lunes, 10 de marzo de 2014

Enclave and Exclave

Enclave and exclave are words practically to express territory problems. Exclave, according the Revers Dictionary, is a part of a country entirely surrounded by foreign territory. Different from exclave, an enclave is a country that has a peace of other country inside its territory.
A perfect example of this territory problem is Brandenburg.

Germany was divided into four parts after World War II, one for each of the victorious powers. Berlin did the same. In the early 50 occupied by the Western Allies (France, UK and USA) became part of the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Soviet side in the Democratic Germany. Berlin was also divided into four, and the Soviet side joined the FRA. West Berlin was, therefore, as an island within the FRA. An enclave. But the city, at the same time, had several small enclaves within Brandenburg who were in the British and American occupation. Enclaves of an enclave!!!

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