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What is a country within a country called?

Last Updated: 16th January, 2020

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A country completely surrounded by anothercountry is also called an enclave. For example, bothVatican City and San Marino are countries totally surroundedby Italy.

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Correspondingly, can a country be inside another country?

Three nations qualify as completely surrounded byanother country's land and/or internal waters: The Republicof San Marino, enclaved within Italy. Vatican City, enclavedwithin the city of Rome, Italy. The Kingdom of Lesotho,enclaved within South Africa.

Secondly, what country is an exclave? An enclave is a territory that is completelysurrounded by the territory of one other state. An exclaveis a part of a state that is geographically separated from the mainpart by the territory of one or more states.

Also to know, what 3 countries are located within another country?

Share. In geography, an enclave is acountry that is fully enclosed by another country.There are three enclaved countries; Lesotho, VaticanCity, and San Marino because they are fully surrounded by SouthAfrica, the Italian city of Rome, and Italyrespectively.

What is a country example?

A country is defined as a nation, the people ofthe nation or land in a rural area. An example of acountry is the United States. An example of thecountry is farmlands in Iowa.

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