Editing Terra nullius (section)

=== Bir Tawil ===
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{{Further|Egypt–Sudan border}}

Between [[Egypt]] and the [[Sudan]] is the {{convert|2,060|km2|abbr=on}} landlocked territory of [[Bir Tawil]], which was created by a discrepancy between borders drawn in 1899 and 1902. One border placed Bir Tawil under the Sudan's control and the [[Halaib Triangle]] under Egypt's; the other border did the reverse. Each country asserts the border that would give it the much larger Halaib Triangle, to the east, which is adjacent to the [[Red Sea]], with the side effect that Bir Tawil is unclaimed by either country (each claims the other owns it). Bir Tawil has no settled population, but the land is used by [[Bedouin]]s who roam the area.{{efn|
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There is some disagreement of whether Bir Tawil is ''terra nullius'' or not. For example, see the news and analysis of Jeremiah Heaton's 2014 [[flag-planting]] in Bir Tawil, in an effort to make his daughter, Emily, a "princess" at
''Wash. Post'',<ref name=Najarro-2014-07-12-WashPost>{{cite news |first=Ileana |last=Najarro |date=12 July 2014 |title=V{{grey|[irgini]}}a man plants flag, claims African country, calling it 'Kingdom of North Sudan' |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |place=Washington, DC |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-man-plants-flag-claims-african-country-calling-it-kingdom-of-north-sudan/2014/07/12/abfbcef2-09fc-11e4-8a6a-19355c7e870a_story.html |access-date=2021-08-21 }}</ref> ''Opinio Juris'',<ref name=Borgen-2014-07-16-be-king>{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Borgen |date=2014-07-16 |title=The man who would be king, daddy's little princess, and their territorial claim |website=Opinio Juris (opiniojuris.org) |url=http://opiniojuris.org/2014/07/16/man-king-daddys-little-princess-territorial-claim/ |access-date=2021-08-21 }}</ref> and ''KDVR'' Denver.<ref name=Holden-2014-07-17>{{cite news |first=Will C. |last=Holden |date=17 July 2014 |title=Man lays claim to African land to make daughter real life 'princess' |website=[[KDVR]] kdvr.com |place=Denver, CO |url=http://kdvr.com/2014/07/17/man-lays-claim-to-african-land-to-make-daughter-real-life-princess/ |access-date=30 March 2018 }}</ref>}}