Bir Tawil

Bir Tawil

Bir Tawil, a 2,060 square km swath of land between Egypt and Sudan is the last habitable land on earth that is not taken or claimed by any government. In 2014 a man from Virginia planted a flag there and claimed it for himself so that his 7-year old daughter could fulfill her dream of being a princess.

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