Thursday, January 23, 2014

Exclaves, Oblasts and Other Geopolitical Oddities Part 1



Point Roberts, WA is a town located on the southernmost tip of the Tsawwassen Peninsula, south of Delta, British Columbia, a suburb of Vancouver, and can be reached by land from the rest of the United States only by traveling through Canada. 

My Comment: So you need a passport to drive out of town?

Population: 1,300



Liberty Island is located in the New York Bay and is surrounded by the waters of Jersey City, NJ. The island falls under the jurisdiction of New York City, though. Historical developments have caused to be an exclave of New York in New Jersey. 

Population: One large statue that came over from France in the 1800s.





Naxcivan

source: Artaxiad at en.wikipedia

A landlocked exclave of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Naxcivan region covers 5,500 km² (2,071 sq mi) bordering Armenia, Iran and Turkey. 

My Comment: This may be the least interesting thing on this list.

Population: 410,000




Kaliningrad































The Kaliningrad Oblast was the northern part of historical East Prussia, which was an exclave of Germany from World War I until 1945. It was then occupied by the Soviet Union and was later annexed by Soviet Union under border changes promulgated in the Potsdam AgreementMost of its indigenous German population were killed or fled westward. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union it became an exclave of Russia. 

Population: 941,000



Saint Pierre and Miquelon

































The only remnant of the former colonial empire of New France that's still under French control. The islands are situated at the entrance of Fortune Bay near the southern coast of Newfoundland.

Population: 5,774

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