Exclaves of the World Trivia Quiz

Answer: Poland and Lithuania

Situated on the Baltic Sea, the city of Kaliningrad was once the Prussian city of Konigsberg. Until the First World War it was part of the German Empire, after that it was part of the German exclave of East Prussia. It was annexed by the Soviet Union following the Second World War and following the dissolution of the Soviet Union it remained part of Russia.

Answer: France

Several Spanish towns passed into the possession of France by way of the Treaty of the Pyrennes in 1659. However, it seems Llivia was forgotten and so despite being entirely surrounded by France remains Spanish. The cities of Ceuta and Melilla are Spanish exclaves which border Morocco but have access to the sea.

Answer: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa)

Cabinda was originally connected to the Portuguese colony of Angola but became separated when the Belgians decided to extended their central African possesions to the mouth of the River Congo in 1885.

Answer: East Timor

Oecussi-Ambeno (or Ocussi-Ambeno) lies on the island of Timor and, like East Timor was previously a Portuguese possession. It was occupied by Indonesia at the same time as East Timor in 1975 and regained independence with it in 2002.

Answer: Armenia

The exclave also borders Turkey and Iran. There are a number of Azeri exclaves in Armenia and Armenian exclaves in Azerbaijan. The area of Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan is not officially an Armenian exclave but it is predominantly inhabited by Armenians and claimed by Armenia.

The two countries fought an inconclusive war over the region in the 1990s. In 2005 the region's status remains unresolved.

Answer: India and Bangladesh

The exact number varies from source to source but there are around a hundred Bangladeshi exclaves in Indian territory and around a hundred Indian exclaves in Bangladesh. Many of these exclaves lie within each other such as the Indian exclave of Dahala Khagrabari which lies in a Bangladeshi exclave which lies in an Indian exclave which lies in Bangladesh proper.

Answer: The Netherlands

The exclave lies just north of the Belgian-Dutch border and includes the Dutch exclave of Baarle-Nassau.

Answer: Germany and Italy

The German exclave of Busingen is in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen while the Italian exclave of Campione is in the canton of Ticino.

Answer: The United Arab Emirates

The Omani exclave includes the exclave of Nahwa which belongs to the emirate of Sharjah, a member of the United Arab Emirates. Oman also includes an exclave on the Musandem peninsula which juts into the Strait of Hormuz and is also bordered by the UAE.

Answer: West Berlin

West Berlin was divided from East Berlin and the rest of the GDR by the infamous Berlin Wall, constructed in 1961 and opened again in 1989, reuniting the two parts of the city. West Berlin ceased to be an exclave when the two Germanies reunited in 1990.

Technically West Berlin was not subject to the West German constitution and was administered by a mayor whose authority was derived from the US, British and French occupying forces. However, it did send non-voting representatives to the West German parliament.