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Feb 10, 2018 · Liechtenstein is located in Central Europe, where it shares borders with Switzerland and Austria. Since Austria is also a landlocked country, Liechtenstein can be categorized as a doubly landlocked nation. The country covers a total area of 160 km 2, giving it microstate status; its population size is approximately 38,000, and its capital is Vaduz.
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Currently, there are 44 landlocked countries, two of them doubly landlocked (Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan), and three landlocked de facto states in the world. Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country, while Ethiopia is the world's most populous landlocked country.
Liechtenstein is bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and Austria to the east and north. It is Europe's fourth-smallest country, with an area of just over 160 square kilometres (62 square miles) and a population of 39,790. [14] It is the world's smallest country to border two countries.
- Andorra. Andorra is a small country on the Iberian Peninsula that borders France and Spain.
- Austria. Austria is in Central Europe and borders Italy, Germany, and Hungary.
- Belarus. Belarus is in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia, Latvia, Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania.
- Czech Republic. The Czech Republic is in Central Europe, bordering Austria, Slovakia, Poland, and Germany.
Let's see which are those. The first one is Liechtenstein, situated in the Alps of Central Europe, nested between two landlocked countries: Austria and Switzerland. This tiny little country gained its double-landlocked status after the creation of independent Austria in 1918.
Map of the Principality of Liechtenstein. Liechtenstein is situated in the Upper Rhine valley of the European Alps. It is one of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world—being a landlocked country wholly surrounded by other landlocked countries—the other is Uzbekistan.
