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Background Stats: compare key data on United States & Western Sahara

Definitions

  • Daylight Savings Time end date: Rules that determine the date on which daylight savings time ends. Clocks are moved backwards on this date.
  • Daylight Savings Time start date: Rules that determine the date on which daylight savings time begins. Clocks are moved forward on this date.
  • Land border length: The length of each country's land border. Islands are listed as having a 0.0 km.
  • Neighboring countries and territories: The countries and territories neighboring each country. "L" means they share only a land border and "M" means they have only maritime boundaries. A blank means they share both.
  • Number of maritime boundary neighbours: Number of states and territories with which each country shares a maritime border. Two countries separated from each other by a body of water have a maritime border with each other.
STAT United States Western Sahara
Daylight Savings Time end date First Sunday November Last Sunday October
Daylight Savings Time start date Second Sunday March Last Sunday March
Land border length 12,034 km
Ranked 6th. 6 times more than Western Sahara
2,046 km
Ranked 83th.
Neighboring countries and territories Bahamas (M) Canada Cuba (M) Kiribati (M) Mexico Russia (M) Algeria (L) Mauritania Morocco Spain (M)
Number of maritime boundary neighbours 6
Ranked 11th. Twice as much as Western Sahara
3
Ranked 63th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Daylight saving time by country (Daylight Saving Time rules); Wikipedia: List of countries and territories by land borders (Land borders) (Note: land border lengths will vary depending on the scale by which they are measured, and therefore these figures without a source accompanied by an explanation of how they were measured and at what scale makes comparisons impossible; for more information see coastline paradox .); Wikipedia: List of countries and territories by land and maritime borders

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