Bir Tawil area
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Bir Tawil area is a small, uninhabited tract of land between Egypt and Sudan notable for being one of the few places on Earth claimed by neither country.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bir Tawil | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
terra nullius
ⓘ
territory ⓘ uninhabited area ⓘ |
| areaSquareKilometres | about 2060 ⓘ |
| associatedBorderAgreement |
1899 Anglo-Egyptian Condominium Agreement
GENERATED
ⓘ
1902 administrative boundary adjustment GENERATED ⓘ |
| borderingCountry |
Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | none ⓘ |
| claimedWithMutualExclusionOf | Halaib Triangle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | arid ⓘ |
| coastline | none ⓘ |
| containsFeature |
Jabal Tawil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wadi Tawil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | none ⓘ |
| currency | none ⓘ |
| disputedBy |
Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation | mostly low-lying desert plateau ⓘ |
| governingBody | none ⓘ |
| humanActivity | occasional nomadic grazing ⓘ |
| ISOCode | none ⓘ |
| largestSettlement | none ⓘ |
| legalStatusUnderInternationalLaw | unallocated territory between Egypt and Sudan ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInDesert | Nubian Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearBorderFeature | Egypt–Sudan border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestCountryCapital |
Cairo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Khartoum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the few places on Earth claimed by neither neighboring country
ⓘ
example of modern terra nullius ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | none ⓘ |
| permanentInfrastructure | none ⓘ |
| permanentResidents | none ⓘ |
| permanentWaterSources | none ⓘ |
| population | 0 ⓘ |
| reasonForTerraNullius | conflicting Egypt–Sudan border definitions ⓘ |
| region | Northeast Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sovereigntyClaimedBy | none ⓘ |
| status |
landlocked
ⓘ
unclaimed by recognized states ⓘ uninhabited ⓘ |
| terrain | desert ⓘ |
| timeZone | none officially designated ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.