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Below are separate lists of countries and dependencies with their land boundaries, and lists of which countries and dependencies border oceans and major seas. The first short section describes the borders or edges of continents and oceans/major seas. Disputed areas are not considered.
Most separate segments of land borders between any two countries or territories: Belgium – Netherlands: 31 [ m] Armenia – Azerbaijan: 6 [ g] Belgium – Germany: 6 [ l] Kyrgyzstan – Uzbekistan: 6. Cyprus – Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK): 6 [ t] Oman – United Arab Emirates: 4. Highest number of bordering countries:
A gore created when the borders of the colonies Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania were defined. Dispute over the borders between the three colonies dates to the foundation of each during the middle 17th century. A series of defined lines and arcs were laid out by statute to settle the disputes, the most famous of which was the Mason–Dixon ...
Borders of the United States. The United States has land borders with only Canada and Mexico, both of them long. It has maritime boundaries with many countries due to its extensive exclusive economic zone (EEZ). All of its maritime borders with Canada are at least partially disputed, and its territorial claims on three Caribbean islands are ...
Palestinian sovereignty is recognized by 145 UN member states, and is a United Nations non-member observer state. The State of Palestine consists of West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In this list, for purposes of counting bordering states, Palestine is considered to be a single sovereign entity.
Political borders can be established through warfare, colonization, or mutual agreements between the political entities that reside in those areas. [ 1 ] Some borders—such as most states' internal administrative borders, or inter-state borders within the Schengen Area —are open and completely unguarded. [ 2 ]
Some political scientists have also considered state socialist nations to be forms of corporate republics, with the state assuming full control of all economic and political life and establishing a monopoly on everything within national boundaries – effectively making the state itself amount to a giant corporation. Collective consciousness
1815 at the congress of Vienna. From Les Fourgs - Sainte-Croix to Les Rousses - Saint-Cergue. 1536 border between Switzerland and Burgundy. 1678/1679 at the Treaty of Nijmegen. From Gex - Saint-Cergue to Gex - Geneva. 1536 after Swiss expansion, border between Switzerland and Savoy. 1601 after French expansion.