exclave

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Believed to originate from North Africa, the roughly 230 primates are the main attraction in the British exclave of 30,000 people that borders southern Spain, according to the Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Iran owns only one shore—with Oman’s Musandam exclave sitting on the other.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Azerbaijan announced on Friday it was withdrawing diplomatic staff from Iran, a day after drones launched from Iranian territory targeted an airport and exploded near a school in the country's Nakhichevan exclave, bordering Iran.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Ankara is in talks with Armenia to normalise relations and has voiced support for Tripp, which would create a direct link from Turkey to Azerbaijan through its exclave.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2025

Armenian leaders remain   preoccupied by the long conflict with Azerbaijan over   Nagorno-Karabakh, a primarily Armenian-populated exclave, assigned   to Soviet Azerbaijan in the 1920s by Moscow.

From The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency