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Map Quests: Political, Physical and Digital

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Enclaves and Enclaving

In the simplest and most general terms, enclaves are countries or parts of countries that are entirely contained within another country's territory. San Marino in Europe is a classic example: It's this relatively small country and it's completely unclaved on all sides by Italy. These things get even more complex with counter enclaves, which are an enclave inside of another enclave,. Or more specifically like a piece of the Netherlands inside a piece of Belgium that is itself in the Netherlands.

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