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Subnational Enclaves Which Are Also Exclaves

  • In Australia, the Australian Capital Territory is an enclave of New South Wales. At one time, the ACT administered the separate coastal enclave of Jervis Bay on the New South Wales southern coast.
  • In Azerbaijan, the Raion of Abşeron has an exclave within Baku.
  • In Estonia:
    • In Ida-Viru County:
      • The municipality of Kohtla-Järve consists of seven separated areas with a distance of 30 km. Of these exclaves, Kukruse and Oru districts and Viivikonna subdistrict of Sirgala district are also enclaves, since they are surrounded by Kohtla Parish, Toila Parish and Vaivara Parish, respectively.
    • Olgina district of Narva municipality is surrounded by Vaivara Parish.
  • In Ethiopia, the Benishangul-Gumuz Region has two exclaves in the Oromia Region.
  • In France (départements):
    • Hautes-Pyrénées has two exclaves in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
    • Meurthe-et-Moselle has one exclave inside Meuse.
    • Nord has one exclave in Pas-de-Calais.
    • Vaucluse has a rather large exclave within the Drôme département. The Enclave des Papes was part of the possessions of the Pope in France near Avignon; it was attached to Vaucluse when annexed after the départements were created (see Comtat Venaissin). The Enclave des Papes contains 4 towns: Valréas, Visan, Grillon and Richerenches.
  • In Germany, Bremen state is split into two sections, one of which is completely surrounded by Lower Saxony.
  • In India, the union territory of Pondicherry (formally Puducherry) comprises four districts: Pondicherry and Karaikal in the state of Tamil Nadu, Yanam in the state of Andhra Pradesh, and Mahé in the state of Kerala. The four districts of Pondicherry were French colonies until 1954. Until 1952, France maintained a fifth colony in India, Chandannagar, which also reported to the Governor of Pondicherry, and which was an enclave in Bengal, just upriver from Calcutta.
    • Pondicherry proper consists of a cluster of eleven enclaves (three coastal), one of which contains an enclave of Tamil Nadu. Mahé consists of two enclaves.
  • In Italy, part of the comune of Città di Castello in the region Umbria is completely surrounded by region Marche.
  • In Liechtenstein, many Gemeinden (municipalities) are fragmented (see map, right). There are three exclaves which are also enclaves: Planken and Vaduz each have an exclave in Schaan, and Schaan has one in Planken.
  • In Moldova, the Chişinău-controlled Dubăsari district is split into five pieces, of which two are enclaves within Transnistria. Transnistria is de facto independent, but not recognized by any UN members.
  • In Mongolia, the municipality of Ulan Bator is divided into three parts, two of which are enclaves in Töv Province.
  • In New Zealand, the Kawerau District is an enclave within the Whakatane District.
  • In Norway, the municipality of Malvik, Sør-Trøndelag has two small exclaves (the Jøsås farms) in the neighbouring municipality of Stjørdal, Nord-Trøndelag. As the municipalities are also in different counties, this also implies that small parts of Sør-Trøndelag are enclaves in Nord-Trøndelag. The municipality of Sandefjord has one exclave, Himberg, inside the neighbouring municipality of Larvik.
  • In Panama:
    • The comarca of Emberá has a rather large exclave that is enclaved by Darién Province.
    • The comarca of Ngöbe-Buglé has at least four exclaves, of which two are enclaved in Chiriquí Province and two are enclaved in Veraguas Province. Chiriquí also has at least one exclave which is not an enclave.
  • In Portugal, as a consequence of administrative reforms during the 19th century (in the 1830s, then again in the 1850s, and to a much lesser extent in the 1890s), as well as more recent legislation forbidding the creation of territorial discontinuities, there are almost no subnational exclaves or enclaves, and the few that persist are on the municipal or civil parish level:
    • In Coimbra District, the civil parish of Taveiro in Coimbra municipality has an exclave that constitutes an enclave within the territory of Ribeira de Frades civil parish of the same municipality, thus the municipality itself is territorially continuous.
  • In Russia, Moscow has several exclaves within Moscow Oblast. The entire city used to be surrounded by the oblast, but has since expanded. The exclave-enclaves that still exist are Zelenogradsky Administrative Okrug, Vostochny District (an exclave of the Eastern Administrative Okrug and has an exclave-enclave of its own), and part of Kuntsevo District (administered by the Western Administrative Okrug).
  • In Spain:
    • In Andalusia, Villar is an exclave of Córdoba province surrounded by Seville province.
    • Cantabria — Villaverde de Trucios is a small exclave within the Basque province of Biscay.
    • Castile-La Mancha — The province of Guadalajara has a tiny enclave La Canaleja in the Autonomous Community of Madrid.
    • Castile and León — The province of Burgos has four exclaves: The Condado de Treviño is an enclave of the Basque province of Álava. Sajuela and Ternero are enclaves of the Autonomous Community of Rioja. La Rebolleda is an enclave of the province of Palencia. Palencia also has four exclaves which are enclaves: Cezura and Lastrilla are within Cantabria. Villodrigo and Aguanares are in the province of Burgos. Also, the Province of Valladolid administers San Llorente, which is within the province of León.
    • In Catalonia, the province of Girona administers Solelles de les Rovires, which is surrounded by the province of Barcelona.
    • Navarre — Within the Aragonese province of Zaragoza are two enclaves, Petilla de Aragón and Baztanes.
    • Comunidad de Madrid - Dehesa de la Cepeda is a minute exclave of Madrid on the Northern slopes of Sierra de Guadarrama, wedged between the provinces of Ávila and Segovia, in Castile and León.
  • In South Africa, the Eastern Cape Province has an exclave which is an enclave in KwaZulu-Natal Province, containing the town of Umzimkulu.
  • In Sweden many municipalities have exclaves (most notably the municipalities of Dalarna County). At least eleven of the exclaves are also exclaves of the first subnational, county, level:
    • Halland County has three very tiny exclaves in Jönköping County.
    • Jönköping County has one exclave in Halland County.
    • Jönköping County has two exclaves in Västra Götaland County.
    • Västra Götaland county has one second degree exclave inside one of the two Jönköping County exclaves.
    • Uppsala County has one exclave in Västmanland County.
    • Jämtland County has two exclaves in Gävleborg County.
    • Västerbotten County has one exclave in Norrbotten County.
  • In Switzerland:
    • Aargau — Kloster Fahr is a tiny exclave of Baden district, surrounded by the canton of Zürich.
    • Appenzell Innerrhoden has three exclaves, one of which, Grimmenstein, is enclaved by Appenzell Ausserrhoden.
    • Bern — Münchenwiler, part of Laupen district, is entirely surrounded by the canton of Fribourg.
    • Fribourg — Broye district has three exclaves separated by Vaud, of which two (Surpierre and Vuissens) are enclaves, and the other is bounded by Vaud and Lake Neuchâtel. Another enclave from See district – Wallenbuch – lies within the canton of Bern.
    • Geneva has two small exclaves within Vaud, together forming the commune of Céligny. The larger has a shoreline on Lake Geneva.
    • Solothurn — Steinhof is an exclave, enclaved by the canton of Bern.
  • In Ukraine:
    • The city of Slavutych is located geographically in the Chernihiv Oblast district, but is a political part of Kiev Oblast, thus forming an exclave.
    • The town of Kotsiubynske is part of Kiev Oblast, but surrounded by Kiev city.
  • In the United States of America:
    • In Alaska, the community of Klukwan is surrounded by Haines Borough, even though the community is part of the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, which is in turn part of the Unorganized Borough.
    • In Colorado, Arapahoe County has two exclaves within the City and County of Denver, one of which is the city of Glendale. Additionally, Boulder and Weld counties both have an exclave within the City and County of Broomfield, and Broomfield has an exclave in Boulder County.
    • District of Columbia — Reagan National Airport was built on reclaimed land in the Potomac River. The District's boundary with Virginia runs to the high-water mark on the south side of the river. Therefore, until 1945, the site was considered to be an exclave of the District. Since then, the airport is officially deemed to be part of Arlington County, Virginia, but it is under exclusive federal jurisdiction and is administered as if still part of the District.
    • In Georgia, Bibb County has an exclave within Monroe County. This boundary is disputed, however.
    • In Kentucky, following the merger of the Louisville and Jefferson County governments in 2003, the new Louisville Metro has several disjoint parcels of land throughout the county, some of which are enclaves in other cities.
    • During The Big E fair in West Springfield, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) administer and police neighboring parts of the fairground.
    • In New Jersey, Middletown Township in Monmouth County has an exclave surrounded by the borough of Keansburg.
    • New York has two exclaves in New Jersey. Liberty Island and the original 3.3 acres (13,000 m2) of Ellis Island not created by landfill are part of New York County located in the Hudson County municipality of Jersey City.
    • In Ohio:
      • In Summit County:
        • The city of Cuyahoga Falls has four small enclave/exclaves along its border with the city of Akron. Several houses along Smith Road are legally in the Falls, while neighbors and municipal lands on all sides of the properties are legally within Akron.
        • Bath Township has four exclaves, one of which is an enclave of Akron.
        • Springfield Township has six exclaves, two of which are enclaves in Akron.
        • Coventry Township has six exclaves, five of which are enclaves in Akron. Two of these are joined at a quadripoint.
        • Twinsburg Township has seven exclaves, four of which are enlaves in the city of Twinsburg. The city in turn has one piece connected by only a quadripoint, otherwise surrounded by the township.
    • In Virginia, Fairfax County has an exclave within the City of Fairfax that houses the county courthouse and some other county governmental offices. Prince William County has an exclave within the City of Manassas that houses the county courthouse and some other county governmental offices. Note that in Virginia, communities that are incorporated as cities are completely separate from counties; see Political subdivisions of Virginia.
    • The lands within numerous Indian reservations have been fragmented, with privately owned real estate intermixed with tribal, city, county, state, and federal authorities in a bewildering array of jurisdictional geographies.
      • Red Lake Indian Reservation has one large exclave bordering Canada (itself containing enclaves of non-reservation land) and numerous other small exclaves.
      • Rosebud Indian Reservation also has numerous small exclaves.

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