There is a fight between countries for land in many parts of the world. The biggest war is currently going on between Palestine and Israel, in which thousands of people have been killed. But there is a part of the land just a few kilometers away from Israel which no country wants to occupy. Actually, we are talking about an area called Bir Tawil, which is situated between the border of Egypt and Sudan. Neither Sudan nor Egypt claims this desert area.
This region has remained a challenge for international leaders over the last 60 years. This 2060 square kilometer area, situated in the northeastern region of the Sahara Desert, has been named by the nomads as Bir Tawil, which means well with high water in Arabic.
After all, why does no country want to be captured?
The biggest question is that on one hand, there is such a big war going on in the neighborhood for a small part of the land, then why Egypt, Sudan or any other country does not want to occupy this vacant land.. In fact, The reason behind this is also Britain and the boundaries drawn by it in the 20th century. At one time this entire area was occupied by Britain, a boundary line was drawn in the boundary agreement between Britain and the then Sudan government in 1899. Troubles began to arise in the area shortly after Bitarn left, but the dispute over the area escalated when another border agreement was signed between Egypt and Sudan in 1902. Due to these two border agreements, Bir Tawil became such an area that if any country asserts its control over it, it will have to lose its control over a large part (Halab Triangle).
Because Bir Tawil is a drought-prone area, the land here neither has any minerals nor is it fertile. Because of this, neither Sudan nor Egypt wants to include this area in their country. Both countries have considered it better to leave the dispute over this vegetation-less and population-less desert area unresolved.
When the countries left, people started trying to create a new country.
When both the countries decided to leave their dispute over this desert area unresolved, many people tried to gain control over it. In 2014, a farmer from Virginia planted a flag in Bir Tawil and declared himself governor of the state of Northern Sudan. He said that he wanted his daughter to become a princess. For this he made his own flag and also started trying to make his own currency. But his claim was rejected. Three years after this incident, in 2017, a resident of Indore declared this place as his country and named this place Kingdom of Dixit.
Apart from these two, many other people also tried to make this place their country. But this was done only for the purpose of visiting this place in the Sahara desert. Due to drought, no country is interested in this area.
