Bir Tawil

Unclaimed land

Desert land between Egypt and Sudan that neither country claims. Each uses a different border line, from 1899 or 1902, that gives it the larger Halaib Triangle instead.^[1]^[2] Draft, not yet reviewed

Total area: 2,060 km²^[3] land and water
Land borders: Sudan, Egypt^[5]
Coast: Yes^[5]
Continent: Africa^[4]

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Wikipedia: Bir Tawil Written by this project from the cited sources.
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