A neutral zone is a delimited zone bordering at least one of the
states that has agreed to set up a
neutral territory. This has occurred in the past and/or present for:
*
Neutral Ground (Louisiana), a disputed area between
Spanish Texas and the
United States
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' newly acquired
Louisiana Purchase, from 1806 to 1821
*
Neutral Moresnet, a 19th-century neutral zone between the
United Kingdom of the Netherlands (and later
Belgium
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) and
Prussia (and later the
German Empire)
*in the colonial era, the neutral zone between
Thailand and
French Indochina, 25 kilometres wide (roughly 15.5 miles) on the east bank of the
Mekong, was placed under French control but formally remained under Thai sovereignty.
*the
Saudi–Iraqi neutral zone
*the
Saudi–Kuwaiti neutral zone
*the neutral zones between
Morocco and
Ceuta and
Melilla
*
Antarctica
*
United Nations Conciliation Commission's ''Government House'' in
Jerusalem, which existed as a mediation center after the
1948 Arab–Israeli War
*
Mount Vernon historic site, home of
George Washington, during the US
Civil War
* a strip of land in between Macau's
Portas do Cerco and China's Kung-pei (Gongbei)
In many cases, a neutral zone is also a
demilitarized zone.
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