Landlocked

From Wikinfo

A landlocked country is one that has no coastline. This has historically been regarded as a notably disadvantageous position, as it renders the resources inherent in the sea (such as fishing and transportation) inaccessible; thus one notices that, in many cases, countries make a particular effort to avoid being landlocked, and those that remain landlocked tend to be left behind.

Landlocked countries

• Afghanistan
• Andorra
• Armenia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Czech Republic
• Ethiopia
• Hungary
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lesotho
• Liechtenstein
• Luxembourg
• Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• Malawi
• Mali
• Moldova
• Mongolia
• Nepal
• Niger
• Paraguay
• Rwanda
• San Marino
• Slovakia
• Swaziland
• Switzerland
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan
• Uganda
• Uzbekistan
• Vatican City
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Double landlocked countries (surrounded only by landlocked countries)

• Liechtenstein
• Uzbekistan

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Landlocked" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landlocked, used under the GNU Free Documentation License