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   Abuja

   Capital · Why Nigeria moved its capital from Lagos.

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   Argentina–Chile

   Border · Four arbitrations and a treaty along the Andes.

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   Berlin and Bonn

   Capital · The 1991 vote that sent Germany’s government back to Berlin.

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   Burma to Myanmar

   Place name · A 1989 change that governments still split over.

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   Büsingen and Campione d’Italia

   Map oddity · A German village and an Italian one, both inside Switzerland.

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   Cabinda

   Map oddity · Angola’s oil-rich exclave north of the Congo River.

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   Ceuta and Melilla

   Map oddity · Spain’s two cities on the coast of Africa.

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   Constantinople to Istanbul

   Place name · When the name really changed (not 1453).

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   Essequibo

   Disputed place · Two-thirds of Guyana, claimed by Venezuela.

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    Gibraltar

    Disputed place · A British rock on Spain’s coast since 1713.

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    Kazakhstan–Russia

    Border · The world’s second-longest land border.

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    Kiev to Kyiv

    Place name · Why the spelling changed in English.

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    Kosovo

    Disputed place · Independent since 2008, recognised by about half the world.

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    Llívia

    Map oddity · A Spanish town entirely surrounded by France.

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    Nakhchivan

    Map oddity · Azerbaijan’s exclave between Armenia, Iran and Türkiye.

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    Naypyidaw

    Capital · Myanmar’s capital, built in secret and moved to overnight in 2005.

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    Nusantara

    Capital · Indonesia’s new capital in Borneo, and why Jakarta is sinking.

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    Point Roberts and the Northwest Angle

    Map oddity · Two bits of the US you can only drive to through Canada.

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    Swaziland to Eswatini

    Place name · A king’s announcement in 2018.

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    Temburong

    Map oddity · The half of Brunei cut off by a strip of Malaysia.

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    The Diomede Islands

    Map oddity · Russia and the US 4 km apart, on opposite sides of the date line.

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    The Golan Heights

    Disputed place · Held by Israel since 1967, claimed by Syria.

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    The Kuril Islands

    Disputed place · Why Japan and Russia never signed a peace treaty.

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    The Siliguri Corridor

    Map oddity · The 20-odd km “chicken’s neck” joining northeast India to the rest.

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    The South China Sea

    Disputed place · The Spratlys, the Paracels and the nine-dash line.

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    Treriksröset

    Map oddity · The tripoint cairn standing in a lake between Sweden, Norway and Finland.

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    Turkey to Türkiye

    Place name · The 2022 request to the UN, and why.

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    Why Croatia is a crescent

    Country shape · Venice, the Ottomans and Bosnia’s 20 km of coast.

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    Why Italy is a boot

    Country shape · The Alps, the Apennines, and who got Trieste and South Tyrol.

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    Why Malawi wraps a lake

    Country shape · A country drawn around Lake Malawi, and a shoreline still disputed.

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    Why Norway is so long

    Country shape · A coast, a mountain divide, and the 1826 line with Russia.

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    Why Vietnam is an S

    Country shape · A kingdom that grew south along the coast for 800 years.