Divided region
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.
Africa[edit]
- Congo
- The Guineas
- Greater Somalia
- Somalia
- Somaliland (unrecognised)
- Somali Region, Ethiopia
- Sudan (region)
- Sudan
- South Sudan
- Sudanian Savanna
- Mali, formerly French Sudan
- Western Sahara
Asia[edit]
East Asia[edit]
South Asia[edit]
- Bengal
- West Bengal, Republic of India
- Bangladesh, formerly East Bengal
- Kashmir
- Azad Kashmir (PAK), Pakistan
- Aksai Chin, People's Republic of China
- Gilgit-Baltistan (PAK), Pakistan
- Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), Pakistan/India
- Ladakh (IIOJK), Pakistan/India
- Trans-Karakoram Tract, People's Republic of China
Southeast Asia[edit]
West Asia and Middle East[edit]
- Anatolia
- Armenia (region)
- Azerbaijan (region)
- Cyprus
- Golan Heights
- Land of Israel and Palestine (region)
- Kurdistan (region)
- Ossetia
- Syria (region)
Europe[edit]
Regions[edit]
- Anatolia
- Bačka
- Banat
- Baranya
- Basques Countries
- Brabant
- Bukovina
- Carinthia
- Catalonia
- Crișana
- Dainava (Dzūkija)
- Dalmatia
- Dobrudja
- Epirus
- Flanders
- Frisia
- Galicia and Red Ruthenia
- Galicia
- Hainaut
- Insubria
- Ireland
- Istria
- Karelia
- Lapland/Sápmi
- Limburg
- Lithuania Minor (Prussian Lithuania)
- Livonia
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Maramureș
- Moldavia, Bessarabia and Transnistria
- Northlands (Scandinavia)
- Occitania
- Drina and Podrinje
- Polesia
- Pomerania
- Posavina
- Prussia
- Germany (Prussian Saxony, Rhenish Prussia, Prussian Brandenburg, Prussian Pomerania, Prussian Westphalia, Hanover, Hesse-Nassau, Schleswig-Holstein, Hohenzollern Lands)
- Poland (West Prussia, East Prussia, Prussian Pomerania, Posen)
- Lithuania (East Prussia)
- Kaliningrad region, Russia (East Prussia)
- Vojvodina (Serbia)
- Sandžak
- Schleswig
- Silesia
- Styria
- Syrmia
- Thrace
- Tornedalia
- Prekmurje (Transmurania)
- Tyrol
- Volynia
Municipalities and Cities[edit]
- Baarle-Nassau (Netherlands) and Baarle-Hertog (Belgium)
- Bad Muskau (Germany) and Łęknica (Poland)
- Bad Radkersburg (Austria) and Gornja Radgona (Slovenia)
- Beausoleil (France) and Monaco
- Brod (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Slavonski Brod (Croatia)
- Chiasso (Switzerland) and Como (Italy)
- Cieszyn (Poland) and Český Těšín (Czech Republic)
- Comines (France) and Comines-Warneton (Belgium)
- Deryneia (Cyprus) and Kàto Deryneia (Northern Cyprus)
- Doirani (Greece) and Dojran (North Macedonia)
- Forst (Germany) and Zasieki (Poland)
- Frankfurt an der Oder (Germany) and Słubice (Poland)
- Goegnies-Chaussée (Belgium) and Gognies-Chaussée (France)
- Gmünd (Austria) and České Velenice (Czech Republic)
- Gorizia (Italy) and Nova Gorica (Slovenia)
- Görlitz (Germany) and Zgorzelec (Poland)
- Grosbliederstroff (France) and Kleinblittersdorf (Germany)
- Guben (Germany) and Gubin (Poland)
- Hasi (Kosovo) and Has (Albania)
- Herzogenrath (Germany) and Kerkrade (Netherlands)
- Komárno (Slovakia) and Komárom (Hungary)
- Kreuzlingen (Switzerland) and Konstanz (Germany)
- Küstriner Vorland (Germany) and Kostrzyn nad Odrą (Poland)
- Laufenburg (Switzerland) and Laufenburg (Germany)
- Lavena Ponte Tresa (Italy) and Ponte Tresa (Switzerland)
- Lucelle (France) and Lucelle (Switzerland)
- Kosovska Mitrovica (Kosovo) and North Kosovska Mitrovica (North Kosovo)
- Mondorf-les-Bains (Luxembourg) and Mondorff (France)
- Narva (Estonia) and Ivangorod (Russia)
- Nicosia (Cyprus) and North Nicosia (Northern Cyprus)
- Obergailbach (France) and Niedergailbach (Germany)
- Petite-Rosselle (France) and Großrosseln (Germany)
- Pogoni (Greece) and Pogon (Albania)
- Quiévrain (Belgium) and Quiévrechain (France)
- Rheinfelden (Switzerland) and Rheinfelden (Germany)
- Rome (Italy) and Vatican City
- Saint-Gingolph (France) and Saint-Gingolph (Switzerland)
- Sátoraljaújhely (Hungary) and Slovenské Nové Mesto (Slovakia)
- Scheibenhard (France) and Scheibenhardt (Germany)
- Valga (Estonia) and Valka (Latvia)
- Veľké Slemence (Slovakia) and Mali Selmentsi (Ukraine)
- Wervik (Belgium) and Wervicq-Sud (France)
- Zvornik (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Mali Zvornik (Serbia)
North America[edit]
Island divisions[edit]
- Hispaniola
- Virgin Islands
- British Virgin Islands, British Overseas Territories,
- United States Virgin Islands, Unincorporated territories of the United States,
- Spanish (or Puerto Rican) Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, unincorporated territory of the United States.
- Saint Martin
Sub-national divided regions in the United States[edit]
Municipalities[edit]
Provinces or states[edit]
South America[edit]
- Amazonas
- The Guianas
- Guyana, formerly United Kingdom territory
- Suriname, formerly Netherlands territory
- French Guiana, France
- Guayana Esequiba, Venezuela
- Amapá, Brazil
- Patagonia
- Tierra del Fuego
- Pampas
Oceania[edit]
Formerly divided regions[edit]
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1900s[edit]
Pre-1900s[edit]
Notes[edit]
Samtskhe-Javakheti is a part of the Georgia with an Armenian majority that some feel is part of Armenia.
See also[edit]
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