Weird Borders: Middle East

The borders in the middle east are almost as complicated as the politics

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The middle east's borders can be quite complicated, but perhaps the strangest are the borders between Oman and the United Arab Emirates, and between Egypt and Sudan.

Not only is the border between Oman and the United Arab Emirate complicated, its not even in a single piece! There is a piece of the united arab emirate inside a piece of oman that is itself inside the united arab emirates, making it one of the world's only second order enclaves.

An enclave is when a part of a country is completely surrounded by another country, and with Oman and the United Arab Emirates there is an enclave which was another enclave inside it!

The large outer first order enclave that is owned by oman is called Madha, and the interior smaller second order enclave is called Nahwa.

Also noteworthy is the Musandam peninsula which is an exclave of Oman which is detached from the rest of the country.

Another weird situation is the Hala'ib triangle, which both egypt and Sudan claim, and Bir Tawil which neither egypt nor sudan claim.

This makes Bir Tawil one of the world's only Terra Nullius that is claimed by nobody.

Even stanger is how that situation came about, because at that time Sudan was owned by both Egypt and the British at the same time, all while Egypt was technically a part of the Ottoman Empire, but practically a part of the British Empire.


More Weird Borders

Weird Borders: State Borders of the United States of America
https://youtu.be/lXTEepNheVI

Weird Borders: Why Countries Have Pieces Detached
https://youtu.be/elybAzSVSHc

More Middle East

Middle East Explained: https://youtu.be/0ZvYJmzvgLo

Where is the Middle East?: https://youtu.be/elSzWGAQS_0