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Bir Tawil is one of the few unclaimed land territories on Earth
Situated between Egypt and Sudan, Bir Tawil covers 2,060 square kilometres unclaimed by any state.
The terra nullius status arose from conflicting border definitions drawn by the British Empire in 1899 and 1902. Egypt claims the straight 1899 political boundary, while Sudan claims the 1902 administrative border. Because both nations claim the larger fertile Halaib Triangle, neither claims the arid, landlocked Bir Tawil.
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Bir Tawil is one of the few unclaimed land territories on Earth: the short answers
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- Situated between Egypt and Sudan, Bir Tawil covers 2,060 square kilometres unclaimed by any state. The figure is taken from CIA World Factbook, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
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