Countries That Share Territories (& Why?)

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  • čas přidán 17. 05. 2024
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    ▶ In this video I talk about territories that are shared by countries throughout the world. These are usually known as 'condominiums' and range from shared territorial waters at sea, shared lakes, islands, full on land regions or even an entire country. These are ruled together by two or more countries such as France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sudan, South Sudan, Colombia, El Salvador, Bosnia and Herzegovina, among others.
    TIMESTAMPS:
    00:00 Intro
    00:16 What is a 'Shared Territory' / 'Condominium'?
    01:03 Andorra (France & Spain)
    02:30 Brcko District (Bosnia-Herzegovina Federation & Republika Srpska)
    03:43 Gulf of Fonseca (El Salvador & Honduras & Nicaragua)
    04:54 Bajo Nuevo Bank (Colombia & Jamaica)
    05:56 Lake Constance (Austria & Germany & Switzerland)
    06:43 Pheasant / Conference Island (France & Spain)
    07:25 Abyei Area (Sudan & South Sudan)
    07:30 Mistake in audio editing lol (the path x2)
    07:31 Abyei Area (Sudan & South Sudan)
    08:39 Moselle River (Germany & Luxembourg)
    09:23 Antarctica (Treaty Subscribers & Claimants)
    10:11 Summary
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Komentáře • 553

  • @General.Knowledge
    @General.Knowledge  Před rokem +125

    *Which other countries share territories? Or which territories do you think SHOULD be shared that aren't today?*

    • @LuziFearon
      @LuziFearon Před rokem +18

      Jerusalem should be a special gouverning zone with an elected major and an religiour consulting gremium, representing all three factions.

    • @ZatDude111
      @ZatDude111 Před rokem +7

      Kurdistan no one talks about it. iraq, iran, turkey

    • @Welgeldiguniekalias
      @Welgeldiguniekalias Před rokem +13

      Königsberg

    • @eliazleguennec5240
      @eliazleguennec5240 Před rokem +4

      Hi general knoledge,
      I think a video about the 🇮🇱Israeli-🇵🇸Palestinian situation will be very interesting.
      I am Israeli and it is interesting me how people outside of the situation see it (from a Portuguese* perspective). Of course the video will be very controversial so just state facts and less say your opinions...
      I'm sorry if you did such as video and i didn't saw😝.
      *You are Portuguese, right?

    • @GhostSamaritan
      @GhostSamaritan Před rokem +5

      - Hans Island is an island in the Arctic Ocean that was claimed by both Denmark and Canada until last year when it was split 60/40, in Denmark's favor.
      - The Spratly Islands are a group of small islands and reefs in the South China Sea that are claimed by several countries in the region, including China, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Malaysia.
      - The Falkland Islands are a British Overseas Territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean. They are claimed by Argentina, which calls them the Malvinas Islands, and has historically laid claim to the islands. The dispute over the islands has led to a number of tensions between the UK and Argentina, including a brief war in 1982.
      - The Golan Heights is a region in the Middle East that is controlled by Israel, but claimed by Syria. Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria during the Six-Day War in 1967 and subsequently annexed the territory in 1981. The annexation has not been recognized by the international community, and the Golan Heights remains a disputed territory.
      - Western Sahara is a territory in northwest Africa that is claimed by both Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). Morocco controls the majority of the territory, while the SADR controls a smaller portion in the east. The conflict over the territory dates back to the 1970s, and a ceasefire has been in place since 1991.
      - The Western Tien-Shan is a mountain range in Central Asia that is claimed by both Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The border between the two countries in the region is not clearly defined, and there have been ongoing disputes over the sovereignty of the mountain range and other nearby territories.
      I don't know if territories like Korea, Palestine/Israel, Cyprus, Kurdistan, Moldova, etc. fit the bill.

  • @TheRavenir
    @TheRavenir Před rokem +1155

    It wouldn't be a General Knowledge video without him pronouncing Spanish words and names with a thick Portuguese accent. 😂

    • @o_s-24
      @o_s-24 Před rokem +75

      I love his accent and voice

    • @ilzambongo1401
      @ilzambongo1401 Před rokem +90

      Hondurashhh haha. His tuga accent made my day

    • @OpaSpielt
      @OpaSpielt Před rokem +38

      I didn't realise this, just that his English has a Portuguese accent too. It's cute.
      🖐🙂

    • @General.Knowledge
      @General.Knowledge  Před rokem +432

      It's a trademark at this point

    • @CanadianReef
      @CanadianReef Před rokem +9

      @@General.Knowledge LOL

  • @staffan-
    @staffan- Před rokem +229

    One obscure border fact that might interest you is the border between Finland and Sweden. The border primarily runs through a river, and it was agreed in a treaty 1809 that the border would be where the river is at its deepest. Thus, every 25th year the border is being re-evaluated and adjusted according to the topography of the river. This happened last time in 2006.

    • @General.Knowledge
      @General.Knowledge  Před rokem +44

      Very interesting! Is it something they do for fun at this point? It seems like with the great relations they have today this wouldn't be needed anymore

    • @ivarnordlkken8082
      @ivarnordlkken8082 Před rokem +15

      The same is true of the river border between Finland and Norway. It's called the "Thalweg". The river border between Norway and Russia, on the other hand, is the midpoint.

    • @staffan-
      @staffan- Před rokem +9

      ​@@General.Knowledge I tried to wright a response to this, but it seems to have been eaten by the void. I assume that CZcams didn't like that I tried to add external links.
      Anyway, I tried to say that it is a bit more than just for fun, the government takes it serious and the river is thouroughly surveyed. Then the new border is confirmed by both nations parliaments. But noone cares too much about it and at most it becomes a footnote in the newspapers. If I remember correctly, the reason for this arrangement was that back in the day, the river was important for transporting logs from the economically important forestry, and thus both nations needed acces to the deepest part of the river. You can find a bit more on the Wikipedia page about the Swedish-Finnish border (no link this time...).
      I also tried to link to the 2006 documentation from the "Swedish and Finnish Border Commission", just to show how formal it is done. But it is primarily in Swedish and maybe not too interesting.
      Another interesting aspect is the so called Sovereignty Islands, which are small islets in the river which are owned by citizens of the other country (i.e. Finnish islets owned by Swedes and Swedish islets owned by Finns). They also had economic value for hay production back in the day, and were thus allowed to remain with their original owners. But in order to make it clear who held sovereignty over the islets, the owners had to pay a small fee to the other nation. The payment succesively ceased, and last fee was payed in 1969. In the 1970s, it was proposed that Sweden and Finland both should forcibly buy all the islets and then make an exchange, but that was not popular and never happened.

    • @apshock
      @apshock Před rokem

      Dig a chanel and retract the river. Free land glitch

    • @sjsfields5005
      @sjsfields5005 Před rokem

      ​@@General.Knowledge it's that it will be re-evluated in 2031

  • @reddragon100
    @reddragon100 Před rokem +245

    The city of Chandigarh in India is also shared b/w two states- Punjab and Haryana working as capital of both states

    • @General.Knowledge
      @General.Knowledge  Před rokem +76

      That's so interesting! I had never heard of a shared capital, even at a regional level

    • @reddragon100
      @reddragon100 Před rokem +33

      @@General.KnowledgeWhat is today 3 Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal and Pakistan Province of Punjab used to be one single Punjab Province in British India before 1947.
      Punjab was divided into West and East Punjab in 1947. The two largest cities in Punjab at that time were two border cities of Lahore and Amritsar with Lahore being the largest and the capital at that time.
      West Pakistan( Pakistan part) was awarded Lahore and Lahore become the capital of west Punjab.
      India not wanting to keep the capital in a border area city like Amritsar decided to make a temporary capital in Shimla, a popular hill city in the hilly region in east Punjab, until the planned city of Chandigarh is finished.
      Capital was moved to Chandigarh in 1953 when city was formally inaugurated by India's president on 7 October 1953.
      Later, there was Punjabi Suba movement based on linguistic , geographical and religion reasons which lead to it splitting up.
      Hilly area along with Shimla was transferred to Himachal in 1966. Himachal was itself a state created by merger of few princely states of Punjab province of British India in India shortly after independence.
      Meanwhile rest of the East Punjab state was split up into Punjab and Haryana state based on linguistic lines. Newly created city of Chandigarh was in middle and right on border of both states. Both side claimed the city.
      Matter was brought in court and still not solved 56 years later. Chandigarh works as capital of both states although not being controlled by any one of them.
      Chandigarh is directly governed by the Central Government as a Union Territory until this issue can be resolved, however, both states are allowed to set up their own offices and administrative buildings.

    • @OpaSpielt
      @OpaSpielt Před rokem +2

      @@reddragon100
      Chandigarh was planned by a famous architect, right? I forgot his name actually, lol. I just remember that I heard about this in TV many years ago.
      🖐👴

    • @DibyajyotiPatraAshu
      @DibyajyotiPatraAshu Před rokem +3

      Bro, But First Of All, Chandigarh Is A Union Territory of India 🇮🇳!!!

    • @DibyajyotiPatraAshu
      @DibyajyotiPatraAshu Před rokem +1

      @@General.Knowledge Bro, But First Of All, Chandigarh Is A Union Territory of India 🇮🇳!!!

  • @alvaroagr
    @alvaroagr Před rokem +24

    I would heavily discuss three of these. First, Andorra, which I don't think is a condominium, because neither Spain or France exercise sovereignty over it. Second, the one in Bosnia Herzegovina, as it's not an international subject, rather an internal political division. And last, Antarctica, as it's nog exactly a condominium, but, instead, some sort of terra nulius with rules on top. But anyway, nice video :)

  • @momo1435
    @momo1435 Před rokem +58

    The most northern part of the border between Germany and The Netherlands is also undefined. It's the part of the border within the mound of the river Ems. Both countries had different claims on the exact route of the border within the estuary. A treaty between the 2 countries to jointly be responsible was signed in 1960 and renewed in 2016. It defines the shared responsibilities when it comes to shipping, fishing, environment. offshore wind parks, etc. within the estuary.

    • @ronaldderooij1774
      @ronaldderooij1774 Před rokem +1

      You are right. It used to be well defined, but a flood caused the complete geography to change (Dollard and Ems esturary were completely changed) so nobody could establish the border anymore after that.

    • @lukasrentz3238
      @lukasrentz3238 Před rokem

      Though that not a Condominum. There is no agreement that the Area is shared by both countries simultaneously. Basically the Netherlands and Germany both claim the rightful "owner" of those Area. But there is an angreement on disagreement.

  • @staffan-
    @staffan- Před rokem +57

    Ok, one correction is in place. Lake Constance (Bodensee) is only the third largest lake in "Central and Western Europe", according to Wikipedia (unclear exactly how that area is defined, or why it is relevant). There are a great number of lakes in Europe that are larger, especially in Russia, Finland and Sweden. Myself I live in Sweden, where lake Vänern is the actual third largest natural lake in Europe (and the largest in the EU).
    Anyway, your videos are always appreciated and interesting!

    • @General.Knowledge
      @General.Knowledge  Před rokem +20

      I was also a little surprised at its 'ranking' considering all the gigantic lakes in North Europe! Thanks :)

    • @miliba
      @miliba Před rokem +4

      @@General.Knowledge Lake Geneva or Lac Leman is a wee bit bigger than Lake Constance btw

    • @roatskm2337
      @roatskm2337 Před rokem

      Is it true that your capital Stockholm is built on a bunch of tiny islands/peninsulas? Like why sweden has so much small lakes and islands? 😁 😃

    • @staffan-
      @staffan- Před rokem

      @@roatskm2337 Well, at least the old core of Stockholm is located at several islands in the outlet of lake Mälaren into the Baltic Sea, yes. It was a very strategic position. And the reason why there are so many lakes in Northern Europe, I believe is due to the cold climate (low evaporation/high percipitation) combined with the glaciation during the ice age creating many low points in the bedrock by grinding it down irregularly. The Baltic Sea was originally a meltwater bassin from the glaciers covering Scandinavia. It has created quite a beautiful landscape! 😊

    • @roatskm2337
      @roatskm2337 Před rokem

      @@staffan- You are very lucky to have such an amazing and uneven landscape, though it's interesting how sweden is mostly flat (85%) , while Norway is mostly mountainous and filled with hills, I believe once tha lower lands all used to be under water basin and creatures 5-10 million years ago lived only in today's mountain regions, who are gorgeous itself!
      Thx for the information anyway? 😁😃

  • @SamAronow
    @SamAronow Před rokem +66

    An honorable mention must be given to the Oregon Country (modern-day WA, OR, BC, ID, and some of MT), which prior to 1846 was a condominium of the US and UK, and prior to 1818 a condominium of the UK, Spain, and Russia.

    • @General.Knowledge
      @General.Knowledge  Před rokem +9

      I didn't know about this! Going to look it up

    • @immMoon
      @immMoon Před rokem +1

      What is WA OR?

    • @coryfan5872
      @coryfan5872 Před rokem +3

      @@immMoon Washington, Oregon. They're all state abbreviations.

    • @immMoon
      @immMoon Před rokem +2

      @@coryfan5872 oh i wouldn't know

    • @engtilde
      @engtilde Před rokem +1

      WHAT DID YOU SAY??

  • @canuckguy0313
    @canuckguy0313 Před rokem +51

    My favourite shared territory was the New Hebrides, it was pretty substantial in size, possibly bigger than all the ones here put together (except Antarctica of course). It was a whole territory administered by both UK and France and had government representatives from both countries tried until independence was achieved - from both - in 1980 and is known now as Vanuatu.

    • @saintleger858
      @saintleger858 Před rokem +3

      Exact en français ces îles franco britanniques s'appelaient Les Nouvelles Hébrides . A la fin du condominium, il y eu même des conflits entre francophones et anglophones ....

  • @catjudo1
    @catjudo1 Před rokem +18

    This isn't shared territory but a tale of shared administration. The Roosevelt family, which produced two US Presidents, built a "cottage" with many rooms on Campobello Island in Canada. Later, it was gifted with the intent to create a park out of it, and because of the dual countries involved, the US and Canada created the Roosevelt Campobello International Park. The park is run by both US and Canadian rangers and is the only park of dual administration in the USA and (I think) in Canada. It is well worth the visit.

    • @swagnilla_ice
      @swagnilla_ice Před rokem +2

      Yep, I think it's one of a few International Parks. I think there's another one in BC and I think Ontario at Niagara Falls.

  • @ganapatikamesh
    @ganapatikamesh Před rokem +18

    I agree with your thoughts about the Guano Islands Act. I didn’t learn about it until I was in college/university when my history professor recommended a book that talked more about it and all the uninhabited islands the US claimed using the act. I don’t remember the name of the book, but I remember talking with him about the Guano Islands Act after reading it and even he thought it was a strange part of US history, too.
    Great video as always!

  • @silverofthesunbears
    @silverofthesunbears Před rokem

    Another informative video, thanks for this! ❤

  • @Gegendorf
    @Gegendorf Před rokem +9

    Nice video as always!

  • @Terra-YT
    @Terra-YT Před rokem +40

    Wow general knowledge this might be my favorite video of yours yet. You're a total inspiration and actually because of seeing your success I've decided to start making videos too! Keep grinding, your hard work clearly pays off!

  • @cadentopia
    @cadentopia Před rokem +13

    This isn't exactly happening now, but in the past, it was proposed by Peru that the territory of Arica be occupied jointly by Peru, Bolivia, and Chile. It would have probably not worked out at all but very interesting to think about XD
    Still today though, both Peru and Bolivia have complete access to the port of Arica
    (for context): Both Peru and Bolivia lost territories (Bolivia their beaches!!) to Chile during the War of the Pacific (1879-1883)
    Bolivia has wanted the sea back of course lol so in 1976, Peru offered that Chile allows the land to be held by all three of them so that they can make peace and that Bolivia (sorta) gets beaches

  • @StuTun
    @StuTun Před rokem +4

    Very interesting. I knew about Andorra, but not the others.
    It would be nice if you could do a video about historical condominiums.

  • @flipe2006
    @flipe2006 Před rokem +13

    Historical condominium was Tangiers (today's Morocco territory). During the franco-spanish partition of Morocco area this city had for a while (30 years +-) a special status and its sovereignty was shared by several countries including the most obvious France and Spain but also the UK (Gibraltar holder and at the time a superpower) and Portugal (neighbour and historical holder of the area) and, more surprisingly, Belgium, The Netherlands and Sweden.

    • @lioneldemun6033
      @lioneldemun6033 Před rokem +2

      One could make an argument that the tiny Perejil island nearby claimed by both Morocco and Spain but occupied by neither is a Res nullius or belongs to no one like Bir Tawil and Antarctica.

  • @americaball4322
    @americaball4322 Před rokem +5

    Just freaking love this channel

  • @colintwyning9614
    @colintwyning9614 Před rokem +1

    Fascinating. More please (there must be more)

  • @4rkang31
    @4rkang31 Před rokem +1

    I'd like a full video on Andorra. Nice work.

  • @josueveguilla9069
    @josueveguilla9069 Před rokem +6

    I've heard of Andorra's case before, General Knowledge. El Mapa de Sebas has a video about the topic.

  • @Germ_f
    @Germ_f Před rokem +8

    Interesting video! You should make a video about condominiums in history like the New Hebrides Islands between Britain and France

  • @ayeshaclassesgk
    @ayeshaclassesgk Před rokem +7

    Asm knowledgeThank u so much for uploading for us we love u keep it up♡ । The amount of effort you gives for this videos are insane we all love your vdos

  • @mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150

    Great video. Congrats

  • @alecvan7143
    @alecvan7143 Před rokem

    Great video!!

  • @qy9892
    @qy9892 Před rokem +2

    Honestly nice video

  • @AllanLimosin
    @AllanLimosin Před rokem +5

    Technically, the airport of Rimini, Italy is shared between Italy and San Marino. Not the actual territory covering it but the income due to tourists taking the airport mostly to visit San Marino.

  • @melsbov
    @melsbov Před rokem +5

    This is a very interesting video where I learned alot of new things. With most videos I usually know of atleast a few existances of things, but these were all new to me. Thank you!

    • @General.Knowledge
      @General.Knowledge  Před rokem +3

      I also found out about most of them for the first time while making the video! Thanks for watching :)

  • @cuddlestsq2730
    @cuddlestsq2730 Před rokem +6

    Is Andorra a condominium though? Does any French or Spanish government have authority in Andorra, or is it merely that the heads of state happen to also have positions in other countries? Unless the French government and some government in Spain has some legal authority over the laws of Andorra, it can hardly be called a condominium.

  • @grand-reape
    @grand-reape Před rokem +2

    Nice another video

  • @kek4337
    @kek4337 Před rokem

    Brüder zur Sonne zur Freiheit was a beautiful choice for a background song

  • @Saphfire05
    @Saphfire05 Před rokem +2

    I like the idea about past and potential political condominiums. I'm not sure about the amount of info there is for each one, maybe it would be one video in two parts

  • @bananenmusli2769
    @bananenmusli2769 Před rokem +1

    I love the Königgrätzer Marsch in the background

  • @oBUNGA275
    @oBUNGA275 Před rokem

    l dont know english but l love your videos so much so good videos really hope you got the 1 million

  • @eliplayz22
    @eliplayz22 Před rokem +5

    Both historical and proposed condominiums sound interesting to me. Keep up the good work, General Knowledge. I salute you (pun intended).

  • @Psyk60
    @Psyk60 Před rokem +2

    I suppose Brussels is a kind of condominium in a way? The French and Flemish speaking communities in Belgium are their own federal entities and both have jurisdiction over Brussels. In addition to the Brussels region government having jurisdiction.

  • @anonimni1288
    @anonimni1288 Před rokem

    Thank you for covering my country Bosnia and Herzegovina and thank you for explaining the Brčko district cuz even tho i have been living here my whole life i still didn't understand it until now so thank's

    • @Mister_Mario
      @Mister_Mario Před rokem +1

      He's pronouncing that as a Br'ko district, because, for non-natives Č is really hard to pronounce alone. I do not know why.

    • @cerebrummaximus3762
      @cerebrummaximus3762 Před rokem +2

      @@Mister_Mario Absolutely not true.
      He did all that research, but missed out the easiest part: googling how to pronounce "Brčko".
      In English, "ck" is pronounced the same as "k".
      "Brčko" is easy to pronounce for almost anyone, he just didn't bother to Google it.

  • @noxonexguy
    @noxonexguy Před rokem +3

    If this video had exactly 2,600 views at 28 minutes old then the average views per minute would be 92.857143

  • @unnamed8698
    @unnamed8698 Před rokem

    list of covalent bonds between countries 👍

  • @canuckguy0313
    @canuckguy0313 Před rokem

    What is the music you use in the background?

  • @keithhardy1784
    @keithhardy1784 Před rokem +1

    I'd like to know about Guiana and how it used to be a joint condominium between the UK, France and the Netherlands, what difficulties ensued and the breakup into three separate portions, one owned by each country.

  • @ImStevan
    @ImStevan Před rokem +4

    2:31 Brčko* (pronounced Br-ch-ko, not bre-ko)

  • @iodainsoneoficial
    @iodainsoneoficial Před rokem +9

    I just imagine that before the modern age, the condominium between powers over territories (as in the case of Andorra) must have been the rule, or at least very very common. Probably, most territories had shared sovereignty by bishops, lords, counts, knights and so on...

    • @Spacemongerr
      @Spacemongerr Před rokem +1

      That is not correct, it was never common.
      Those titles held differing prestige, function and obligations, but they all ruled over different areas. Or they were subservient to one another, like a municipality is to a state today.
      I guess you could think of some of them as being co-rulers, but only in the sense that a municipality is a co-ruler with a province or state in that they rule (parts of) the same land but have different responsibilities. Generally that is different from a condiminium though, which is ruled by two independent sovereign states.

  • @brendenoneill3068
    @brendenoneill3068 Před rokem +1

    you should do a video on Tangiers (today's Morocco territory). it was a mix of French/Spanish and other European powers.

  • @brezensalzer4523
    @brezensalzer4523 Před rokem +8

    Just one small thing. The Bosnian district is called Brčko, spelled „Brtchko“. At first I really didn’t know what you are referring to 😀 . The map then cleared that out.

  • @emirzorlu6931
    @emirzorlu6931 Před rokem +1

    u should do historical version too

  • @JohnnyDoh
    @JohnnyDoh Před rokem +3

    I like how you chose the koniggratzer marsch for this video 👍

  • @fabovondestory
    @fabovondestory Před rokem

    Oh, didn't expect to see the Bodensee here

  • @samsonsoturian6013
    @samsonsoturian6013 Před rokem +2

    Shared territory is the historic norm, not the exception. Until late medieval Europe, most borders were not defined. And a large portion of all governments that have ever existed had no defined territory. I.E. The Roman Senate was originally a treaty organization between the Latins but eventually it became a law making body with no definition whether Senate laws trumped city-state law. Many sovereign states in history had no sovereign territory at all.

  • @trismica
    @trismica Před rokem +2

    love the vido thanks so much the besy of nolage

  • @sashko4099
    @sashko4099 Před rokem +1

    In the thumbnail, the word 'Brčko District' is misspelled as the caron, which is that arrow pointing downwards is at k instead of c.

  • @brianarbenz7206
    @brianarbenz7206 Před rokem +1

    Saudi Arabia and Kuwait jointly administer an area along the Persian Gulf coast under a 1969 treaty. Today, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates have an undefined border, making some of the open area between them essentially shared.

  • @tthecoolguy9047
    @tthecoolguy9047 Před rokem +1

    Very proud the The gulf of Fonseca made it into the list
    As an Honduran I would say in my personal opinion it is more important to us than El Salvador and Nicaragua because it is the only connection to the Pacific Ocean while Nicaragua has a whole border there and El Salvador too. But it is Equally very much necessary for all three to have the Condominium there to make trading easier and quality of life and border issues easier and better

  • @deldarel
    @deldarel Před rokem +11

    I wanna see the proposed condominiums! It's really interesting to see how the map could look.

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 Před rokem

      No state wants to share land even if they do.

    • @General.Knowledge
      @General.Knowledge  Před rokem +6

      It's on my list for upcoming videos!

    • @colormekevie
      @colormekevie Před rokem

      @@General.Knowledge I would have thought shared territories a thing of the past, so you definitely piqued my interest when you said there are proposed ones! Looking forward to that video!

  • @b.b.3495
    @b.b.3495 Před rokem +2

    Lake Constanze is not the only Place without Borders in Europe.
    The Landborder between Germany and Denmark is defined and the Islands are distributed between them, but there is no maritime Border. Both Sides decided to not bother with defining them.

  • @maverickyoung9602
    @maverickyoung9602 Před rokem

    Would peace arch park in Washington state and Canada count as a condominium?

  • @zevnduck9904
    @zevnduck9904 Před rokem

    Not related but what is the name of the background song

  • @andrewrobinson2565
    @andrewrobinson2565 Před rokem

    At 4:01, the final consonant of Gonzalez in Spanish is pronounced "th". The final consonant of Gonzales in Portuguese is pronounced "sh".
    Mr. GonzaleZ's name is mispronounced (or was it Mr. Gonzales?).

  • @theodlt5980
    @theodlt5980 Před rokem +2

    Fun fact: Cyprus was once a condominium between the roman empire and the Arabic Caliphate for more than 200 years.

    • @Spacemongerr
      @Spacemongerr Před rokem +1

      True, although it was the greek Eastern Roman Empire, commonly called Byzantium, and various arab caliphates like the Umayyad Caliphate, the Abbasid Caliphate and the Fatimid Caliphate, as there is no historical entity called "The Arabic Caliphate".

    • @theodlt5980
      @theodlt5980 Před rokem +1

      @@Spacemongerr made it simple so everyone could understand but yes you are of course correct

    • @Spacemongerr
      @Spacemongerr Před rokem

      @@theodlt5980 :)

  • @JoshuaTuttle18
    @JoshuaTuttle18 Před rokem

    The map used for the Moselle River is almost entirely the French region. Only the far north that is desaturated is in Germany/Luxembourg. Interesting video

  • @nincom4441
    @nincom4441 Před rokem +1

    It would be worth noting that the village of Schengen, the namesake of the European Schengen free travel area, is also located on the Moselle river, at the tripoint of Luxembourg, Germany and France, itsef belonging to Luxembourg. The fact that the Moselle is a condominium at this point adds to the symbolism of a truly European place, because it means that nation states share some of their sovereignty for the common good there.

  • @Alec11_43
    @Alec11_43 Před rokem

    While some are just shared territories/administrations, it’s so weird and interesting that there are places which are mutually agreed upon as integral parts of more than one country simultaneously.

  • @mintran2505
    @mintran2505 Před rokem +1

    There's a small shared sea area between Vietnam and Cambodia

  • @samwill7259
    @samwill7259 Před rokem +3

    If we had a bunch more of these, or were just better at sharing the dirt we stand on in general the world would be a better place.

    • @General.Knowledge
      @General.Knowledge  Před rokem +2

      It is a good concept right? And it shows how peaceful co-existing can take place. Although I think in most of the cases it's possible because they are areas that aren't disputable. If valuable natural resources were abundant in some of them I doubt that it would be the same.

  • @elihardin5840
    @elihardin5840 Před rokem

    Hi general knowledge you must work very hard for this

  • @njwilksy
    @njwilksy Před rokem

    nice

  • @alexandercampbell7903
    @alexandercampbell7903 Před rokem +3

    Surprised you did not mention the Caribbean Island of St. Maarten which is jointly shared by France on side and The Netherlands on the other.

  • @williamsmeds1368
    @williamsmeds1368 Před rokem

    Hello, General knowledge. Are you actually a general?

  • @dissapointingopinions4877

    2:38 ayo is that an instrumental of Brüder in Zechen und Gruben? Very based my friend.

  • @mrshark3273
    @mrshark3273 Před rokem +2

    Why is there Prussian marching song?

  • @arkadevrahul
    @arkadevrahul Před rokem

    There's also Chandigarh in India which is the shared capital of two states (Punjab & Haryana). It is also a Union Territory, i.e. a federally administered region and governed by Govt of India...
    Also... Hyderabad, India... which was the shared capital of another two states Andhra Pradesh and Telangana till few years back when Andhra Pradesh shifted it's capital officially to Amravati.

  • @christopherellis2663
    @christopherellis2663 Před rokem +4

    Brčko, not Brko
    Брчко

  • @am-mm2sl
    @am-mm2sl Před rokem

    Everything is true about Bosnian district Brcko. Finally somebody gets the facts right. Good job.

  • @tanmayntupe
    @tanmayntupe Před rokem +1

    Entire world is a shared territory but people ignoring the environment don't understand this

  • @bryannewcombe858
    @bryannewcombe858 Před rokem

    Hans Island in the Nares Strait is a fun condominium. For over 50 years, Canada and Denmark have been "fighting" over this chunk of rock surrounded by icy waters and desolation. A scientist or navigator or adventurer from one country periodically visits the rock and places a national flag and bottles of whisky for when the other country "attacks". Later, someone from the other country comes by, drinks the whisky, replaces it with more and swaps out national flags. This "fight" still continues to this day.

    • @davidcovington901
      @davidcovington901 Před rokem

      June 4, 2022, Canada and Denmark signed the agreement to split the island.

  • @georgetanner9381
    @georgetanner9381 Před rokem +3

    Good video 👁️👁️👁️

  • @tobiwan001
    @tobiwan001 Před rokem

    Regarding Lake Constance, Germany is of the opinion that there is a fixed border, but that is exact line is not defined. Only Austria considers it a condominium but the others (Germany and Switzerland) don't agree. However, as there is no real dispute it was never settled.

  • @flipe2006
    @flipe2006 Před rokem +1

    Interesting and (to a certain extent) similar examples you can find in Svalbard Islands with its sovereignty somehow, de facto, shared by Norway and Russia.
    There are also buffer / ''no-man's land'' areas like the narrow strip dividing both Koreas and Turkish occupied and Independent Cyprus. Monaco is fully independent from France but just while its prince could assure the continuation of the dynasty.
    There are much more examples across the globe and history. Macau from 1974 until 1999 was by its definition (chinese territory under portuguese administration), de facto, a sino-portuguese condominium administered by the Portuguese.

    • @blgram
      @blgram Před rokem

      Independent Cyprus? Lol. Dude, South Cyprus corrupted and racist as heck.

  • @alanalme
    @alanalme Před rokem

    There's Itaipu Binacional. A huge dam in the border between Brazil and Paraguay.

  • @user-fl1dc9ju3g
    @user-fl1dc9ju3g Před rokem +1

    Whow, shared territories are not a dream! In my parallel earth, Istanbul=constantpol is a turkey-greece shared territory or city!

  • @mikenogrady
    @mikenogrady Před rokem

    ?What happened to the "Neutral Zone" off the western tip of Kuwait

  • @scotttaylor7146
    @scotttaylor7146 Před rokem

    5:55 (Tom Scott voice) It is a big lake

  • @Gabo_Koopa
    @Gabo_Koopa Před rokem +2

    General knowledge I have a question

  • @KocvyJr
    @KocvyJr Před rokem +1

    I wonder If Sudetenland was counted as Condominium. I know that there were a lot of Germans cause there was like agreement between Germany and Czechoslovakia in the time that Germans can use our land area for agriculture before the end of WW2 in 1945 after that there were Beneš Decrees which made some Hungarians and Germans go to their mainland. Also There was literally German as mandatory language at the time.

  • @kuroazrem5376
    @kuroazrem5376 Před rokem +2

    I'm Colombian and I had no idea that we had a condominium with Jamaica.

    • @mdmenzel
      @mdmenzel Před rokem

      Is this the water containing San Andrés?

    • @estebanerazolagos869
      @estebanerazolagos869 Před rokem

      @@mdmenzel no it isn't, the water that contains San Andrés is southwest of that place

  • @notengonombre5549
    @notengonombre5549 Před rokem

    4:35 I am from El Salvador and I didn't know about that LOL

  • @menoflowicz
    @menoflowicz Před rokem

    French president is co-prince of Andorra not becuase de Foixes became French subjects, but rather because county of Foix has been inherited by Henry de Bourbon, King of Navarre, who became King of France.

  • @markgarin6355
    @markgarin6355 Před rokem +2

    My brother lived in a condominium....

  • @Dr-zd9eu
    @Dr-zd9eu Před rokem

    I died inside a little when I heard you call Brčko "burko" lol

  • @alecblunden8615
    @alecblunden8615 Před rokem

    Does the Hohenfriedburger march have special relevance to the topic?

  • @nemanjasimic4423
    @nemanjasimic4423 Před rokem +10

    The District of BRČKO (= Ber - tch - koh). Č is a distinct letter in our language(s) and it sounds just like CH in English or TSCH in German.

  • @csolisr
    @csolisr Před rokem +1

    Are you telling me that not only is there a (North) Sudan and a South Sudan, but also technically a Middle Sudan as well?!

  • @Wolfgangtailchase
    @Wolfgangtailchase Před rokem +1

    There is an Island west of greenland that is shared between Denmark and Canada

    • @General.Knowledge
      @General.Knowledge  Před rokem

      That's true! I saw a video about it a while back. It was a friendly dispute for decades but they finally settled it

    • @Wolfgangtailchase
      @Wolfgangtailchase Před rokem +1

      @@General.Knowledge was a funny dispute, they kept going there and changing a flag 🤣

  • @DJMattEmpathy
    @DJMattEmpathy Před rokem +1

    The whole of both Sudans used to be a condominium between Egypt and Britain

  • @anden01
    @anden01 Před rokem +1

    Hansø between Canada and Denmark/Greenland

  • @apach007
    @apach007 Před rokem

    The pronunciationof Brčko sounds more like "Birch Co" think like a company that deals with birch tree :)

  • @morenauer
    @morenauer Před rokem

    THe G in Urgell isn't like the G in guitar, but like the g in Gin. Also, the "LL" at the end is kind of pronounced like a "y" sound.. Oor- jay.

  • @ChrisFan890
    @ChrisFan890 Před rokem +5

    How was your holiday?

  • @josueveguilla9069
    @josueveguilla9069 Před rokem +2

    Hmmmmmm. Interesting 🤔

  • @UselessGOAT555
    @UselessGOAT555 Před rokem +1

    Saint Marteen is owned partially but the French and partially by the Dutch