Enclave

In human geography, an enclave is a piece of land which is totally surrounded by a foreign territory. If another country has sovereignty over it, it is also called an exclave of that other country.

Enclaved countries

Some enclaves are countries in their own right, completely surrounded by another one, and therefore not exclaves. Three such sovereign countries exist:

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• The republic of San Marino, enclaved within Italy
• Vatican City, within the city of Rome, in Italy
• The Kingdom of Lesotho, embedded inside South Africa

See also List of countries that only border one other country.

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