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Maps, borders and enclaves

Twelve questions on maps, borders and enclaves. Look closely: the most familiar answer is not always the right one.

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Which independent country is entirely surrounded by South Africa?

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1. Which independent country is entirely surrounded by South Africa?
- A. Botswana
- B. Lesotho (answer)
- C. Malawi
- D. Eswatini
Lesotho is an enclave within South Africa. Eswatini also borders Mozambique.
2. Which pair consists of two doubly landlocked countries, whose immediate neighbours are all also landlocked?
- A. Mongolia and Paraguay
- B. Luxembourg and Bhutan
- C. Austria and Nepal
- D. Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan (answer)
Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan are both doubly landlocked.
3. The Spanish enclave of Llívia is surrounded by which country's territory?
- A. Italy
- B. France (answer)
- C. Portugal
- D. Andorra
Llívia remained Spanish while the surrounding territory became French.
4. Büsingen is a German enclave surrounded by which country?
- A. Czechia
- B. Switzerland (answer)
- C. Belgium
- D. Austria
Büsingen belongs to Germany but lies within Switzerland.
5. Campione d'Italia is an Italian enclave within which country?
- A. San Marino
- B. Slovenia
- C. Switzerland (answer)
- D. Austria
Campione d'Italia is Italian territory surrounded by Switzerland.
6. Which country separates Angola's province of Cabinda from the main part of Angola?
- A. Republic of the Congo
- B. Gabon
- C. Zambia
- D. Democratic Republic of the Congo (answer)
A strip of the Democratic Republic of the Congo separates Cabinda from Angola's main territory.
7. Apart from its Atlantic coast, The Gambia is surrounded by which country?
- A. Guinea-Bissau
- B. Senegal (answer)
- C. Mauritania
- D. Guinea
The Gambia follows the Gambia River inland and has Senegal as its sole land neighbour.
8. Which pair gives the only two countries with land borders with Andorra?
- A. Spain and Switzerland
- B. Spain and Portugal
- C. France and Italy
- D. France and Spain (answer)
Andorra occupies part of the Pyrenees between France and Spain.
9. Azerbaijan's detached territory of Nakhchivan has a short border with which country?
- A. Georgia
- B. Syria
- C. Türkiye (answer)
- D. Russia
Nakhchivan borders Türkiye, Armenia and Iran, although it is separated from the rest of Azerbaijan.
10. Which country borders both Brazil and Chile?
- A. Ecuador
- B. Uruguay
- C. Colombia
- D. Bolivia (answer)
Bolivia borders both countries. Ecuador and Chile do not border Brazil.
11. Which island was divided under the 2022 boundary agreement between Canada and the Kingdom of Denmark?
- A. Tartupaluk, also called Hans Island (answer)
- B. Ellesmere Island
- C. Devon Island
- D. Baffin Island
The agreement established a land boundary across Tartupaluk between Canada and Greenland, within the Kingdom of Denmark.
12. Which pair gives Switzerland's two neighbours that have no coastline?
- A. France and Liechtenstein
- B. Austria and Liechtenstein (answer)
- C. Germany and Austria
- D. Italy and Germany
Austria and Liechtenstein are landlocked. Switzerland's other neighbours reach the sea.

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