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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.
The border runs through the Paraguay River. There is no bridge across the river between the cities; all cross-border traffic must travel by ferry. However, road travel is possible by a circuitous route from the border crossing between Clorinda and José Falcón to Paraguayan Route 9. Bangui Central African Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo
A community on one side of a border grows up to service the border and then takes the name of the adjacent community on the other side of the border. Communities grow up on both sides of the border to service the border, taking the name of the border crossing. Most places are in Europe, but there are also some examples in North America and Asia.
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List of international border rivers; List of land borders with dates of establishment; List of political and geographic borders; See also. Geography portal;
Country or territory (Territories without full sovereignty [a] in italics) Unique neighbours [b] Neighbouring countries and territories (Territories without full sovereignty [a] in italics)
Border controls are still in use. Padang Besar, Malay Peninsula, divided between Malaysia and Thailand. (Note: it is not clear whether the town constituted a single settlement divided by an international border, or is instead an example of a geographical twin city. However, both towns' names, and the majority of their inhabitants, are of Malay ...
The length of each border is included, as is the total length of each country's or territory's borders. [ 1 ] Countries or territories that are connected only by man-made structures such as bridges, causeways or tunnels are not considered to have land borders.