CAN RICH COUNTRIES BUY POOR COUNTRIES
- aayush saini
- Jun 7, 2022
- 1 min read
USA
USA ( United States Of America ) has bought almost half of its land like Alaska from Russia , California , Arizona , New Mexico , Texas from Mexico , Louisiana from France and Florida from Spain and in 2019 USA tried to buy Greenland from Denmark but Denmark declined its deal .

China
China is trapping poor countries in his depth trap . China gives loans to poor countries to get developed and most of the poor countries cannot repay the loan so China takes some land from their country and uses it for his own wealth . China has controlled parts of different countries like like port of Djibouti , China satellite tracking station at Argentina , Kyaukpu port in Myanmar , Chitttagong port in Bangladesh , Hambantota port in Sri Lanka , Marao atoll port of Maldives
and Gwadar port in Pakistan .
here is a list of countries buying land from other countries
Territory | Purchased by | Purchased from | Cost | Year | Area |
Dunkirk and fort-mardyck | France | England | 5,000,000 livres | 1662 | 44 km |
Saint croix | Denmark-Norway | France | 750,000 livres | 1733 | 210 km |
Singapore | United kingdom | Johor | 60,000 spanish dollars | 1824 | 728 km |
Danish gold coast | United kingdom | Denmark | 10,000 GBP | 1850 | 12,000 km |
Dutch gold coast | United kingdom | Netherlands | 46,939.62 dutch guilders | 1872 | 13,000 km |
Saint barthelemy | France | Sweden | 320,000 french francs | 1878 | 212,4 km |
Janiskoski-Niskakoshi | Soviet union (USSR) | Finland | 700,000,000 FIM | 1947 | 176 km |
Elten , Selfkant , Suderwick | West Germany | Netherlands | 280 million DM | 1963 | 69 km |
Tiran islands and Sanafir islands | Saudi Arabia | Egypt | $22 billion in oil and development aid | 2017 | 113 km |
Gwadar | Pakistan | Muscat and Oman | 5,500,000,000 PKR | 1958 | 265 km |
Acre (state) | Brazil | Bolivia | $25,000,000 | 1903 | 143,800 km |
Palau , Mariana islands , Caroline islands | Germany | Spain | 25,000,000ESP | 1899 | 1,160 km |
Can Countries buy land of other countries ?
Yes
France
First time when land was bought from other country was done by France. In 1101 the king of France Philip 1 bought regions of Bourges ( today known as Central France ) from Odo Arpinus by giving 60,000 Pounds .

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