As border lore goes, it is a fascinating example of what could be called transitional zones: disputed territories situated between competing powers, whose unique borders facilitate their slow, often contested detachment from one country to the other [2].
The following sovereign states (of which the map only shows territories situated in and around Europe) constitute the union: Through successive enlargements, the Union has grown from the six founding states — Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands — to the current.
The South Africa Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) has a total area of 1,535,539 km2, of which 466,879 km2 surrounds the Prince Edward Islands South African territories situated in the Southern Ocean and not considered in this analysis.
(This territory was situated in what later became Germany).
Its territory is situated wholly on the western side of the isthmus, and it is therefore the only Central American country that lacks a Caribbean coast.
Although Zabaykalye and Lake Baikal are not contiguous, the territory is situated to the east of the republic of Buryatiya, which touches the lake's eastern edge.
The southern part of Niger's territory is situated in the vast region of Africa known as the Sudan, in which, in former times, large political states arose, such as Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, as well as the Hausa states, the empire of Sokoto, and Bornu.
This was a territory apparently situated in a place Prescott is said to have dubbed the "Balklands".
More than 40% of Yakutia territory is situated above the polar circle.
