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***  Ras al-Khaimah and Sharjah (and Nahwa which is also an enclave)
***  Ras al-Khaimah and Sharjah (and Nahwa which is also an enclave)
* enclaves and counter-enclaves  
* enclaves and counter-enclaves  
** the India-Bangladesh border contains
** Bangladesh contains:
*** 102 enclaves of Indian territory
*** 102 enclaves of Indian territory
**** which contain 21 counter-enclaves (enclaves within an enclave) of Bangladesh territory
**** which have 21 counter-enclaves (enclaves within an enclave) of Bangladesh territory
**** and 1 counter-counter enclave of Indian territory
** India contains:
*** 71 enclaves of Bangladesh territory
*** which have 7 counter-enclaves
* until 2015, Bangladesh contained world's only counter-counter-counter enclave
** Dahala Khagrabari was Indian territory inside Bangladesh inside India inside Bangladesh
*** Dahala Khagrabari was extremely poor and lacked basic services due to the complicated territorial arrangements
click EXPAND for more on the India-Bangladesh enclaves
click EXPAND for more on the India-Bangladesh enclaves
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