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The Geographical Curiosities
Local Quadripoints
Albania
Tropoje, Has, Kukes, Puke
Argentina
Mendoza, La Pampa, Rio Negro, Nequen
Canada
Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
Liechtenstein
Gamprin, Eschen, Schaan, Planken
Mauritania
Adrar, Tagant, Brakna, Trarza
Mexico
Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas
Philippines
Bukidnon, Davao, Davao del Sur, North Cotabato
Misamis Oriental, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Bukidnon
Tanzania
Arusha, Tanga, Morogoro, dodoma
Uruguay
Soriano, Flores, San Jose, Colonia
USA
Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona
Local Enclaves and Fragments
Australia
Australian Capital Territory - Two fragments separated by New South Wales
New South Wales - Two fragments separated by Australian Capital Territory
Austria
Tyrol - Fragment separated by Salzburg
Belgium
Hainaut - Fragment separated by West-Vlaanderen
Limburg - Fragment separated by Liege
China
Hebei - Fragment surrounded by Beijing and Tianjin
France
Cote d'Or - Fragment between Nievre and Saone-et-Loire
Hautes-Pyrenees - Two enclaves in Pyrenees-Atlantiques
Nord - Enclave in Pas-de-Calais
Vaucluse - Enclave in Drome
Germany
Baden-wuerttemberg - Two enclaves in Hesse
Brandenburg - Six enclaves in Sachsen-Anhalt
Bremen - Two enclaves in Niedersachsen
Hamburg - Enclave in Schleswig-Holstein
Hamburg - Islands of Neuwerk and Scharhorn (The state is surrounded)
Hesse - Enclave in Baden-wuerttemberg
Sachsen-Anhalt - Enclave in Brandenburg
Schleswig-Holstein - Enclave in Hamburg
Greece
Imathia - Enclave in Pieria
Guernsey
Saint Martin - Fragment between Forest and Saint Andrew
Saint Sampson - Fragment separated by Vale
Torteval - Fragment separated by Saint Pierre du Bois
Iceland
Asahrep - Fragment separated by Rangarting
Grimsnes - Two fragments separated by Blaskogab
Hafnarfjordur - Fragment separated by Grindavik
Isafardar - Two fragments separated by Stranda
Kopavogur - Two fragments separated by Reykjavik
Reykjavik - Fragment separated by Mosfells
Assam - Enclave in West Bengal
Dadra and Nagar Haveli - Enclave in Gujarat
Daman and Diu - Two coastal fragment separated by Gujarat
Gujarat - Enclave in Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Madhya Pradesh - Enclave in Gujarat
Madhya Pradesh - Two enclaves in Uttar Pradesh
Pondicherry - Enclave in Andhra Pradesh
Pondicherry - Two enclaves in Kerala
Pondicherry - Fragment in Kerala
Pondicherry - Thirteen enclaves in Tamil Nadu *
Pondicherry - Three fragments separated by Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu - Nine enclaves in Pondicherry
Uttar Pradesh - Three enclaves in Madhya Pradesh
West bengal - Enclave in Assam
* Fourteen if a joint administration area is considered to be Tamil Nadu
Isle Of Man
Malew - Fragment separated by Castletown
Rushen - Fragment separated by Port Erin
Italy
Arezzo - Enclave in Pesaro E Urbino
Benevento - Enclave in Avellino
Caltanisseta - Enclave in Palermo
Enna - Enclave in Caltanisseta
Matera - Enclave in Potenza
Palermo - Enclave in Agrigento
Perugia - Enclave in Pesaro E Urbino
Rimini - Fragment seperated by Pesaro E Urbino
Terni - Fragment between Perugia and Siena
Japan
Wakayama - Fragment between Nara and Mie
Jersey
Saint Helier - Enclave in Trinity
Saint Saviour - Enclave in Trinity
Trinity - Enclave in Saint Helier
Liechtenstein
Balzers - Fragment between Triesen and Triesenberg
Balzers - Fragment separated by Triesen and Triesenberg
Eschen - Fragment separated by Gamprin
Gamprin - Fragment between Eschen, Planken, Schaan and Vaduz
Planken - Enclave in Schaan
Planken - Fragment separated by Schaan
Planken - Fragment between Gamprin and Schaan
Planken - Fragment between Schaan and Vaduz
Schaan - Enclave in Planken
Schaan - Fragment between Gamprin and Planken
Schaan - Fragment separated by Triesenberg
Schaan - Fragment separated by Triesen and Triesenberg
Triesenberg - Fragment separated by Vaduz
Vaduz - Enclave in Planken
Vaduz - Enclave in Schaan
Vaduz - Fragment between Balzers and Schaan
Vaduz - Fragment between Gamprin, Planken and Schaan
Vaduz - Fragment between Eschen, Gamprin and Schaan
Vaduz - Fragment between Schaan, Triesen and Triesenberg
Malaysia
Melaka - Coastal Fragment separated by Negeri Sembilan
Moldova
Gagauzia - Three enclaves in Cahul
Gagauzia - Fragment separated by Cahul
Russia
Moscow City - Eight enclaves in Moskva
Samara - Enclave in Orenburg
Samoa
A'ana - Fragment separated by Aiga-I-Le-Tai
Gaga'emauga - Two fragments in island of Upolu (The district itself is in Sava'i)
Palauli - Fragment separated by Satupaitea
Va'a-o-fonoti - Fragment separated by Atua
South Africa
Eastern Cape - Enclave in Kwazulu-Natal
Kwazulu-Natal - Enclave in Eastern Cape
Spain
Barcelona - Two enclaves in Lleida
Burgos - Enclave in Alava
Burgos - Two enclaves in La Rioja
Burgos - Enclave in Palencia
Cantabria - Enclave in Vizcaya
Ciudad Real - Fragment between Badajoz and Toledo
Cordoba - Enclave in Sevilla
Girona - Enclave in Barcelona
Guadalajara - Enclave in Madrid
Lleida - Enclave in Barcelona
Madrid - Fragment between Avila and Segovia
Navarra - Two enclaves in Zaragoza
Palencia - Two enclaves in Burgos
Palencia - Two enclaves in Cantabria
Palencia - Fragment between Burgos and Cantabria
Tarragona - Enclave in Barcelona
Valencia - Fragment between Xuenca and Teruel
Valladoid - Enclave in Leon
Valladoid - Fragment between Leon and Zamora
Vizcaya - Fragment between Alava and Burgos
Sweden
Jamtland - Two enclaves in Gavleborg
Jonkopings - Two enclaves in Vastra Gotaland
Ostergotland - Enclave in Kalmar
Uppsala - Enclave in Vastmanland
Vasterbotten - Enclave in Norrbotten
Vastmanland - Enclave in Uppsala
Aargau - Enclave in Zurich
Appenzell Innerrhoden - Two enclaves in Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Appenzell Innerrhoden - Two fragments between Appenzell Ausserrhoden and Saint Gallen
Bern - One enclave in Fribourg
Bern - Fragment between Fribourg and Vaud
Fribourg - Enclave in Bern
Fribourg - Three enclaves in Vaud
Fribourg - Fragment separated by Vaud
Geneva - Enclave in Vaud
Geneva - Fragment separated by Vaud
Obwalden - Fragment between Bern, Nidwalden and Uri
Saint Gallen - Enclave in Thurgau
Schaffhausen - Fragment separated by Thurgau
Schaffhausen - Fragment separated by Zurich
Solothurn - Two fragments separated by Basel-land
Thurgau - Fragment separated by Saint Gallen
Vaud - Enclave in Fribourg
Vaud - Fragment separated by Fribourg
UAE
Abu Dhabi - Part shared with Dubai
Ajman - Fragment between Sharjah and Fujairah
Ajman - Fragment separated by Sharjah and Ras al-Khaimah fragment
Ajman - Part shared with Oman (Connected to previous fragment mentioned)
Dubai - Fragment separated by Sharjah and Ras al-Khaimah fragment
Fujairah - Three fragments separated by Sharjah *
Fujairah - Part shared with Sharjah
Ras al-Khaimah - Fragment separated by Fujairah
Sharjah - Two fragments separated by Fujairah - Geographic Oddities - 12/22/2000
Sharjah - Three fragments separated by Ras al-Khaimah**
* Three fragments touch each other if shared Fujairah-Sharjah zone included
** Three fragments touch each other if shared Fujairah-Sharjah zone included
USA
Kentucky - Fragment separated by Missouri
New York - Two enclaves in New Jersey territorial waters
Local Intersecting Borders
Jersey
Saint Peter - Semi-enclave in Saint Brelade
Basel with Solothurn and Jura - Basel semi-enclave
Bern with Solothurn and Jura - Bern semi-enclave
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