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| − | A '''border''' is an [[edge]] or [[boundary]], most frequently of a [[country]]. Some countries have a border disputes, a good example of a border dispute is in the [[Kashmir]] region divided between [[Pakistan]] and [[India]]. The longest border between two countries is the [[United States]]-[[Canada]] border. Closed borders are borders where you can't pass, the [[Armenia]]-[[Turkey]] border is a so called closed border. There are 65 countries that have build a wall on (some of) their borders. The best known walls are on the [[Israel]]-[[Palestine]] border, and the United States-[[Mexico]] border wich is only partly build at the moment.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3205724/How-65-countries-erected-security-walls-borders.html</ref> | + | A '''border''' is an [[edge]] or [[boundary]], most frequently of a [[country]]. Some countries have a border disputes, a good example of a border dispute is in the [[Kashmir]] region divided between [[Pakistan]] and [[India]]. The longest border between two countries is the [[United States]]-[[Canada]] border. Closed borders are borders where you can't pass, the [[Armenia]]-[[Turkey]] border is a so called closed border. There are 65 countries that have build a wall on (some of) their borders. The best known walls are on the [[Israel]]-[[Palestine]] border, and the United States-[[Mexico]] border wich is only partly build at the moment.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3205724/How-65-countries-erected-security-walls-borders.html</ref> An other fenomenon are open borders, when a number of countries agree to give full access to other member states to enter their territory, like in the[[European Union]]. A famous quote about borders comes from the American president Donald Trump saying that "A nation without borders isn't a nation". |
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Revision as of 21:08, February 15, 2017
A border is an edge or boundary, most frequently of a country. Some countries have a border disputes, a good example of a border dispute is in the Kashmir region divided between Pakistan and India. The longest border between two countries is the United States-Canada border. Closed borders are borders where you can't pass, the Armenia-Turkey border is a so called closed border. There are 65 countries that have build a wall on (some of) their borders. The best known walls are on the Israel-Palestine border, and the United States-Mexico border wich is only partly build at the moment.[1] An other fenomenon are open borders, when a number of countries agree to give full access to other member states to enter their territory, like in theEuropean Union. A famous quote about borders comes from the American president Donald Trump saying that "A nation without borders isn't a nation".