Saturday, September 6, 2008

And we think Texas can gerrymander

Well, it can, but for sheer complication of borders, check out the town of Baarle-Nassau, the Netherlands, Baarle-Hertog, Belgium. Not only is this a piece of Belgium inside the Netherlands, there are bits of the Netherlands inside the bits of Belgium inside the Netherlands. According to the wiki entry for Baarle-Nassau, it goes back to some political horse trading during the Middle Ages. The entry for Baarle-Hertog (that's the Belgian part--you folks keep up!) gives slightly different numbers for the parcels.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I thought Nassua was in the Bahamas? I've read it twice, but I'm confused. Could you repeat it one more time? donald

Anonymous said...

Me too. I agree with the Donald. What is the English translation for Nassau?