Divided regions

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Divided regions are transnational regions, islands, etc. (i.e. areas that are known under a common name) that may have at one time been a united sovereign state but are or have been subsequently politically divided by national borders, into separate sovereign and/or administrative divisions. The later qualification includes many reorganized regions within nation states blurring the pure "transnational" distinction, but retaining the sense of a historic region once governed together which is significant both historically and culturally.

Typically the divided parts still retain the common geographical placename, or a variation thereof, and may or may not be subject to irrendentist claims and territorial disputes. They are by their very nature situated in border areas.

Divided regions frequently have close cultural, economic and transportation ties and not infrequently authorities or commissions which smooth the process of co-operative efforts across their common borders.

Video Divided regions

Africa

• Congo (region)
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Cabinda Province, an exclave of Angola
  • Zaire Province, Angola
• Guinea (region)
  • Guinea ("Guinea-Conakry")
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Equatorial Guinea
• Greater Somalia
  • Somalia
  • Somaliland
  • Somali Region (Ethiopia)
• Sudan (region)
  • Sudan
  • South Sudan (seceded from Sudan on July 9, 2011)
  • Sudanian savanna, most of which lies outside of Sudan and South Sudan
  • Mali (formerly French Sudan)

Maps Divided regions

Asia

East Asia

• Korea
  • North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)
  • South Korea (Republic of Korea)
• China
  • People's Republic of China
  • Republic of China (Taiwan)
• Fujian
  • Fujian Province, People's Republic of China
  • Fujian Province, Republic of China
• Timor
  • East Timor
  • West Timor, Indonesia
• Borneo
  • Brunei
  • Malaysian Borneo
  • Kalimantan, Indonesia

South Asia

• Punjab
  • Punjab (India)
  • Punjab (Pakistan)
• Bengal
  • Bangladesh (formerly East Bengal)
  • West Bengal, India
• Kashmir (disputed)
  • Jammu and Kashmir, India
  • Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas, Pakistan
  • Aksai Chin, China
• Balochistan
  • Balochistan (Pakistan)
  • Balochistan (Afghanistan)
  • Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran

Southeast Asia

• Gò Công
  • Gò Công
  • Gò Công ?ông
  • Gò Công Tây
• Trà My
  • B?c Trà My
  • Nam Trà My
• T? Liêm
  • B?c T? Liêm
  • Nam T? Liêm

West Asia

• Azerbaijan
  • Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Azerbaijan (Iran)
• Cyprus (island), de facto divided:
  • Republic of Cyprus
  • Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
• Ossetia
  • Republic of South Ossetia (de facto sovereign state internationally recognised as part of Georgia
  • North Ossetia-Alania, Russia
• Kurdistan, divided among Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey
• Land of Israel is mostly included in modern State of Israel, but large parts are controlled by the State of Palestine (Judea and Samaria); the East Bank of Jordan is included in the Kingdom of Jordan, while significant parts of the Golan Heights are within the Republic of Syria.
• Palestine (region) -- primarily controlled by the State of Israel, although the State of Palestine claims 22% of the land (the West Bank and Gaza Strip) and has partial control over c.40% of that 22% via the Palestinian National Authority
• Syria (region) -- Ottoman Syria included modern Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Israel, the State of Palestine and Southern Turkey, namely the Hatay Province (former Alexandretta) and the Western half of the Southeastern Anatolia Region. The Arab Kingdom of Syria had similar territorial aspirations, seeking to control the Greater Syria.
• Armenia -- while at present Armenia is essentially coextensive with the areas controlled by the government of Armenia (including a chunk of area controlled by Azerbaijan) much of historic Armenia is now in Turkey.
  • Samtskhe-Javakheti is a part of the Georgia with an Armenian majority that some feel is part of Armenia.

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Europe

• Ba?ka, between Hungary and Serbia
• Banat, Between Hungary, Romania and Serbia
• Baranja, between Croatia and Hungary
• Basque Country (greater region)
  • Basque Country, Spain
  • Northern Basque Country, France
• Catalan Countries
  • Catalonia, Spain
  • Northern Catalonia, France
• Ireland (island)
  • Republic of Ireland
  • Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom
• Epirus
  • Epirus (region), Greece
  • Northern Epirus area in Albania
• Frisia (region)
  • West-Friesland, Friesland, Groningen in the Netherlands
  • East-Frisia, North-Frisia in Germany
• Galicia, between Poland and Ukraine
• Galicia, between Spain and Portugal
• Greece has since 1922 generally only referred to the modern nation state. However until that year a larger vision existed, including areas of Anatolia then heavily Greek, and all or virtually all of Thrace.
• Istria, between Croatia, Italy and Slovenia
• Karelia
  • Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast, Russia
  • North Karelia and South Karelia, Finland
• Lapland/Sápmi, divided into Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, and Russian "sides"
• Limburg--the border Duchy of Limburg
  • Limburg (Netherlands)
  • Limburg (Belgium)
• Luxembourg and Luxembourg province, Belgium
• Macedonia (region)
  • Republic of Macedonia
  • Macedonia (Greece) (known as Aegean Macedonia)
  • Blagoevgrad Province (known as Pirin Macedonia)
  • Mala Prespa and Golo Brdo
• Pomerania (region)
  • Western Pomerania, part of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany
  • West Pomeranian Voivodeship and Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland
• Romania
  • Romania
  • Moldova
  • Some of Vojvodina might also be included in the most pan-Romanian notions.
• Sand?ak, between Montenegro and Serbia
• Schleswig (also South Jutland) - The former Danish Duchy of Schleswig was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866, which created the province of Schleswig-Holstein, the northern part of Schleswig came back to Denmark in 1920, while Southern Schleswig has remained a part of Germany since.
• Srem, between Croatia and Serbia
• Thrace
  • Eastern Thrace, Turkey
  • Northern Thrace, Bulgaria
  • Western Thrace, Greece
• Tyrol
  • Tyrol (state), Austria
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (also Trentino-South Tyrol), Italy

Municipalities

• Hasi in Kosovo and Has in Albania
• Herzogenrath and Kerkrade-- As is the case for many parts of Limburg, Herzogenrath changed hands several times in the last few centuries. Together with the (other) Southern Netherlands it was under Spanish control from 1661, Austrian between 1713 and 1795 and French between 1795 and 1813. In 1815, when the Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed (see Vienna Congress), the border was drawn through the town, the eastern part being Prussian town of Herzogenrath, the western part being Dutch Kerkrade. This division continues today.
• Gorizia (Italy) and Nova Gorica (Slovenia)
• Narva (Estonia) and Ivangorod (Russia)
• Valga (Estonia) and Valka (Latvia)

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North America

• Virgin Islands
  • British Virgin Islands
  • United States Virgin Islands
  • Spanish Virgin Islands
• Saint Martin
  • Sint Maarten, Netherlands
  • Saint Martin, France

Sub-national divided regions in the USA

Municipalities

• Texarkana, Arkansas and Texarkana, Texas
• Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas

Provinces or States

• North Dakota and South Dakota
• North Carolina and South Carolina
• Virginia and West Virginia - Split during the American Civil War in 1861 as the western counties voted to remain in the Union, and the geographical barrier of the Appalachians disabled the ability of the more populous eastern counties from preventing the succession by force of arms, which forces were preoccupied with the Army of the Potomac stationed in Washington, D.C., which itself was on the border of Virginia.

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South America

• Amazonas: Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas Department (Colombia), Amazonas Region (Peru) and Amazonas (Venezuelan state).
• The Guianas:
  • Guyana, formerly British Guiana
  • Suriname, formerly Dutch Guiana
  • French Guiana, an overseas department of France
  • Amapá, Brazil (formerly Portuguese Guiana)
  • Guayana Region, Venezuela (formerly Spanish Guyana)
• Patagonia of Chile and Argentina
• Tierra del Fuego of Chile and Argentina

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Oceania

• Samoan Islands
  • Samoa (formerly Western Samoa)
  • American Samoa
• New Guinea
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Papua (province), Indonesia
  • West Papua (province), Indonesia

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Formerly divided regions

• Vietnam: North Vietnam and South Vietnam (neighbouring countries in Asia)

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See also

• List of homonymous states and regions

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