Territorial Oddities

r/TerritorialOddities is a place to discover strange borders, enclaves, and other geopolitical trivia:

[Territorial Oddities @strangeborders]

r/TerritorialOddities is the place to discover #strangemaps, #enclaves, bizarre #borders, and other trivia in #geopolitics | Head to:➡️https://t.co/ZFloR31EBB

[Territorial Oddities @strangeborders]

#Glasgow’s SEC is officially #UN territory during #COP26. The Blue Zone will be patrolled by armed UN officers. 10,000 UK police officers will surround the area but will only be allowed to enter if invited by the UN secretary general, or if there is a threat to life.

#geography

[Territorial Oddities @strangeborders]

Corrected map coming soon

[Territorial Oddities @strangeborders]

The world has a new border: Yesterday the International Court of Justice delimited Kenya & Somalia's maritime boundary.

They drew an equidistant line between both claims, and adjusted it slightly to accommodate #Kenya, but #Somalia still come out on the happier side.

[Abdirashid Hashi @AnalystSomalia]

3 maps by @CIJ_ICJ decision on the maritime dispute #Somalia & #Kenya

1st map shows each country’s claim;

2nd map show how court adjusted #Somalia’s claim to accommodate Kenya;

3rd map shows the new border;

Last again map shows how the new map is different from what claimed

[Territorial Oddities @strangeborders]

Only four countries have capital cities that are not on their mainland: #EquatorialGuinea (#Malabo, Bioko island), #Denmark (#Copenhagen, Zealand island), #TheGambia (#Banjul, St Mary's island), and #UnitedArabEmirates (#AbuDhabi, Abu Dhabi island)

[Territorial Oddities @strangeborders]

1996: The Taliban captures Kabul after two years of fighting, declares Afghanistan an Islamic emirate, and changes the flag to solid white initially, then adds the Shahada written in black a year later.

[Territorial Oddities @strangeborders]

Afghanistan’s flag has been changed or modified at least 18 times over the past 100 years.

https://t.co/D2Pu169AxL

[Territorial Oddities @strangeborders]

1978: Mohammed Daoud Khan is killed in a communist coup, Nur Mohammad Taraki becomes president. At first, the seal is dropped from the flag, then it changes to a red flag with a seal in the corner. The word “Khalq” (people) is surrounded by wheat and a ribbon praising the coup.

[Strange Maps @VeryStrangeMaps]

#StrangeMaps #1101 - Just four colors are enough for any map. Why? https://t.co/rFPZKyQ2Yi

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Here is an animated map showing how and when the Taliban captured 26 out of Afghanistan's 34 provincial capitals.

https://t.co/8BWAmI6MNX ⬇

[Territorial Oddities @strangeborders]

You can actually have an *excess* of sovereigns, with national and local forces controlling different areas, creating informal internal borderlands - https://t.co/gjSAPh94D6

[Territorial Oddities @strangeborders]

https://t.co/PW8VJcRWe6

[Territorial Oddities @strangeborders]

One academic theory relevant to this is the notion of sovereigntyscapes, the idea that a state is not just “failed” or weak, but has varying levels of control as you cut through its putative territory 1/2

[Acting Chief Patrol Agent Richard J. Fortunato @USBPChiefSWB]

On July 4th, an SUV illegally entered Derby Line, VT from Canada by driving over private property & nearly collided with another car. Vigilant #USBP Agents intercepted the SUV on I-91. The 7 occupants were citizens of France, Canada & Romania. All 7 were expelled to Canada. @CBP

[Territorial Oddities @strangeborders]

Kazungula Bridge connects #Zambia and #Botswana (2nd shortest border in the world) over the #Zambezi River. It curves not for structural reasons, but to avoid #Namibia and #Zimbabwe.

https://t.co/eIu0Tb7evF

[Strange Maps @VeryStrangeMaps]

#StrangeMaps #1091 - Why Africa’s newest super-bridge is in the continent’s weirdest border zone. https://t.co/KYOMpzvZXc #KazungulaBridge

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Ukraine's new football kit, showing map including Russian-annexed Crimea, provokes anger in Moscow https://t.co/JMnoKEPv2n

[Strange Maps @VeryStrangeMaps]

#StrangeMaps #1085 - Why Swiss maps are full of hidden secrets. https://t.co/diSVXYFH9c