Bi’r Tawīl

Bi'r Tawīl is one of only two places outside that is officially terra nullius, neither belonging to nor claimed by any country. It is a flattened trapezoid lying between and . It has no permanent residents.
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  • Type: Region
  • Description: unclaimed land between Egypt and Sudan
  • Also known as: “Bi’r Tawil” and “Bir Tawil”
  • Neighbors: and

Bi’r Tawīl

Latitude of center
21.8705° or 21° 52′ 14″ north
Longitude of center
33.7372° or 33° 44′ 14″ east
Elevation
395 metres (1,296 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2542289902
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Geo­Names ID
347412
Wiki­data ID
Q620634
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vlax Romani—“Bi’r Tawīl” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بئر طويل”
  • Arabic: “بير طويل”
  • Arabic: “بيرطويل”
  • Arabic: “مثلث بارتازوجا”
  • Armenian: “Բիր-Տավիլ”
  • Asturian: “Bir Tawil”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bir Tavil”
  • Azerbaijani: “Neytral ərazi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Neytral zona”
  • Azerbaijani: “Uzun bulaq”
  • Belarusian: “Бір Тавіль”
  • Bulgarian: “Бир Тавил”
  • Bulgarian: “Бир Тауил”
  • Catalan: “Bir Tawil”
  • Chinese: “比尔泰维勒/比爾泰維勒”
  • Chinese: “比尔泰维勒”
  • Chinese: “比爾塔威爾”
  • Chinese: “比爾泰維勒”
  • Croatian: “Bir Tavil”
  • Czech: “Bír Tavíl”
  • Czech: “Bir Tawil”
  • Danish: “Bir Tawil”
  • Dutch: “Bir Tawil”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بير طويل”
  • Esperanto: “Bir Taŭil”
  • Estonian: “Bi’r Ţawīl”
  • Estonian: “Bir Tawil”
  • Finnish: “Bir Tawil”
  • French: “Bi’r Tawīl”
  • French: “Bir Tawil”
  • French: “بيرطويل”
  • Galician: “Bir Tawil”
  • German: “Bi’r Tawīl”
  • German: “Bir Tawil”
  • German: “Biʾr Ṭawīl”
  • Greek: “Μπιρ Ταουίλ”
  • Hebrew: “ביר טוויל”
  • Hebrew: “ביר טויל”
  • Hindi: “बीर तवील”
  • Hungarian: “Bi’r Tawīl”
  • Hungarian: “Bir Tawil”
  • Indonesian: “Bir Tawil”
  • Italian: “Bir Tawil”
  • Japanese: “ビル・タウィール”
  • Japanese: “ビル・タウィール帝国”
  • Javanese: “ꦧꦶꦂꦠꦮꦶꦭ꧀”
  • Korean: “비르 타윌”
  • Latvian: “Bīrtavīla”
  • Lithuanian: “Bir Tavilis”
  • Macedonian: “Бир Тавил”
  • Malay: “Bir Tawil”
  • Malayalam: “ബിർ താവിൽ”
  • Northern Frisian: “Bir Tawil”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bir Tawil”
  • Norwegian: “Bir Tawil”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bir Tawil”
  • Persian: “بیر طویل”
  • Polish: “Bir Tawil”
  • Portuguese: “Bi’r Tawīl”
  • Portuguese: “Bir Tawil”
  • Romanian: “Bir Tawil”
  • Russian: “Бир Тавиль”
  • Russian: “Бир-Тавиль”
  • Russian: “треугольник Бир-Тавиль”
  • Serbian: “Бир Тавил”
  • Slovenian: “Bi’r Tawīl”
  • Slovenian: “Bir Tavil”
  • Slovenian: “Bir Tawil”
  • Slovenian: “بيرطويل”
  • Spanish: “Bi’r Tawīl”
  • Spanish: “Bir Tawil”
  • Swahili: “Bir Tawil”
  • Swedish: “Bir Tawil”
  • Thai: “บีรเฏาะวีล”
  • Turkish: “Bir Tavil”
  • Turkish: “Bir Tawil”
  • Ukrainian: “Бір-Тавіль”
  • Vietnamese: “Bir Tawil”
  • Vlax Romani: “Bir Tawil”

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