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Two countries need two border crossings to reach the sea.

Around 44 countries have no coastline. Only two are doubly landlocked, surrounded entirely by other landlocked states: Liechtenstein (between Switzerland and Austria) and Uzbekistan (bordered by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan). From either, you must cross at least two borders to reach any coast.

Useful: Being landlocked explains a lot: higher transport costs, dependence on neighbours, often smaller trade shares.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

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Which country is doubly landlocked?

  1. Switzerland
  2. Mongolia
  3. Uzbekistan
  4. Bolivia
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Correct: Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan and Liechtenstein are the only doubly landlocked countries.

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