Border town

Summary

A border town is a town or city close to the boundary between two countries, states, or regions. Usually the term implies that the nearness to the border is one of the things the place is most famous for. With close proximities to a different country, diverse cultural traditions can have certain influence to the place. Border towns can have highly cosmopolitan communities, a feature they share with port cities, as traveling and trading often go through the town. They can also be flashpoints for international conflicts, especially when the two countries have territorial disputes.

List of border towns and cities edit

Transcontinental edit

Asia/Africa edit

Asia/Europe edit

In Africa edit

In the Americas edit

In Central America edit

In North America edit

United States/Canada edit
Within Canada edit
United States/Mexico edit
Within the United States edit

In South America edit

Within Colombia edit

In Asia edit

Afghanistan/Iran edit

Afghanistan/Pakistan edit

Afghanistan/Turkmenistan edit

Afghanistan/Uzbekistan edit

Azerbaijan/Iran edit

Bhutan/India edit

Brunei/Malaysia edit

China edit

China/Hong Kong SAR edit
China/Kazakhstan edit
China/Laos edit
China/Macau SAR edit
China/Mongolia edit
China/Myanmar edit
China/Nepal edit
China/North Korea edit
China/Russia edit
China/Taiwan edit
China/Vietnam edit

Cyprus/Northern Cyprus edit

(Note: the Republic of Northern Cyprus is a de facto state with almost no international recognition, with Turkey being the only UN member state to recognize its sovereignty.)

Egypt/Gaza edit

(Note: Gaza forms part of the State of Palestine, a state with substantial, but not general, international recognition.)

India edit

India/Bangladesh edit
India/Myanmar edit
India/Nepal edit
India/Pakistan edit

Indonesia/Malaysia edit

Iran/Iraq edit

Iraq/Turkey edit

Iran/Turkmenistan edit

Iraq/Syria edit

Israel/Egypt edit

Israel/Jordan edit

Laos/Thailand edit

Malaysia/Singapore edit

Malaysia/Thailand edit

Mongolia/Russia edit

Myanmar/Thailand edit

Turkey/Syria edit

In Europe edit

Alps and France/Germany edit

Baltic states edit

Caucasus edit

Central Europe edit

Iberian Peninsula edit

France / Spain
Portugal / Spain

Ireland/United Kingdom edit

  • Derry (Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland)
  • Dundalk (Republic of Ireland/Northern Ireland)
  • Newry (Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland)
  • Strabane (Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland)
Within the United Kingdom edit
England/Scotland edit
England/Wales edit

Low countries/Germany edit

Romania/Bulgaria edit

Nordic countries edit

Southern Europe edit

In Oceania edit

Australia within edit

Indonesia/Papua New Guinea edit

See also edit