List of divided cities

A divided city is one which, as a consequence of political changes or border shifts, presently constitutes (or once constituted) two separate entities. Listed below are the localities and the state they belonged to at the time of division.

Divided cities include:

Baarle, divided since 1194, modern NL-BE division since 1831
- Baarle-Nassau, Netherlands
- Baarle-Hertog, Belgium
Bad Muskau, Germany
- Bad Muskau, Germany
- Łęknica, Poland
Bad Radkersburg, Austria-Hungary
- Bad Radkersburg, Austria
- Gornja Radgona, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now Slovenia)
Beirut (since reunited) in Lebanon, during the Lebanese civil war
Berlin (since reunited) in Germany
- West Berlin, West Germany
- East Berlin, East Germany
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- The Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian War in 1995 divided many cities that once were united in former Yugoslav Bosnia — for details, see the Inter-Entity Boundary Line article.
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
- Bratislava, Slovakia
- Engerau (Petržalka), Germany (reunited after World War II)
El Paso del Norte, Mexico (divided in 1848 after the Mexican-American War)
- El Paso, Texas, United States
- Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
- Frankfurt (Oder), East Germany, now Germany 69,700
- Słubice, Poland 17,600
Forst (Lausitz), Germany
- Forst (Lausitz), Germany
- Zasieki, Poland
Gaalkacyo, Somalia
- South Gaalkacyo -- controlled by Galmudug
- North Gaalkacyo -- controlled by Puntland
Ghajar divided between Israel and Lebanon
Gmünd, Austria-Hungary
- Gmünd, Austria
- České Velenice, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic
Gorizia, Italy
- Gorizia, Italy
- Nova Gorica, Yugoslavia, now Slovenia
Görlitz, Germany
- Görlitz, East Germany, now Germany 60,000
- Zgorzelec, Poland 38,000
Guben, Germany
- Guben, East Germany, now Germany 22,000
- Gubin, Poland 19,000
Herzogenrath, divided since 1815 at the Congress of Vienna (before that, department of Meuse-Inférieure)
- Herzogenrath, Germany (47,187)
- Kerkrade, Netherlands (47,681)
Jerusalem (under Israeli control since 1967)^[a]
- West Jerusalem, under Israeli control 1948-1967
- East Jerusalem (al-Quds), under Jordanian control 1948-1967
Komárom, Austria-Hungary
- Komárom, Hungary
- Komárno, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia
Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo^[b]
- ethnic-Albanian south (Republic of Kosovo-controlled)
- ethnic-Serb north (North Kosovo)
Küstrin, Germany
- Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland
- Küstrin-Kietz, Germany
Laufenburg divided between Switzerland and Germany
Lloydminster, Canada, divided between Alberta and Saskatchewan, 1905–1930
- The community was founded in 1903 in what was then the Northwest Territories, and located on the Fourth Meridian of the Dominion Land Survey, which became the boundary between the newly created provinces two years later. In 1930, the community was reunited as a single town under the shared jurisdiction of both provinces, and reincorporated as a single city in 1958.
Lo Wu (the romanization used in Hong Kong) / Luohu (the romanization used in mainland China)
- 1898-1911: divided between the Qing Empire and British Hong Kong
- 1911-1939: divided between Guangdong Province, Republic of China and British Hong Kong
- 1939-1941: divided between Japanese occupation zone and British Hong Kong
- 1941-1945: both under Japanese occupation.
- 1945-1949: divided between Guangdong Province, Republic of China and British Hong Kong
- 1949-1997: divided between Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China and British Hong Kong
- 1997-present: the People's Republic of China possesses the sovereignty of the entire town since Hong Kong was handed over to the People's Republic of China by the United Kingdom in 1997; the part that was previously possessed by British Hong Kong is now administered by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and the rest of the town is still administered by Guangdong Province.
Moyale, divided between Kenya and Ethiopia
Narva, Estonia
- Narva, Estonia
- Ivangorod, Russia
Nicosia, capital of Cyprus, divided since 1974 after the Turkish invasion on the island ( North Nicosia). The only divided capital in the world.
Pello
Rafah divided between the Palestinian Authority and Egypt
- Rafah, Egypt
Resuleyn, Ottoman Empire
- Ceylanpınar, Turkey
- Ra's_al-'Ayn, Syria
Rheinfelden divided between Switzerland and Germany
Rijeka, Croatia
- Fiume, Italy (1924-1944)
- Sušak, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Rome, Papal States
- Rome, Italy
- Vatican
Sault Ste. Marie
- Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, USA
- Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
Sha Tau Kok (the romanization used in Hong Kong) / Shatoujiao (the romanization used in mainland China)
- 1898-1911: divided between the Qing Empire and British Hong Kong
- 1911-1939: divided between Guangdong Province, Republic of China and British Hong Kong
- 1939-1941: divided between Japanese occupation zone and British Hong Kong
- 1941-1945: both under Japanese occupation.
- 1914-1949: divided between Guangdong Province, Republic of China and British Hong Kong
- 1949-1997: divided between Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China and British
Teschen, Austrian Silesia
- Cieszyn, Poland
- Český Těšín, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic
Texarkana, USA
- Texarkana, Texas
- Texarkana, Arkansas
Torneå, Kingdom of Sweden
- Tornio, Finland
- Haparanda, Sweden
Union City, USA
- Union City, Indiana
- Union City, Ohio
Walk, Livonia
- Valga, Estonia
- Valka, Latvia
Veľké Slemence
- 1946-2005: divided between Slovakia and Ukraine (connected with an exclusive border just for the village, the only one in Schenghen)

Notes and references

Notes:

a.	^ There was international controversy on the status of Jerusalem in 1948 which has been further complicated since 1967. See positions on Jerusalem for further information.
b.	^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. The latter declared independence on 17 February 2008, while Serbia claims it as part of its own sovereign territory. Its independence is recognised by 86 UN member states.

References:

List of divided cities

See also

Notes and references