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List of countries that only border one other country - Definition and Overview |
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This is a list of countries that only have a land border with one other country. The list includes dependent territories and some disputed or occupied areas that are de facto independent.
Nations that only share a land border with one other country often have concerns about domination by the other state if it is larger. These can be fears of an outright take-over as has happened historically to such states as East Timor, which was part of Indonesia until very recently, and Ireland, which was part of the United Kingdom until 1921. Today concerns are often about economic domination such as between Canada and the United States or between Denmark and Germany. Because much trade goes over land these countries are often heavily reliant on their single neighbour.
Landlocked
Peninsulas
Singapore is connected to Johore, Malaysia through a causeway and a bridge.
Partly surrounded, with sea access
Sharing a long border
Sharing an island
- Brunei - Borneo, with Sarawak, Malaysia
- Cyprus - with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- Dominican Republic - Hispaniola, with Haiti
- East Timor - Timor, with West Timor, Indonesia
- Haiti - Hispaniola, with the Dominican Republic
- Republic of Ireland - with Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Netherlands Antilles - with Guadeloupe, on Sint Maarten/Saint-Martin
- Papua New Guinea - with Papua, Indonesia
- Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus - with Cyprus
- United Kingdom - Northern Ireland, with the Republic of Ireland (the Channel Tunnel connects England with France)
The United States has an enclave under lease from Cuba, Guantanamo Bay, which consists of a military base.
Former countries
See also
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