Lesotho is entirely surrounded by South Africa, making it, alongside San Marino and Vatican City (both enclaved by Italy), one of only three countries in the world completely enclosed within another, and by far the largest of the three.
Record no. MRB-2026-006789
Largest of the World's Three Countries Fully Enclosed by Another
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