Zambia has a total of 5,664 kilometers of land boundaries, sharing its borders with 8 African nations. Level 52. A lot of the world has been shut off to American tourists as US coronavirus cases continue to rise. Travellers attempting to enter Serbia with Kosovo stamps in their passport have even been turned away.Â. Its shortest border is a 35km strip that links it with Liechtenstein; its largest the 784km border it shares with Germany.Â. A couple of its borders are particularly interesting. Quiz by Quizmaster. Among these countries, Brazil shares the strongest, most powerful, and yet complex, relationship with its neighbor Argentina. The border between Pakistan and India is the world's ninth longest, stretching for 3,190. The East African country of Tanzania is bordered by 8 neighboring countries including Kenya and Uganda to the north, Mozambique to the south, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the west, and Malawi and Mozambique to the south. It also shares a quirky maritime border with the United States. Separated by the Bering Strait, which forms a natural border between Russia and the US, the Diomede Islands are comprised of Big Diomede and Little Diomede. 3. Only one border on Earth is less significant, the 85 metres that divides Morocco from the Spanish exclave of Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera. That's because railway tracks in China are narrower than in Mongolia. If the quiz had used Djibouti, someone else would be in your place complaining that it's wrong and should be the DR Congo. To the west, China shares boundaries with (north to south) Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The French boundary towards the south is shared with the countries of Spain and Andorra and to the north lies England. The border is tied to the Line of Control, which separates the highly-contested territory of Kashmir. Read our community guidelines in full, The latest offers and discount codes from popular brands on Telegraph Voucher Codes, Germany shares a land border with nine other countries, Brazil is linked by land to nearly every country in South America, Turkey shares a border with eight other states, A postcard from the world’s most bizarre border, Jonathan Thompson managed to visit every country in the EU, 9 European enclaves – the continent's quirkiest corners, Top 5 | Shortest single segments of land border, Top 5 | Most separate segments of land borders between two nations, The 25 places in Eastern Europe you must see in your lifetime, International and domestic travel banned in Tier 4, Stuck in limbo with no escape, all my Tier 3 city wants for Christmas is normality. Number of unique land neighbours:14 Total length of borders:20,017km Neighbours: Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Ukraine. Though the population of Zambia is comprised of 7 main and 75 minor tribes, there has also been a large influx of refugees from the neighboring countries of Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo in recent years. Sep 28, 2016. Besides these 14 countries, China also shares a 3-kilometer-long border with Macau, a Portuguese territory until 1999, as well as a 30-kilometer-long border with the former British territory of Hong Kong. The country maintains amicable and friendly relations with its neighbors and often helps them in settling disputes in a peaceful manner. It is bounded on the north by the Black Sea, northeast by Armenia and Georgia, on the east by Azerbaijan and Iran, west and southwest by the Mediterranean Sea, on the southeast by Iran and Syria, and northwest by Greece and Bulgaria. List of countries and territories by land borders - Wikipedia The border with Oman is not defined. 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