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Locations of panhandles within states
Locations of panhandles within states

A panhandle is an informal geographic term for an elongated tail-like protrusion of a geo-political entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state. Political geography is the field of Human geography that is concerned with the study of both the spatially uneven outcomes of Political processes and the ways in which Examples of administrative divisions English terms In many of the following terms corresponding to British cultural influence areas of relatively low mean population Sovereignty is the exclusive Right to control a Government, a country, a people or oneself A state is a political association with effective Sovereignty over a geographic Area and representing a Population. The term derives from the analogous part of a cooking pan and its use is generally confined to the United States. "Saucepan" redirects here In Australia "the Saucepan" is sometimes used as an unofficial name for part of the constellation of Pavo, when finding the A panhandle is similar to a peninsula in shape, but unlike a peninsula it is not surrounded by water on three sides and connected to a geographical mainland. A peninsula is a piece of land that is nearly surrounded by Water but connected to Mainland via an Isthmus. Physical geography (also known as geosystems or physiography) is one of the three major subfields of Geography. Mainland is usually the Continental part of a region as opposed to the Islands nearby Instead, a panhandle is delimited by a land border on at least two sides and extends out from the larger geographical body of the administrative unit. Borders define geographic boundaries of political entities or legal jurisdictions such as Governments States or subnational administrative The panhandle shape is the result of arbitrarily drawn international or subnational boundaries, although the location of some administrative borders takes into account other considerations such as economic ties or topography. Examples of administrative divisions English terms In many of the following terms corresponding to British cultural influence areas of relatively low mean population Economic geography is the study of the location distribution and spatial organization of economic activities across the Earth. Topography ( topo-, "place" and graphia, "writing" is the study of Earth 's Surface features or those of Planets In the United States, a protrusion with a less elongated shape is informally called a bootheel. The Missouri Bootheel is the southeasternmost part of the state of Missouri and called the "Bootheel" due to the shape of its boundaries

Panhandles of the United States of America
StateLargest cityPopulationArea (sq. mi)Population density
(per sq. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. mi)
AlaskaJuneau72,95435,1382
ConnecticutStamford220,209962,294
FloridaTallahassee1,222,49211,304108
IdahoCoeur d'Alene295,16021,01314
MarylandFrederick469,3762,194214
NebraskaScottsbluff90,41014,2586
OklahomaGuymon29,1125,6875
TexasAmarillo402,86225,82416
Eastern West VirginiaMartinsburg212,4833,49961
Northern West VirginiaWheeling141,060601235

Panhandles outside the United States

Outside of the United States, the term is not in common usage, with the arguable exception of the nearby New Brunswick Panhandle. The Panhandle is a Park in San Francisco, California that forms a Panhandle with Golden Gate Park. Madawaska County (2001 population 35611 also known as the " New Brunswick Panhandle " Nonetheless, some people would describe the following characteristic territorial protrusions elsewhere as a corridor or an arm extending into an administratively different territory. Such shapes of territory can be a result of linguistic (or ethnic) lines, in addition to geographic features and other reasons.

See also

Southern Thailand is a distinct region of Thailand, connected with the Central region by the narrow Kra Isthmus. The Missouri Bootheel is the southeasternmost part of the state of Missouri and called the "Bootheel" due to the shape of its boundaries Gerrymandering is a form of redistribution in which electoral district or Constituency boundaries are manipulated for electoral advantage Chicken neck or chicken's neck can literally refer to the Neck of a Chicken or figuratively to any narrow stretch of land connecting two larger parts of Borders define geographic boundaries of political entities or legal jurisdictions such as Governments States or subnational administrative Political geography is the field of Human geography that is concerned with the study of both the spatially uneven outcomes of Political processes and the ways in which The Thumb is a region and a peninsula of Michigan, so named because the Lower Peninsula is shaped like a Mitten; thus The Thumb is the area that looks Salient Salients can be formed in a number of ways An attacker can produce a salient in the defender's line by either intentionally making a Pincer movement around the
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