Enclaves and Exclave of Armenia

ARMENIA has seen a tumultuous history regarding its borders and its neighbor, Azerbaijan. Therefore, there are still small areas of land inside Armenia belonging to Azerbaijan; these are Azerbaijan's exclaves and Armenia's enclaves. Meanwhile, Armenia owns an exclave that sits inside Azerbaijan. Similar to Angola in Southern Africa, Azerbaijan has an exclave that is not attached to the rest of the country. This exclave is Naxçivan, which is located south and west of Armenia, north of Iran, and east of a tiny sliver of Turkey.

Back to talking about Armenia, the former-Soviet republic has a few enclaves and one exclave, which are much smaller than Naxçivan. Armenia has a small circular exclave located in western Azerbaijan with the town of Artsvashen inside it. This is located northeast of Ozero (Lake) Sevan. Meanwhile, there are two small enclaves in northeast Armenia belonging to Azerbaijan. South-central Armenia is the location for another one of Azerbaijan's exclaves, with the town of Tigranashen inside. These four territories - the three enclaves in Armenia and Armenia's exclave in Azerbaijan - are so small that the longest length of them is only about 9.16 kilometers or 5.69 kilometers! The longest length of those territories is found in Armenia's exclave in Azerbaijan.