List of divided nations

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This is a list of nations, which may have been divided. The “current divided nations” section includes nations^{[citation needed]} that were divided by war, colonialism, etc. The “dissolved countries” includes countries that were dissolved into other countries.

Contents 1 List of divided nations 2 Current divided nations by ethnic group 2.1 Ainu people 2.2 Albanian people 2.3 Armenian people 2.4 Baloch people 2.5 Bengali people 2.6 Berber people 2.7 Croats 2.8 Greeks 2.9 Inuit 2.10 Irish people 2.11 Kashmiri people 2.12 Kurdish people 2.13 Magyars 2.14 Mayan people 2.15 Punjabi people 2.16 Pashtun people 2.17 Romanians 2.18 Sami people 2.19 Serbian people 2.20 Somali people 3 Current divided nations by territory 3.1 China 3.2 Cyprus 3.3 Georgia 3.4 Greater Mongolia 3.5 India 3.6 Ireland 3.7 Korea 3.8 Malaysia 3.9 Marianas Islands 3.10 New Guinea 3.11 Ossetia 3.12 Pakistan 3.13 Palestine 3.14 Samoan Islands 3.15 Somalia 4 Dissolved countries 4.1 Czechoslovakia 4.2 Federation of Arab Republics 4.3 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 4.4 Greater Colombia 4.5 Peru-Bolivian Confederation 4.6 Serbia and Montenegro 4.7 Soviet Union 4.8 United Arab Republic 4.9 United Arab States 4.10 United Provinces of Central America 4.11 West Indies Federation 4.12 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 5 Former divided nations 5.1 Germany 5.2 United States 5.3 Vietnam 5.4 Yemen 6 See also

[edit] List of divided nations

[edit] Current divided nations by ethnic group

[edit] Ainu people

• Divided between two countries after Japanese and Russian colonization.
  •  Japan - encompasses 2 areas: Hokkaidō and Honshū
  •  Russian Federation - encompasses 2 areas:Kamchatka peninsula and Sakhalin.
• Flag of the Ainu Nation

[edit] Albanian people

• Divided by the Treaty of Berlin in 1878 and Conference of Ambassadors in Paris in 1913.
• Divided in six countries.
  •  Albania
  •  Montenegro
  •  Serbia
  •  Macedonia
  •  Greece

[edit] Armenian people

• Divided in two countries.
  •  Armenia
  •  Nagorno-Karabakh (de facto independent state, but officially part of  Azerbaijan

[edit] Baloch people

• Divided in three countries.
  •  Afghanistan
  •  Iran
  •  Pakistan

[edit] Bengali people

• Divided in two countries.
  •  Bangladesh
  •  Republic of India

[edit] Berber people

• Divided in six countries.
  •  People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
  •  Libya
  •  Islamic Republic of Mauritania
  •  Kingdom of Morocco
  •  Republic of Tunisia
  •  Western Sahara

[edit] Croats

• Divided in two countries by Yugoslav wars.
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  •  Croatia

[edit] Greeks

• Divided by various treaties. Indigenous Greeks still found in:
  •  Turkey
  •  Cyprus
  •  Greece

[edit] Inuit

• Divided amongst three countries after American, British, and Viking colonization.
  •  Canada - encompasses 3 areas:  Nunavut (a territory in Canada), Nunavik (the northern part of  Quebec), Nunatsiavut (the Inuit settlement region in Labrador),
  •  Kingdom of Denmark - encompasses 1 area:  Greenland
  •  United States - encompasses 1 area:  Alaska

[edit] Irish people

• Divided in two countries
  •  Republic of Ireland
  •  Northern Ireland (part of the  United Kingdom)

[edit] Kashmiri people

• Divided in three countries.
  •  People's Republic of China
  •  Republic of India
  •  Pakistan

[edit] Kurdish people

• Divided amongst four countries.
  •  Iran - Iranian Kurdistan encompasses 4 areas: West Azarbaijan, Kurdistan Province, Kermanshah, and Ilam
  •  Iraq - Iraqi Kurdistan encompasses 3 areas: Arbil, Dahuk, and As Sulaymaniyah
  •  Syria - Syrian Kurdistan encompasses 1 area: Al Hasakah
  •  Turkey - Turkish Kurdistan encompasses 17 areas: Erzincan, Erzurum, Kars, Malatya, Tunceli, Elazığ, Bingöl, Muş, Ağrı, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Siirt, Bitlis, Van, Şanlıurfa aka Urfa, Mardin and Hakkâri
• proposed country: Kurdistan

[edit] Magyars

• Divided by the Treaty of Trianon and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
  • •  Hungary
    •  Romania
    •  Serbia
    •  Croatia
    •  Slovenia
    •  Austria
    •  Slovakia
    •  Ukraine

[edit] Mayan people

• Divided by Spanish and British colonization.
  •  Belize
  •  Republic of El Salvador
  •  Republic of Honduras
  •  Republic of Guatemala
  •  Mexico

[edit] Punjabi people

• Divided in two countries.
  •  Republic of India
  •  Pakistan

[edit] Pashtun people

• Divided in two countries.
  •  Afghanistan
  •  Pakistan
• proposed country:
  • Pashtunistan

[edit] Romanians

• Divided by the Soviet Union in 1940
  •  Romania
  •  Republic of Moldova

[edit] Sami people

• Divided after Finnish and Scandinavian settlement. Located in the northern areas of:
  • Finland
  • Kingdom of Norway
  • Russian Federation
  • Kingdom of Sweden
• proposed country:
  • Sápmi

[edit] Serbian people

• Divided in four countries by Yugoslav wars.
  • Republic of Serbia
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina - encompasses 1 area (entity): Republika Srpska
  •  Montenegro
  •  Croatia

[edit] Somali people

• Divided and added to other countries by Colonialism during The Scramble for Africa.
  •  Somalia
  •  Somaliland de facto independent state, but officially part of Somalia
  • Republic of Kenya
  • Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
  • Republic of Djibouti

[edit] Current divided nations by territory

[edit] China

• Divided by the Chinese Civil War in 1949.
  •  People's Republic of China
  •  Republic of China (recognized only by 24 countries; see political status of Taiwan)
    • Tuva (now part of Russia), part of northern Burma, and Outer Mongolia (now the independent state of Mongolia) are also within the official borders of the ROC.

[edit] Cyprus

• De facto divided by the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974.
  • Republic of Cyprus
  •  Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (only recognized by Turkey)
• Proposed flag of the United Cyprus Republic

[edit] Georgia

• De facto divided
  •  Abkhazia (recognized by no countries)
  •  Georgia
  •  South Ossetia (recognized by no countries)

[edit] Greater Mongolia

• Divided in the 17th century due to Manchurian invasion.
  •  Mongolia (formerly Outer Mongolia)
  • Inner Mongolia (autonomous region in China)

[edit] India

• Divided since the Partition of India in 1947.
  •  India
  •  Pakistan separated in 1947.
  •  Bangladesh separated from Pakistan since the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.

[edit] Ireland

• United under High Kings from 862. Under various degrees of English rule since 1172. Part of United Kingdom from 1801-1923. Divided since the Government of Ireland Act.
  •  Republic of Ireland
  •  Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdom)

[edit] Korea

• Divided by the Korean War in 1953.
  •  Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
  •  Republic of Korea (South Korea)
• Unification flag

[edit] Malaysia

• Divided after the expulsion of Singapore in 1965
  •  Malaysia
  • Republic of Singapore

[edit] Marianas Islands

• Divided within the United States.
  •  Guam
  •  Northern Mariana Islands

[edit] New Guinea

• Divide after British, Dutch and German colonialization.
  •  Papua New Guinea
  • Papua (province of Indonesia)

[edit] Ossetia

• Divided between Russia and Georgia.
  •  North Ossetia-Alania (autonomous republic within Russia)
  •  South Ossetia (de facto independent state, but officially part of Georgia)

[edit] Pakistan

See: India

[edit] Palestine

• Divided by the 1947 UN Partition Plan
  • State of Israel
  • Palestinian Authority

[edit] Samoan Islands

• Divided by the Second Samoan Civil War in 1898.
  • Independent State of Samoa
  •  American Samoa (a territory of the United States)

[edit] Somalia

Divided by the Somali Civil War in 1991.

•  Somalia
•  Somaliland de facto independent state, but officially part of Somalia.

[edit] Dissolved countries

[edit] Czechoslovakia

• Split in 1993 by federal parliament.
  •  Czech Republic
  •  Slovak Republic

[edit] Federation of Arab Republics

• Dissolved after disagreements in 1977.
  • Arab Republic of Egypt
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Libya

[edit] Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

• Dissolved in 1963.
  •  Zambia
  •  Zimbabwe
  •  Malawi

[edit] Greater Colombia

• Abolished in 1831.
  • Republic of Colombia
  • Republic of Ecuador
  • Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
  • Panama

[edit] Peru-Bolivian Confederation

• Divided by the War of the Confederation in 1839
  • Republic of Bolivia
  • Republic of Peru

[edit] Serbia and Montenegro

• Dissolved in 2006 after Montenegrin independence referendum.
  • Republic of Montenegro
  • Republic of Serbia

[edit] Soviet Union

• Dissolved by Belavezha Accords in 1991.
  • Republic of Armenia
  • Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Republic of Belarus
  • Republic of Estonia
  • Republic of Georgia
  • Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyz Republic
  • Republic of Latvia
  • Republic of Lithuania
  • Republic of Moldova
  • Russian Federation
  • Republic of Tajikistan
  • Republic of Turkmenistan
  •  Ukraine
  • Republic of Uzbekistan

[edit] United Arab Republic

• Dissolved after the secession of Syria in 1961.
  • Arab Republic of Egypt
  • Syrian Arab Republic

[edit] United Arab States

• Dissolved in 1961.
  • Arab Republic of Egypt
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • North Yemen

[edit] United Provinces of Central America

• Dissolved after the members declared independence in 1840 to 1841.
  • Republic of Costa Rica
  • Republic of El Salvador
  • Republic of Honduras
  • Republic of Guatemala
  • Republic of Nicaragua

[edit] West Indies Federation

• Dissolved in 1962 due to disillusionment and internal conflicts.
  •  Anguilla
  •  Antigua and Barbuda
  •  Barbados
  •  Cayman Islands
  •  Dominica
  •  Grenada
  •  Jamaica
  •  Montserrat
  •  Saint Kitts and Nevis
  •  Saint Lucia
  •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  •  Trinidad and Tobago
  •  Turks and Caicos Islands

[edit] Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

•  Yugoslavia Divided by the Yugoslav wars in the 1990s and subsequent peaceful processes
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  •  Croatia
  •  Republic of Macedonia
  • Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
  •  Slovenia

[edit] Former divided nations

[edit] Germany

• Divided by World War II in 1945; reunified in 1990 into the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
  • German Democratic Republic (East Germany)

[edit] United States

• Divided by American Civil War in 1860 reunified in 1865 into the  United States of America.
  • Confederate States of America
  •  United States of America

[edit] Vietnam

• Divided by the Geneva Conference in 1954; reunified in 1976 after the Vietnam War into the  Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
  •  Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)
  •  Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)

[edit] Yemen

• Divided by Ottoman Empire and British Empire; reunified in 1990 into the  Republic of Yemen.
  • People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen)
  • Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen)

[edit] See also

• Chinese reunification
• Annan Plan for Cyprus
• Irish reunification