kwang-Chou-Wan was a pene-exclave of
France
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on the south coast of China from 1898, upon its lease to France by Qing China, until its return by France in 1946; its territory included the islands in the bay and land on both banks of the Maxie River, covering 1300 km
2 of land.
** Kwantung was a pene-exclave of Russian Dalian, Russia and later Kwantung Leased Territory, Japan in the southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula in Manchuria that existed from 1898 to 1945 and included the ports of Lüshunkou, Port Arthur (or Ryojun) and Dalian, Dal'niy (or Dairen), the latter founded in 1899. It was leased to Russia from 1898 until 1905, when Japan replaced Russia as leaseholder. After World War II, the Soviet Union occupied the territory in 1945, jointly administering it with the Chinese before turning it over to the People's Republic of China in 1955.
** Jinzhou walled central city remained an enclave of Chinese territory within Kwantung under the lease with Russia. This provision was substantially ignored by Japan after it replaced Russia.
** Chinese Soviet Republic, Jiangxi, officially the Chinese Soviet Republic (CSR), was an Diplomatic recognition, unrecognized proto-state within the territory of Republic of China (1912–1949), China's Jiangsi, Jiangxi (Kiangsi) province. The state was proclaimed on 7 November 1931 by future Chinese Communist Party leaders and comprised Communist-controlled China (1927–1949), discontiguous territories that included 18 provinces and 4 counties under CSR control within areas controlled by the Nationalist government.
** Macao was a pene-exclave of
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal:
:* mwl, República Pertuesa is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Macaronesian ...
on the coast of the South China Sea from 1557 until 1999.
** Zhongshan Dao island in the Pearl River Delta was divided between
China and Macao as a pair of pene-exclaves dating from ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin in 1862 through the 1999 return of Macao to China.
** Qingdao, with an area of 552 km
2, was a pene-exclave of
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
(also known as the Kiautschou Bay concession), and later
Japan, from 1898 to 1922, adjacent to Jiaozhou Bay on the southern coast of the Shandong Peninsula in East China. The village of Qingdao became the German colony of Tsingtau. In 1914, with the outbreak of World War I, the Republic of China canceled the lease with Germany. Japan then occupied the city and province until December 1922, when it reverted to Chinese rule.
** Shanghai was the location of British (from 1846) and American (from 1848) Concessions (later Shanghai International Settlement from 1863 to 1943) and the Shanghai French Concession from 1849 to 1946. Unlike the British sovereign colonies of Hong Kong Island and Wei-hai-wei, these Concession (territory), foreign concessions always remained Chinese sovereign territory.
** Weihai, Wei-hai-wei was a pene-exclave of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom that bordered the Yellow Sea in eastern Shandong province of China. The city was a British colony, known also as the Weihai Garrison and sometimes as Port Edward, from 1898 to 1 October 1930, when it was returned to China. Its current name is Weihai.
** Wei-hai-wei walled central city was excluded from the leased territory and remained an enclave of Chinese territory within Wei-hai-wei.
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* Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic:
** The Lado Enclave was a 39,000 km
2 exclave of the Congo Free State and later of Belgian Congo that existed from 1894 until 1910, situated on the west bank of the Nile River, Upper Nile in present-day South Sudan and northwest Uganda.
* Denmark:
** Altona, Hamburg, Altona was a Denmark, Danish exclave within
Germany
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from 1640 to 1864.
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France
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**The island of Mont-Saint-Michel at the mouth of the Couesnon River prior to 1879 was a pene-exclave of Normandy, but only during low tide, when it was connected by a tidal causeway to the neighbouring coast. The raised causeway that was then built was replaced with a light bridge opened in 2014, thus making Mont-Saint-Michel an island again.
**Saint Pierre and Miquelon, a France, French territorial collectivity, was completely surrounded from 1763 until 1992 by the waters of Canada (what would otherwise today be considered Canada's territorial waters, contiguous zone), when an EEZ corridor 10.5 NM (19.4 km) wide was created, stretching 200 NM (370 km) to the south, terminating within and surrounded by Canada's EEZ.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
** East Prussia (1919–1939), a Germany, German pene-exclave during the Weimar Republic, was separated from Germany after World War I, when Poland regained access to the Baltic Sea (Polish corridor). The territory of East Prussia (essentially the old Duchy of Prussia) is now divided into Kaliningrad Oblast in
Russia
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, the Warmian-Masurian Voivodship in Poland, and Klaipėda County in Lithuania.
** , (1922–1949), surrounded by Belgium, Belgian territory, was the sixth and southernmost of the Vennbahn enclaves created in 1922; it contained five households.
The railway suffered severe damage during World War II and was not rebuilt. It ceased being an enclave when Belgian annexation plans after the Second World War, Belgium annexed the entirety in 1949. Hemmeres was reintegrated into West Germany on 28 August 1958, by an agreement with Belgium.
** Jestetten is a German town in the district of Waldshut (district), Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg that was inaccessible except by traveling through Switzerland, until a connecting road was constructed.
** was two enclaves from 1949 to 1958. Unlike its present configuration, the German enclave in 1922 was smaller in area because the central portion (between Grenzweg and a boundary with three turning points west of the Schleebach stream) was Belgian territory. Because the road connecting the two outer German portions (Highways 258/399) was German territory until 1949, the German land formed one enclave. The intersecting north–south road from Fringshaus to Konzen (now Highway B258, which has no connection to the Belgian road network) was also part of the oddly shaped enclave. In 1949 Belgian annexation plans after the Second World War, Belgium annexed these roads, thus separating the enclave into two enclaves for the next nine years. In 1958 Belgium ceded the center section of territory to West Germany, in addition to returning the adjacent east–west connecting road.
This created one larger enclave in its present form. Highway B258 is the only portion of land that, once having been a part of the Roetgener Wald enclave, is now not within the enclave.
** Verenahof was a German exclave within Switzerland until 1967, at which time its border became attached to Germany through a treaty implementing a land swap of a total of just under 1.06 km
2 in equal shares.
** West Berlin, upon the division of Berlin after World War II and before the reunification of
Germany
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in 1990, was ''de facto'' a West Germany, West German exclave within East Germany. Twelve small West Berlin land areas, such as Steinstücken, were in turn separated from the main body of West Berlin, some by only a few meters. In addition, there were several small areas of East Berlin that were surrounded by West Berlin. All of Berlin was ruled "de jure" by the four Allied powers; this meant that West Berlin could not send voting members to the German Parliament and that its citizens were exempt from conscription. West Berlin#Exclaves, West Berlin exclaves were:
*** (N) (1949–1971) ''to East Germany''
*** Böttcherberg (SE) (1949–1971) ''to East Germany''
*** Böttcherberg (SW) (1949–1971) ''to East Germany''
*** (1949–1988) ''land connection to West Berlin established''
*** Falkensee, Falkenhagener Wiese (1949–1971) ''to East Germany''
*** (1949–1988) ''land connection to West Berlin established''
*** Spandau, Finkenkrug (1949–1971) inhabited, ''to East Germany''
*** Spandau, Große Kuhlake (1949–1971) ''to East Germany''
*** Schönwalde-Glien, Laßzins-Wiesen (1949–1988) ''to East Germany''
*** (1949–1971) ''to East Germany''
*** Steinstücken (1949–1971) inhabited, ''land connection to West Berlin established''
*** (1949–1988) ''to East Germany''
**East Berlin exclaves:
*** (E) (1949–1990) ''dis-enclaved at re-unification''
*** Eiskeller (N) (1949–1990) ''dis-enclaved at re-unification''
*** Eiskeller (S) (1949–1990) ''dis-enclaved at re-unification''
*** Staaken, West-Staaken – ''de jure'' part of Soviet sector but ''de facto'' administered by Spandau, Spandau Borough in the British sector; seized by East Germany in 1951 and made an exclave of East Berlin's Mitte (locality), Borough of Mitte, which it remained officially until being incorporated in 1961 by the neighboring town of Falkensee in non-Berlin East Germany.
* Greece:
** Despotate of the Morea on the Peloponnesos peninsula of present-day Greece was a geographically detached province of the Byzantine Empire from 1349 to 1460; during much of that time, in addition to the Mediterranean Sea, it was surrounded by "states under Latin rule."
* Hungary:
** Between 1412 and 1772, Spiš Castle in Spišské Podhradie, has been an exclave of the Kingdom of Hungary, surrounded by the Eldership of Spisz.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
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** Dadra and Nagar Haveli were enclaves inland from the Arabian Sea coast covering an area of 487 km
2. After invasion by pro-Indian Union forces in 1954, they achieved ''de facto'' independence from
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal:
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. They and three Portuguese pene-exclaves, the city of Goa and the two small coastal exclaves of Daman and Diu, were the last remnants of Portuguese India, which existed from 1505 until 1961 Indian annexation of Goa, military conquest by India on 19 December 1961. (A 1956 map also shows a counter-enclave within Nagar Haveli belonging to Mumbai, Bombay, approximately corresponding to the village of Maghval – this village was not ceded to Portugal because of its inhabitants' caste's sacrosanctity).
** French India – Pondicherry and the other exclaves of Karaikal, Mahé and Yanaon were absorbed into India ''de facto'' in 1954 and ''de jure'' in 1962 after the Algerian War. In 1761 the British captured all of them from the French (and also Chandannagar), but the Treaty of Paris (1763) returned them to France. Those possessions passed again to British control before finally being handed over to the French in 1816/1817 under the 1814 Treaty of Paris. Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahé and Yanaon came to be administered as the Union Territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry in 1963. All four are now sub-national ex(en)claves within India.
*** Pondicherry, was the site of a trading center set up by the French East India Company in 1674, which eventually became the chief French settlement in India, after passing several times between Dutch, British and French control. It comprised 12 non-contiguous parts: three pene-exclaves on the Bay of Bengal and nine nearby true enclaves. Inside the main Pondicherry exclave was a small counter-enclave belonging to India straddling the Sankaraparani River, Chunnambar River.
*** Mahé, India, Mahé (or Mayyazhi), a small (9 km
2) town, was a pene-exclave on the Malabar Coast of the Arabian Sea from 1721. Mahé was composed of three non-contiguous parts, including Mahé town and two true enclaves: Cherukallayi and one consisting of Palloor, Chalakkara and Pandakkal.
*** Yanaon (or Yanam), a 30 km
2 pene-exclave in the delta of Godavari River, nine kilometers from the Coromandel Coast and Bay of Bengal. It was a Dutch colony before France overtook it in 1723 and made it a French colony.
*** Karaikal was a small coastal pene-exclave on the Bay of Bengal acquired by France in 1739 from the regime of Raja Pratap Singh of Tanjore. By 1760 it included 81 villages around Karaikal town.
*** Chandannagar was a small true enclave established as a French colony in 1673, located on the right bank of the Hooghly River 30 kilometers north of Kolkata. Bengal was then a province of the Mughal Empire. The British returned the city to France in 1816, along with a 7.8 km
2 nearby enclave. In May 1950, with French approval, India assumed ''de facto'' control, with the ''de jure'' transfer in June 1952. In 1955 it was integrated into West Bengal state.
*** Trincomalee was in present-day Sri Lanka (then a part of India) located on the Indian Ocean east coast of the island. By September 1782 it was occupied by the French after the Battle of Trincomalee with the British, only to be ceded back to the British in 1783.
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Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
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** The city of Bandung was an enclave surrounded by Bandung Regency until 1976, when the adjacent Cimahi became an administrative city.
*Israel:
** Mount Scopus (in Jerusalem) was an Israeli exclave in Jordan between 1948 and 1967, before being reunited with West Jerusalem following the Six-Day War. Similarly, Ein Gev, located on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee, was a pene-exclave in Syria until Israel took over the Golan Heights territory, again during the Six-Day War.
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Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
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**In Italy in 1789 before the French Revolutionary Wars, the following states possessed or were true enclaves:
*** Tarasp, Lordship of Tarasp was surrounded by the Three Leagues, Free States of the Three Leagues.
*** An exclave of the Republic of Geneva (1541–1798) was surrounded by the Duchy of Savoy.
*** Torriglia, Principality of Torriglia (1760–1797) was surrounded by the Republic of Genoa.
*** Republic of Senarica (1343–1797) was surrounded by the Kingdom of Naples.
*Latvia:
**The former Rauna Municipality was composed of Drusti parish and Rauna parish, which are non-contiguous. In 2021 Rauna Municipality was merged into Smiltene Municipality.
*Lithuania:
** Pogiriai (Pogiry) was a Lithuanian exclave of 1.7 km
2 that was ceded to Belarus in 1996.
*Oman:
** Gwadar was an Omani pene-exclave on the Arabian Sea coast of present-day Pakistan from 1784 until 1958.
* Pakistan:
** East Pakistan (1947–1971), was a pene-exclave of Pakistan (if one considers West Pakistan, site of the capital, Islamabad, as the mainland) that bordered the Bay of Bengal,
India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
and Burma. East Pakistan, with a distance of 1,600 km separating it from West Pakistan, accounted for 70% of the country's exports and was more populous than West Pakistan.
*Panama:
** Colón, Panama, Colón, an exclave of Panama from 1903 to July 27, 1939, was surrounded by the U.S. Panama Canal Zone, until a treaty provision connected it to the main part of Panama via a corridor.
** Panama City and the tip of Paitilla Point from 1903 to February 11, 1915, were pene-enclaves surrounded by the U.S. Panama Canal Zone and the Pacific Ocean. Maps of the Canal Zone dated before 1923 clearly show these borders. Maps dated 1924 and later show a changed border that re-connected Panama City with eastern Panama.
** When Madden Road was ceded to the U.S. by treaty on July 27, 1939, a Vennbahn-type Panamanian enclave was created that was bounded by Madden Road, the main Canal Zone boundary, and a contour line above Rio Chagres and Rio Chilibre. Another treaty that took effect on April 11, 1955, de-enclaved it.
** Panama had a water enclave in Limon Bay from 1979 to December 31, 1999. It also had jurisdiction over one building within the U.S. Summit Naval Station from October 1991 until the transfer of the station to Panama on December 31, 1999.
*Papal States:
** Comtat Venaissin was an exclave of Papal States, Papal territory within
France
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from 1348 to 1791. It contained an enclave of another Papal territory, the city of Avignon, and had a small exclave around the nearby town of Valréas.
* Poland:
**The Province of 13 Spisz Towns located within the Eldership of Spisz, the territory of United Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland from 1412 to 1569 and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569 to 1772 consisted of Salient (geography), salient connected to the rest of the Kingdom of Poland and 5 Enclave and exclave, exclaves.
** Westerplatte peninsula was a pene-exclave of Poland in Free City of Danzig from 1920 to 1939, ended its existence after the Battle of Westerplatte and Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany, annexation to Nazi Germany, Germany together with the Polish coast.
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal:
:* mwl, República Pertuesa is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Macaronesian ...
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** Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá#São João Baptista de Ajudá, Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá was a Portugal, Portuguese exclave (initially around 1 km
2 in the area and reduced to only 2 ha by 1961) within Dahomey/Benin from 1680 until 1961 (''de facto'' annexation by Dahomey) or 1975 (Portuguese recognition).
*
Spain
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, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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:
** Ifni was a pene-exclave of
Spain
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, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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on the Atlantic coast of Morocco from 1859 to 1969.
* South Africa:
** Bophuthatswana was a bantustan or "black homeland" that was granted nominal independence by apartheid South Africa from 1977 until being re-absorbed in April 1994, but it remained unrecognized internationally. It consisted of a scattered patchwork of individual enclaves, six that were true enclaves within South Africa and two that bordered Botswana and South Africa.
* Yemen:
** Cheikh Saïd is a rocky peninsula in present-day Yemen between the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. Although as late as 1970, the Petit Larousse described it as having been a "French colony from 1868 to 1936," France never claimed formal jurisdiction or sovereignty over it.
* The southern section of the Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah was a national-level exclave surrounded by other emirates of the United Arab Emirates, UAE and Oman for three months after UAE independence in 1971 until it joined the UAE in 1972.
* Between 1991 and 2003,
Russia
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had three tiny pene-exclaves on tips of the lakeshore that bordered the Lithuanian side of Lake Vištytis. Before a new border treaty went into force on 12 August 2003, the border ran along most of the waterline of the beaches on the Lithuanian side, so anyone paddling in the water was technically crossing into Russia.
* Schirgiswalde – In accordance with terms of the 1635 Peace Treaty of Prague, Austria transferred land (Ober- and Niederlausitz) to Saxony. However, because of religious affiliation with Austria, Schirgiswalde and five other towns (Güntersdorf, Gerlachsheim, Winkel, Taubentränke and Neuleutersdorf) within the transferred land remained with Austria, becoming Austrian enclaves within Saxony. 174 years later, to address problems as states began to consolidate, the 1809 Peace Treaty of Vienna mandated the transfer of these six enclaves from Austria to Saxony. However, the transfer did not occur until 1845 because of the need to correct mistakes in the names of the villages stated in the treaty and subsequent neglect. During that time, Schirgiswalde was ''de facto'' independent until economic reasons compelled the final transfer of the enclaves, thus extinguishing them.
* Sikkim – Dopta and Chumbi were exclaves of Sikkim within Tibet until China occupied them in 1958.
*
Sweden – The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 granted certain possessions of the Holy Roman Empire to the Swedish Empire (extant 1611–1721) to be held as Dominions of Sweden, fiefs of the Holy Roman Empire:
:* Bremen-Verden – List of states in the Holy Roman Empire, states of the Holy Roman Empire bordering the North Sea; in "personal union with Sweden" until 1712, when they fell under Danish occupation in wartime.
:* Swedish Pomerania – a state on the Baltic coast in present-day Germany and Poland; a small part was ceded to Prussia following war in 1720 and the entirety in 1815 during the Congress of Vienna.
:* town of Wismar – town in northern Germany on the Baltic Sea; transferred to Germany in 1903 when Sweden renounced its claim.
* Syria was a pene-exclave of the United Arab Republic from 1958 to 1961 (if one considers Egypt as the UAR main land), bordering the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan.
* Transkei was a bantustan or "black homeland" that was granted nominal independence by apartheid South Africa from 1976 until being re-absorbed in April 1994, but it remained unrecognized internationally. It had two exclaves within South Africa that were true enclaves.
* Taebong and Goryeo – The southwest coast of South Jeolla Province in Korea was an exclave of Taebong or Goryeo, between 903 and 936.
* Turkey –
:* The tomb of Tomb of Suleyman Shah, Suleyman Shah (''b''. ca. 1178–''d''. 1236) was located in or near Qal'at Ja'bar in modern-day Syria; in accordance with the 1921 Treaty of Ankara (1921), Treaty of Ankara, the tomb "shall remain, with its appurtenances, the property of Turkey, who may appoint guardians for it and may hoist the Turkish flag there." The treaty is silent regarding sovereignty of the 6.3 hectares of land where the tomb rests. The tomb was relocated in 1973 prior to the creation of Lake Assad.
:* Ada Kaleh – Prior to the creation of modern Turkey, the Ottoman Empire ''de jure'' held a small island in the Danube River surrounded by the waters of Romania (which ''de facto'' controlled the island), from the Berlin Treaty of 1878 until 1923 when, under the Treaty of Lausanne, Romania obtained formal sovereignty over it. It was submerged in 1970 by the construction of a hydroelectric plant, displacing up to 1000 residents.
* United Kingdom –
:* Following the establishment of the Irish Free State, three deep water Treaty Ports at Castletownbere, Berehaven, Queenstown (modern Cobh) and Lough Swilly were retained by the United Kingdom in accordance with the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 6 December 1921. As part of the settlement of the Anglo-Irish Trade War in the 1930s, the ports were transferred to Republic of Ireland, Ireland (the Free State's successor) in 1938 following agreements reached between the British and Irish Governments.
:* In 1625, Charles I of England, King Charles I instituted the List of extant baronetcies#Baronetage of Nova Scotia (1625–1706), Order of the Baronets of Nova Scotia in an effort to colonize New Scotland, by offering the hereditary title, land ownership and power over new baronetcies in exchange for financing and materially supporting new settlements. Under Scots Law, Baronets "seisin, took seisin" by receiving symbolic "earth and stone" on the actual land, which was the feudal legal form of taking possession. However, to avoid a trans-Atlantic trip (and thus encourage applicants), the royal charter stated that "the realm of Nova Scotia, and original infeftment thereof, is holden of the kingdom of Scotland, and forms part of the County of Edinburgh." By royal decree, land in the courtyard at Edinburgh Castle was declared to be an integral part of Nova Scotia; thus, seisin at the castle was equivalent to seisin on the lands themselves. The ceremony of seisin was performed in the following years for 64 of the original Baronets. This decree has never been annulled, which fuels a belief that this enclave still exists as a tiny enclave of Canada within the grounds of the famous Scottish castle.
* United States –
:* Horseshoe Reef (1850–1908) in Lake Erie consisted of underwater ledges of sunken rock near Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, New York. Great Britain ceded a fraction of an acre of underwater land that was entirely surrounded by Canada, Canadian waters to the United States to construct a lighthouse.
A 1908 treaty mandated a new survey in order to shift the boundary to include the reef in U.S. waters.
:* The Captain Cook Monument at Kealakekua Bay and about of land around it in Hawaii (island), Hawaii, United States of America, United States, the place where James Cook was killed in 1779, is owned by the United Kingdom. An historian on the occasion of the 50th anniversary recorded in 1928 that the white stone "obelisk monument [was] erected to the memory of Captain Cook, about 1876, and on land deeded outright to the British Government by Princess Likelike, sister of King Kalakaua, about the same year, so that that square is absolute British Territory." Hawaii was a sovereign nation at the time. According to a recent writer, "The land under the monument was deeded to the United Kingdom in 1877 and is considered as sovereign non-embassy land owned by the British Embassy in Washington DC. ... the Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaiian State Parks agency maintained that as sovereign British territory it was the responsibility of the UK to maintain the site."
:* Lake of the Woods – the American border with present-day Canada as defined under the 1783 Treaty of Paris (1783), Treaty of Paris and the Anglo-American Convention of 1818 inadvertently created two small maritime exclaves of the U.S. in Angle Inlet. The border depended on determining the northwesternmost point of the Lake of the Woods. Johann Tiarks' survey in 1825 placed its location at the edge of a pond on the Angle Inlet. (A 1940 academic study documented the location of Tiarks' point, which is in the immediate vicinity of (NAD83).
) In accordance with the 1818 treaty, the border ran south from this point to the 49th parallel north, 49th parallel. However, this line was "intersected at five points by the winding course of the boundary in the channel of the Northwest Angle Inlet; thus there were anomalously left two small areas of waters totaling two and a half acres belonging to the United States, yet entirely surrounded by Canadian waters."
They were centered at and . By treaty in 1925, the southernmost of these five intersecting points, 4785 ft. farther south than Tiarks' point, was adopted instead, which eliminated these exclaves.
:* Panama Canal Zone, surrounded by Panama, the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, was an American pene-exclave from 1903 to 1 October 1979, when the entity was extinguished by treaty with Panama. After that date, the former Canal Zone land remaining under U.S. sovereignty, greatly reduced in area, was a pene-exclave until 31 December 1999, when total transfer to Panama was complete.
:* At ''El Cerro de Doscientos Pies'' ("200-Foot Hill"), 3.19 hectares of land in Panama near Las Minas Bay were annexed by the U.S. on 24 September 1928 and added to the Canal Zone. This true enclave apparently existed until 1 October 1979.
:* On 1 October 1979, the day the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 took effect, most of the land within the former Canal Zone transferred to Panama. However, the treaty set aside many Canal Zone areas and facilities for transfer during the following 20 years. The treaty specifically categorized areas and facilities by name as "Military Areas of Coordination", "Defense Sites" and "Areas Subject to Separate Bilateral Agreement". These were to be transferred by the U.S. to Panama during certain time windows or simply by the end of the 243-month treaty period. On 1 October 1979, among the many such parcels so designated in the treaty, 35 emerged as true enclaves (surrounded entirely by land solely under Panamanian jurisdiction). In later years as other areas were turned over to Panama, nine more true enclaves emerged. Of these Panama Canal Zone#Implementation of Panama Canal Treaty, 44 true enclaves, 14 were related to military logistics, 7 were military communications sites, 5 Federal Aviation Administration facilities, 5 military housing enclaves, 3 military base areas, 2 military research facilities, 2 parts of a bombing range, 4 secondary school parcels, 1 elementary school, and 1 hospital. At least 13 other parcels each were enclosed partly by land under the absolute jurisdiction of Panama and partly by an "Area of Civil Coordination" (housing), which under the treaty was subject to elements of both U.S. and Panamanian public law. In addition, the 1977 treaty designated numerous areas and individual facilities as "Canal Operating Areas" for joint U.S.-Panama ongoing operations by a commission. On the effective date of the treaty, many of these Canal Operating Areas, including Madden Dam, became newly surrounded by the territory of Panama. Just after noon local time on 31 December 1999, all former Canal Zone parcels of all types had come under the exclusive jurisdiction of Panama.
* The Val d'Aran is a valley in the Pyrenees mountains and a comarca in northwestern
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the no ...
, northern
Spain
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. Most of it comprises the only part of Catalonia that is on the northern side of the Pyrenees. The Val d'Aran had been without direct access to the south side of the mountains, until the Vielha tunnel was opened in 1948.
* Venda was a bantustan or "black homeland" that was granted nominal independence by apartheid South Africa from 1979 until being re-absorbed in April 1994, but it remained unrecognized internationally. It was an enclave that was not an exclave, bordering only South Africa and separated narrowly from Zimbabwe by the Madimbo corridor to the north. Venda itself also had a small exclave that was a true enclave in South Africa.
* Walvis Bay was a South African pene-exclave bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and Namibia, before being incorporated with Namibia in 1994, four years after that country's independence.
* Zadar (Province of Zara, Zara) was a 104 km
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, from 1920 to 1944 (''de facto'' due to abandonment by the Italian civilian administration) or 1947 (''de jure'' under treaty).
* Various other historical Concession (territory), foreign concessions
* Innumerable medieval enclaves within Europe
Subnational historic enclaves/exclaves
* Azerbaijan – The former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was an enclave in Azerbaijan, but the internationally unrecognised Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is not, as it occupies territories bordering Armenia and Iran.
* United Kingdom –
:* Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch formed an exclave at county level, as a part of the Scottish county of Dunbartonshire sandwiched between Stirlingshire and Lanarkshire. The exclave was dissolved after the municipal reforms of 1975.
:* Ardnamurchan, Morvern and the surrounding area also formed an exclave at county level, as a part of the Scottish county of Argyllshire bordered by Inverness-shire, separated from the rest of Argyllshire by Loch Linnhe. The exclave was dissolved in 1975 following the municipal reforms of that year.
:* Dudley in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England, was an exclave at municipal level, being in a part of the county of Worcestershire surrounded by Staffordshire. Upon the local government reforms of 1974, the exclave was dissolved.
:* Furness in England was an exclave of the county of Lancashire, known as "Lancashire-beyond-the-Sands" until 1974, when it became part of Cumbria.
:* The district of Wrexham Maelor existed from 1974 to 1996, being formed from parts of two administrative counties, including Flintshire (historic), Flintshire. From Flintshire came the exclave of Maelor Rural District (bounded on three sides by England and on the west by the Welsh county of Denbighshire (historic), Denbighshire) and the enclave of the parish of Marford#History, Marford and Hoseley, surrounded and separated from Flintshire also by Denbighshire. They are now part of Wrexham (county borough), Wrexham.
:* Domesday Book, Domesday Hundreds of Cheshire map in 1086 displays an enclave of Hamestan surrounded entirely by Middlewich.
:* The Shires of Scotland#Counties until 1890, counties of Scotland before reorganisation in 1889 included dozens of exclaves. This was especially notable in the case of Cromartyshire, which was split into at least nine parts spread across Ross-shire.
:* Wales once had a third-order sub-national semi-exclave of its county of Caernarfonshire. This county had a semi-exclave consisting of the parishes of Llysfaen and Eirias and including the town of Old Colwyn, which was transferred to the surrounding county of Denbighshire in 1923. In turn it surrounded a counter-semi-exclave of Denbighshire including the east part of Old Colwyn, which had very complex borders. This counter-semi-exclave in turn contained a counter-counter-semi-exclave of Caernarvonshire, that of "Coed-coch Cottage" covering 1.6 acres (0.65 ha). The counter-semi-exclave was annexed to the semi-exclave in 1879.
:* Before 1974, and especially before 1844, there were many List of county exclaves in England and Wales 1844–1974, exclaves of counties in England and Wales.
* In Canada, East York became an exclave of York, Toronto, York in 1922, when the township of North York was established, causing East York to be sandwiched between North York, Leaside, and Old Toronto. East York became its own township in 1924, ending its status as an exclave. All of these municipalities are part of Toronto since the Amalgamation of Toronto, 1998 amalgamation.
* In Central Finland, the former municipality of Säynätsalo was an exclave of Jyväskylä municipality from 1993 to 2009.
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Germany
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:* The former municipality of in Saxony was an exclave of the town of Sebnitz, being separated from it by the municipality of Kirnitzschtal, until Kirnitzschtal also became a part of Sebnitz.
:* The former Prussian province Province of Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern was an enclave in present-day Baden-Württemberg, being surrounded by the Grand Duchy of Baden, Grand Duchy, later Republic of Baden, Republic of Baden and the Kingdom of Württemberg, Kingdom, later Free People's State of Württemberg, Free People's State of Württemberg.
:* Königsberg, Bavaria, Königsberg, located in the Lower Franconia region of present-day
Bavaria
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, was an enclave within that state, along with two small nearby enclaves, belonging to the Ernestine duchies, Ernestine Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (which after 1825 also had five exclaves in Thuringia). In 1918 the post-monarchy duchy was split into two states, making Königsberg an exclave of the Free State of Saxe-Coburg. In 1920, the residents of that state voted to merge with the Free State of Bavaria, thus eliminating the three Bavarian enclaves.
:* Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Schmalkalden/Suhl – Just after World War I, this Prussian enclave within Thuringia was divided between the two Prussian provinces of Saxony and Hesse-Nassau (thus it was a composite enclave). The two entities of Schmalkalden and Suhl separately were exclaves of their respective Prussian provinces.
:* Innumerable medieval enclaves
* In
India
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, until 1952, France maintained Chandannagar, which reported to the Governor of Puducherry (union territory), Pondichéry, and was an enclave in Bengal, just upriver from Calcutta.
* In Ireland, until 1842, Durrow, County Laois, Durrow was an exclave of County Kilkenny surrounded by Queen's County, Ireland, Queen's County.
* Korea –
:* Siheung County, South Korea, had an exclave (nowadays Gwacheon, Gunpo, and Uiwang) since Anyang, Gyeonggi, Anyang was separated from Siheung in 1973. In 1989, the old county of Siheung was divided into the cities of Gunpo, Uiwang, and Siheung, thereby dissolving the enclave.
:* Seoul was an enclave of Gyeonggi Province until neighbouring Incheon was declared a special city in 1981.
* In
Norway
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, three farmsteads, Øvre Jøsås, Store Jøsås and Lille Jøsås, that belonged to Sør-Trøndelag county (Malvik) comprised two separate enclaves that were surrounded by Nord-Trøndelag county (Stjørdal).
The eastern enclave at consisted of Øvre Jøsås and Store Jøsås, while Lille Jøsås was the western enclave at . The closest distance between the two enclaves was only about 8 meters. Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag merged into a single county on 1 January 2017, thus eliminating the Jøsås enclaves.
* In
Portugal
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until 2013, two civil parishes comprised the city of Estremoz. The parish of Santa Maria (the new town and its rural environs) surrounded an enclave, the walled old town of the parish of Santo Andre. The citadel inside Santo Andre was also a counter-enclave that belonged to Santa Maria. The two parishes were united to form a new parish called Union of the Parishes of Estremoz (Santa Maria and Santo André), thus ending the only counter-enclave in Portugal.
* In
Russia
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** Sheremetyevo is the location of the primary airport for
Moscow
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. From 1995 to 2011 it was officially an enclave of the city of Moscow, but there was ambiguity regarding its association with Moscow Oblast. In 2011, the enclave was returned to Moscow Oblast, thus extinguishing it.
** Vnukovo District, Vnukovo consisted of two enclaves of the city of Moscow to its southwest. On 1 July 2012, "New Moscow" was created by annexing additional land to the city, including the land that surrounded Vnukovo. The two are now exclaves of a Moscow city subdivision, and one is also an enclave.
** Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug, Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug was an enclave (not exclave) within Irkutsk Oblast and was merged into it on 1 January 2008.
** Agin-Buryat Okrug, Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug was an enclave (not exclave) within Zabaykalsky Krai and was merged into it on 3 January 2008.
* In South Africa, the Eastern Cape Province had an exclave that was surrounded by KwaZulu-Natal Province, containing the town of Umzimkulu. KwaZulu-Natal had an exclave, Mount Currie (South Africa), Mount Currie, that was surrounded by the Eastern Cape. Both were extinguished in 2006.
* Switzerland –
** The village of Samnaun could initially only be reached by road from Austria. Thus, in 1892 the village was excluded from the Swiss customs territory. The exemption was maintained even when a road was built to the Engadin valley in 1907–1912.
** Before 1597, the two present-day cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden and Appenzell Innerrhoden were one canton, Appenzell, which was an enclave completely surrounded by the Canton of St. Gallen.
* Turkey –
:* Yalova was an exclave of İstanbul until it gained provincial status in 1995.
:* The İstanbul boroughs of Maslak, Ayazağa, and Huzur (part of Ayazağa until 1989) together formed an exclave of Şişli district after the split of Kağıthane from Şişli resulting from a law passed by TBMM on 19 June 1987. They were surrounded by Sarıyer to the north and east, Beşiktaş to the southeast, Kağıthane to the southwest, and Eyüp to the west. Finally, they were given to the district of Sarıyer after passing a law on 12 November 2012. Note that Maslak and Ayazağa were part of Sarıyer between 1930 and 1954 before passing to Şişli due to the split of Şişli from Beyoğlu in 1954.
* United States –
:* Maine was a pene-exclave of Massachusetts between 1652 and 1820.
:* The Western Reserve in present-day Ohio was a pene-exclave of Connecticut from 13 September 1786 to 1800, when it reverted to the Northwest Territory.
:* The following from pre-merger
Louisville, Kentucky, no longer exist as enclaves: Audubon Park, Kentucky, Audubon Park, Meadowview Estates, Kentucky, Meadowview Estates, Parkway Village, Kentucky, Parkway Village, Seneca Gardens, Kentucky, Seneca Gardens, Wellington, Kentucky, Wellington, and the combination of Kingsley, Kentucky, Kingsley, Strathmoor Manor, Kentucky, Strathmoor Manor, and Strathmoor Village, Kentucky, Strathmoor Village.
:* District of Columbia – Reagan National Airport, Washington National Airport was built on reclaimed land on the south side of the Potomac River, where the river's high-water line marked the District's boundary with
Virginia
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. Therefore, until 1945, the site was a pene-exclave of the District. Since then, the airport has been officially deemed a part of Arlington County, Virginia, but it is under exclusive federal jurisdiction and is administered as if still part of the District.
:* Boston Corner, New York, Boston Corner was a pene-exclave of the town of Mount Washington, Massachusetts, and ceded to New York on January 11, 1855, because its geographical isolation from the rest of Massachusetts (as part of the Taconic range) made maintaining law and order difficult.
:* Princeton Township, New Jersey, Princeton Township surrounded the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey, Borough of Princeton, home of Princeton University, until the two municipalities merged in 2013 to form Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton, New Jersey.
:* Town Line, New York voted 85 to 40 to secede from the United States in 1861, with no legal effect and no well-defined borders, to become an exclave of the Confederate States of America, unrecognized by either side (there are no written records); ceremonially voted to "rejoin" the Union in 1946.
* In
France
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, in Côtes-d'Armor département, the former Commune in France, commune of Plessix-Balisson is surrounded by the former commune of Ploubalay. In 2017, both communes were merged into the new Beaussais-sur-Mer commune.
Temporary enclaves or exclaves
Sometimes land is ceded temporarily to another country as a form of legal fiction.
* Suite 212 at Claridges Hotel in London was ceded by the United Kingdom to Yugoslavia on 17 June 1945 to allow Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, Crown Prince Alexander, whose parents were in exile, to be born on Yugoslav soil, though the story may be apocryphal, as there exists no documentary record of this.
* To establish jurisdiction, Camp Zeist, a former United States Air Force base in the Netherlands, was, in 2000, temporarily declared sovereign territory of the United Kingdom, in order to allow the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial to take place.
* In 1943, the maternity ward at the The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa Civic Hospital in Canada was temporarily extraterritorial so that Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, Princess Juliana's daughter Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Princess Margriet would only have Dutch (by parents' nationality) and not dual nationality, because of her potential birth on Canadian soil. Dual nationality would have excluded her from the royal succession.
* In 1979, at Sender Zehlendorf, East Germany, an area of 300 metres in radius around a radio tower construction site was made an exclave of the Soviet Union. After a Soviet fighter plane had earlier collided with a radio transmission mast at the facility, causing it to collapse, the Soviet Union agreed to rebuild the mast. So that the stricter German safety regulations would not slow the construction progress, the area was declared a Soviet exclave for the duration of the work.
Potential exclaves pending international resolution
* Crimea – after the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, 2014 invasion of the peninsula and a 2014 Crimean status referendum, controversial referendum on the territory's ascension to the Russian Federation as the federal subjects of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, Crimea became a ''de facto'' pene-exclave of the country separated by both Ukraine and the Kerch Strait. Most countries still Crimean problem, internationally recognize the peninsula as fully part of Ukraine.
* Hans Island – Two pene-exclaves would be created by a land border between Canada and Greenland, the latter an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark. Negotiations in 2012 between Canada and Denmark, not yet finalized, call for either a condominium or splitting the sovereignty over the disputed island. If the island were to be split by a boundary, it would create both Canada's and Denmark's second land border.
* Palanca, Ştefan Vodă, Palanca Marshes – potential ''Vennbahn''-type enclave of Moldova surrounded by Ukraine: Under a 2001 treaty between the two nations, Moldova is to transfer to Ukraine not only the asphalt (as it has already done), but also the real property under 7.7 kilometers of road (a portion of the 300 km road between Odessa and Reni), and to clarify the sovereignty of that land, which under that treaty is to be transferred to Ukraine.
See also
* Serbian enclaves in Kosovo
* Overseas administrative territorial entity, Overseas territory
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Notes
References
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** University of Melbourne ePrints repository has a
abstractand
complete reprint(PDF: 13.59 MB).
** Chapter 1 (pages 1–24) is a general survey of international enclaves, with a table ''Enclaves of the world since 1996'' on page 5.
* {{cite book, last =Nies, first=Susanne, title=Sand in the works. Enclaves challenging metropolitan states., pages=1–219, location= Paris, year= 2004
Jan S. Krogh's GeositeSmith, Barry (1997) "The Cognitive Geometry of War" in P. Koller and K. Puhl (eds.), ''Current Issues in Political Philosophy: Justice in Society and World Order'', Vienna: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 394–403.
Evgeny Vinokurov, ''A Theory of Enclaves'', Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2007
Enclaves and exclaves, *
Border-related lists, Enclaves and exclaves