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 there of, 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.
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[edit] Divided regions
[edit] Divided regions of Africa
[edit] Divided regions of Asia
[edit] East Asia
- Korea
- Greater Mongolia
- Mongolia (formerly Outer Mongolia)
- Inner Mongolia, China
- China
[edit] South Asia
- Punjab
- Bengal
- West Bengal, India
- Bangladesh (formerly East Bengal)
- Kashmir (disputed)
- Jammu and Kashmir, India
- Azad Kashmir & Northern Areas, Pakistan
- Aksai Chin, China
- Balochistan
[edit] West Asia
- Azerbaijan
- Ossetia
- South Ossetia, Georgia
- North Ossetia-Alania, Russia
[edit] Divided regions of Europe
- Catalonia, Spain and Northern Catalonia, France.
- Ireland (the island), Republic of Ireland and United Kingdom.
- Limburg — The border Duchy of Limburg.
- 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.
- Macedonia (region)
- Republic of Macedonia
- Macedonia (Greece)
- Blagoevgrad Province (known as Pirin Macedonia)
[edit] Municipalities
- 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.
[edit] Divided regions of North America
[edit] Sub-national divided regions in the USA
[edit] Municipalities
[edit] Provinces or States
- 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.
[edit] Divided regions of South America
[edit] Divided regions of Oceania
- Samoan Islands
- Samoa (formerly Western Samoa)
- American Samoa
[edit] See also
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