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The southernmost point in Poland is closer to Hungary than it is to the Czech Republic despite the fact that Poland shares part of its southern border with the Czech Republic and has no border with Hungary.
English-speaking North America is the world's largest cohesive language area. The second-largest is Russia; the third-largest is Spanish-speaking Latin America.
There are 9 urban enclaves in the world :
Gibraltar (UK enclave in Spain)
Akrotiri (UK enclave in Cyprus)
Dekhelia ( " )
Ceuta (Spanish enclave in Morocco)
Melilla "
Monaco (semi independent enclave in France)
Vatican city ( " in Italy)
s'Hertogenbosh (NL enclave in Belgium)
Ramallah (Palestinian enclave in Israel occupied territory)
Athens, Greece is closer to the Northern borders of Chad and Sudan than it is to mainland Spain.
Sevilla, Spain is closer to the Northern borders of Sierra Leone and Liberia than it is to Finland/Estonia, also closer to the Northern border of Nigeria than it is to Lithuania/Belarus and closer to the Northern border of Mali than it is to Switzerland and 90% of Italy.
Most Southern point of Burma is closer to to the capitals of Thailand/Laos/Cambodia/Malaysia plus Saigon and Singapore than its own capital.
Most Northern point of Burma is closer to the capitals of Bangladesh and Bhutan plus the biggest cities (Chengdu, Chonqing, Kunming, Guiyang) of 4 Chinese provinces (Sichuan, Chonqing, Yunnan, Guizhou) than its own capital.
From most Northern point of Burma to the most Southern point = same distance Paris-Kiev, Hamburg-Athens, Gibraltar-Dortmund.
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