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In human geography, an enclave is a piece of land which is totally enclosed within a foreign territory. If another country has sovereignty over it, it may also be called an exclave if:
C is A's enclave and B's exclave.
Exclaves may also exist on a subnational level when a subdivision exists outside of its parent division. (See the section subnational enclaves )
The word 'enclave' crept into the jargon of diplomacy rather late in English, in 1868, coming from French, the lingua franca of diplomacy, with a sense inherited from late Latin inclavatus meaning 'shut in, locked up" (with a key, late Latin clavis). The 'exclave' is a logical extension created three decades later.
Enclaves may be created for a variety of historical, political or even geological reasons. Some areas have been left as enclaves simply due to changes in the course of a river.
Since living in an enclave can be very inconvenient and many agreements have to be found by both countries over mail addresses, power supply or passage rights, enclaves tend to be eliminated and many cases that existed before have now been solved.
In English ecclesiastic historyHistory is often used as a generic term for information about the past, such as in "geologic history of the Earth". When used as the name of a field of study, history refers to the study and interpretation of the record of human societies. The term histor subnational enclaves were known as peculiars.
frame LesothoMmuso wa Lesotho Kingdom of Lesotho (In Detail) (Full size) National motto: Khotso, Pula, Nala(Peace, Rain, Prosperity Official language Sesotho, English Capital Maseru Capital's coordinates 29° 18' S, 27° 28' E Largest City Maseru Monarch HM The King of (shown in green) is completely surrounded by South AfricaSouth Africa is a republic at the southern tip of Africa. It is bordered to the north by Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to the north-east by Mozambique and Swaziland. Lesotho is contained entirely inside the borders of South Africa. South Africa is one o. Some enclaves are countries in their own rights, completely surrounded by another one, and therefore not exclaves. Three such sovereign countries exist:
Some countries may be enclaved inside another one, except for a small coastal section which allows them to have access to open waters. However, this access is more of a corridor.
Although Canada and the Republic of Ireland, for example, border just one other country, they have enough access to international waters not to be considered near-enclaves.
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