The most bizarre state border

Where there are boundaries there will always be dissatisfied. Yes and they are always painful – through wars, painful negotiations, political machinations and intrigue. It is not surprising that with the limits associated with the most crazy stories.

1. The Americans who were on the other side of the Mexican border



A fence between Texas and Mexico was erected under President Bush in 2008. The goal is clear: to reduce the number of illegal migrants and to pull the plug on the drug. For those living at the border of American farmers this innovation would be a big relief (they really were not happy with constantly plying here and there of drug traffickers and periodic skirmishes between drug cartels) if not for one small fact: these Americans face as a result of on the other side of the fence. That is in Mexico.



How it happened is unknown, but the fence was built within a mile of the present boundaries, so in some places it was held on private territories of innocent landowners. You can imagine the horror of a man who suddenly sees, as in his native land, inherited from his ancestors, suddenly grows a tall fence with a menacing inscription "do NOT APPROACH!!!". Now the Americans are forced to cross the border every time they need to get to work or sit at the bar with buddies.



One farmer complains that now he is forced to pass through border control every time comes with its own fields in their own barn.

Split into two parts was the territory of one of the Texas universities. So students also have to run from lecture to lecture across the border.

2. The Indian town in Bangladesh in India in Bangladesh



The enclave, as you probably already know, it's a piece of one country inside the other – a kind of island. In rare cases, inside the enclave formed another island, called the enclave of the second order. That is the first enclave will resemble a bagel, and the enclave of the second order – the donut hole. And if you need to get into that part of his country, which is in the middle of the "donut" you need to cross two borders.

Now imagine that you live in the Indian district Dahal Khagrabari. It is surrounded by a donut of Bangladesh, which, in turn, surrounded by a donut of India, and the whole structure is in the territory of Bangladesh.

Graphically it will be clearer:



If you need to cross the whole of this configuration through, you will go first to India, then to Bangladesh, then again India, Bangladesh India, Bangladesh India, Bangladesh.

Generally, on the territory of these two countries there are 160 enclaves, but such multi-piece, fortunately, only one. It was the result of signing a peace Treaty after a long history of wars. Not to long negotiations and wrangling, the parties simply froze the borders that prevailed at the time of signing – given the small pieces of land that they have each other managed to grab.

It's funny, but the local residents not to laugh. Each of them is very difficult to move out of my tiny bagel in which they are stuck, how punished. Citizens of India, for example, to go to relatives in the "big" India, you need a passport, without which Bangladesh will not be allowed. A passport is issued only in India. That is, in order to obtain a passport for travel again, they must somehow cross the territory of Bangladesh. Twice. That's a vicious circle.



Exactly the same flour feels India to provide these for its citizens the necessities. However, all the torments and limited. Therefore, the district Dahal Khagrabari still lives without electricity and, in fact, stuck in the Stone age. Only in a well-guarded.

3. The table on the Korean border



North Korea – the country is weird. This is manifested in everything. And the border is no exception.

The border between North and South Korea called the "demilitarized zone". Along both sides are concentrated, almost two million military. And since the Korean war technically not over, no one is allowed to cross this boundary. Never. Under any pretext. Even presidents.

It is easy to guess that in a situation when no one can invite for a Cup of tea with biscuits, it is extremely difficult to conduct any negotiations. And Koreans invented a rather strange way. For the rest of the world, at least.

They went and built a meeting right at the border. And such that one half of the negotiating table stood in the territory of North Korea and the other half South. That is, the parties can negotiate without having to leave the territories of their countries. This conference hall is always full of military who keep each other eyes neither day nor night. Even when there are no negotiations underway.



I wonder if the presidents to reach out to each other and shake hands? And what if one of them asks another to pass the sugar bowl? Or one has to come with her?

4. India and Pakistan can not divide completely useless glacier



India and Pakistan as pugnacious brothers who are so used to arguing on each occasion that the importance of the subject for the bickering has no value. If only out of spite.

One of the most heated debate raged around the question of the ownership of the Siachen glacier. This is a completely useless piece of ice, which no country in their right mind would buy.

The problem is that when the border between India and Pakistan was established, nobody came to document how the border runs through Siachen. Just because a glacier is a death trap, located at an altitude of 4800 meters above sea level, who wants to contact her?

Therefore, it was decided that India ends and Pakistan begins at some indeterminate point in the useless wasteland. And some time anyone this question did not care. And in 1984, the year Pakistan decided to send its people to study the glacier. India reacted exactly like a child ignoring a toy until she needed another. They immediately declared the glacier as its territory.



Thus began one of the most absurd wars in human history.

A regiment of Indian troops were airlifted to Siachen, and most of it was under the control of India. Pakistan has repeatedly tried to win the position, but in vain.

So the glacier Siachen and still remains the highest battleground on the planet, and one of the most twisted bullets die there less than on the glacier. The Indians even built a special helicopter to supply under the glacier troops with everything necessary, so the discharged air.



What is so important in establishing the border in the Siachen glacier? Nothing. Besides, what if one of the parties will back down, it will mean a symbolic defeat, and victory for the enemy.

And each of the warring parties are ready to freeze as many of its citizens, to not only allow such a disgrace.

5. Lined city



Remember the first story with bagels-enclaves? The town of Baarle-Hertog will be even more abruptly.

At first glance, this small and quiet Belgian village. And it would not be anything unusual, if at the same time, it was not Dutch small and quiet settlement.

The town is divided into 24 different shapes and sizes. Here it is:



Highlighted in yellow are the Belgian territory, white – Dutch

This insanity began in the Middle ages, when the local lords got to pay for losing in games of chance with pieces of their own land instead of money. As a result, the border is now not only cuts on the streets of different countries can even belong to different rooms of the same building.



In a cafe, for example, some tables can stand in Belgium and the other in the Netherlands. And since according to Dutch laws restaurants must close relatively early, at a specific time visitors who want to continue the feast, exactly on the Belgian territory.

Every home or business must pay taxes to the country in whose territory is situated his front door. So many citizens have adapted to move the door from place to place depending on where is more profitable to pay the tax.

In addition, in these countries there are, for example, different speed limits and it is not very convenient, when you cross the border several times per minute.

One corrupt Bank moved into the building on the border. Tax service of Belgium could not cross the threshold because the entrance was located on Dutch territory, the Dutch authorities could not go into the store because it was located on the territory of Belgium. So they toiled, until I guessed that you can combine efforts. So how much rope does not curl...





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