What is Exclave?
{{Merge from|Enclave|date=June 2020}} [[Image:Exclave.svg|thumb|275px|C is B's exclave, but is not an [[enclave]].]] [[Image:Enclave.svg|thumb|275px|C is B's exclave, and A's enclave.]] An '''exclave''' is strip of land that belongs to an entity (like a [[country]] or a [[region]]) but that is not connected to it by land (islands are not counted). The strip of land is surrounded by other political entities. A good example is [[Kaliningrad Oblast]] (the region around the [[Russia]]n city [[Kaliningrad]]). It belongs to the Russian Federation, but is separated from the rest of that country by territory belonging to [[Lithuania]] and [[Poland]]. Although both meanings are close, an exclave might not be an [[enclave]]. An enclave is completely surrounded by one other country. For example, Kaliningrad is surrounded not by one state, but by two: Lithuania and Poland. It also borders the [[Baltic Sea]]. It is not an enclave. On the other hand, the [[Spain|Spanish]] exclave of [[Llivia]] is an enclave in [[France]]. Many exclaves today have some of [[idea]] of becoming [[independent]], especially if the exclave is far away from the mainland. A much more obscure use means, in medical discussion, a detached part of an organ, as of the pancreas, thyroid, or other gland. The lists below are of various types of exclaves that are not [[enclave]]s. ==True exclaves== * [[Angola]]: [[Cabinda (province)|Cabinda]] * [[Azerbaijan]]: [[Nakhichevan]] * [[Belgium]]: [[Baarle-Hertog]] * [[Brunei]]: [[Temburong]] * [[Croatia]]: [[Dubrovnik]] * [[East Timor]]: [[Oecussi-Ambeno]] * [[Germany]]: [[Büsingen am Hochrhein]] * [[Italy]]: [[Campione]] * [[Netherlands]]: [[Baarle-Nassau]] (parts) * [[Oman]]: [[Musandam]] * [[Russia]]: [[Kaliningrad]] * [[Spain]]: [[Llivia]] * [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus|Northern Cyprus]]: [[Kokkina exclave|Kokkina]] (''de facto''). * [[United States]]: [[Alaska]] ==Subnational exclaves== Exclaves of [[administrative division]]s below the national level. *Many of the [[cantons of Switzerland]