Bir Tawil
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Bir Tawil is a small, uninhabited trapezoid-shaped area between Egypt and Sudan that is notable for being one of the few pieces of land on Earth claimed by neither country.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
terra nullius
ⓘ
territory ⓘ uninhabited region ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionOfEgypt | none ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionOfSudan | none ⓘ |
| arabicName | بير طويل NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| arabicNameMeaning | long well ⓘ |
| areaSquareKilometres | about 2060 ⓘ |
| areaSquareMiles | about 800 ⓘ |
| borderDefinitionIssue | Egypt–Sudan border dispute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderingCountry |
Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderOrigin | colonial-era demarcations between Egypt and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ |
| borderType | land border only ⓘ |
| climate | desert ⓘ |
| closestBodyOfWater | Red Sea (to the east, outside the territory) ⓘ |
| coastline | none ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | none ⓘ |
| disputedBy | neither Egypt nor Sudan in practice ⓘ |
| eastOf | Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geopoliticalStatus | border anomaly ⓘ |
| governingBody | none ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure | minimal ⓘ |
| hasPermanentSettlements | no ⓘ |
| humanActivity | occasional expeditions or visits only ⓘ |
| inhabited | no ⓘ |
| internationalRecognition | not recognized as part of any state ⓘ |
| legalStatus | effectively unclaimed land ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Northeast Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| naturalResources | not well documented ⓘ |
| nearbyDisputedArea | Halaib Triangle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| northOf | Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the few remaining pieces of land on Earth not claimed by any recognized state ⓘ |
| permanentPopulation | 0 ⓘ |
| populationDensity | 0 ⓘ |
| recognizedAsPartOf | neither Egypt nor Sudan by mutual practice ⓘ |
| shape | trapezoid ⓘ |
| southOf | Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sovereigntyClaimedBy | no internationally recognized state ⓘ |
| terrain | arid ⓘ |
| timeZone | no official time zone assigned ⓘ |
| unclaimedStatusReason | conflicting border definitions would force either Egypt or Sudan to relinquish claim to the Halaib Triangle if they claimed Bir Tawil ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.