BETA
Chapter 1
The puzzle of Baarle
Chapter 2
How the mess was made
Chapter 3
Living in a geographic maze
Chapter 4
Enclaves around the world
YOUR GOAL
Master of The Baarle border maze
Ch 4 · Enclaves around the world
misslily Hop through the chaotic border maze to discover how enclaves split a single town.
misslily Enclaves around the world
Where's my front door? Where's my front door? That's how we know if we're Belgian or Dutch!
misslily The India-Bangladesh border once held the world's most complex enclave system before a 2015 treaty.
misslily The Vennbahn is a former Belgian railway line that created five German enclaves.
Fun Fact
The ultimate enclave: Until 2015, Dahala Khagrabari was the only third-order enclave, essentially a counter-counter-enclave, spanning just 1.7 acres.
Glossary
enclave (noun)
A portion of territory entirely surrounded by the territory of another state. The Belgian town of Baarle-Hertog consists of twenty-two enclaves completely surrounded by the Netherlands.
A portion of territory entirely surrounded by the territory of another state. The Belgian town of Baarle-Hertog consists of twenty-two enclaves completely surrounded by the Netherlands.
Quiz
What is the term for a piece of a country's territory that is completely surrounded by another country?
Quiz
What Belgian transport route created five German enclaves under the Treaty of Versailles?