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D is B's exclave, but is not an enclave.
An exclave is a territory that belongs to a political entity but is not connected to it by land (islands are not counted) and is surrounded by other political entities. A good example is the region around the Russian city Kaliningrad. It belongs to the Russian Federation, but is separated from the rest of that country by territory belonging to Lithuania and Belarus.
Although both meanings are close, an exclave may not necessarily be an enclave. Kaliningrad is surrounded not by one state only, but by two: Lithuania and Poland and it also borders the Baltic Sea. On the other hand, the Spanish exclave of Llívia is an enclave in France.
1 Other examples
- Baarle-Hertog, a Belgian exclave within the Dutch province of North BrabantNorth Brabant ( Dutch: Noord-Brabant is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River Maas in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west. Noord-Brabant Province of the Net.
- CabindaCabinda is an Angolan province and exclave, separated from the rest of the country by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which bounds the province on the south and the east. Cabinda is bounded on the north by the Republic of the Congo, and on the west, an AngolanThis article is about the nation, for the prison see Angola Prison Angola is a country in southwestern Africa bordering Namibia, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Brazzaville and Zambia and with a west coast along the Atlantic Ocean. A former Portuguese colony, it ha exclave and province between Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire) and the Republic of Congo.
- The southern part of the coast of CroatiaThe Republic of Croatia is a country in Europe bordering the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans. Its capital is Zagreb. In recent history, it was a republic of Yugoslavia. History Main article: History of Croatia The Croats are a largely Slavic.
- East Prussia, a German exclave during the Weimar Republic: it was separated from Germany after World War One, when Poland regained access to the sea. East Prussia later became part of Poland and Russia (see Kaliningrad above).
- Nakhchivan, an exclave of Azerbaijan.
- Alaska, an exclave of the United States of America. ( Hawaii doesn't count because it is made up of islands.)
Examples of exclaves in subnational units include the traditional counties of Flintshire, Wales and Cromartyshire, Scotland, in the United Kingdom.
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