Topics: Issues : Territorial Disputes
Movements for political separation from one sovereign country to form a new one or to transfer territory from one soverign state to another. More generally, movements that seek greater regional or local autonomy.
Aotearoa
Sites relating to Maori sovereignty in New Zealand.
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Armenia
Sites dealing with Armenian territorial disputes.
Turkish Armenia,
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Canada
Newfoundland,
Quebec,
Western Separatism,
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Chagos Islands
Between 1967 and 1973 2000 residents of the Chagos Islands were evacuated by the British in order to allow the US to build its Indian Ocean base at Diego Garcia.
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Chechnya
Sites concerning the fight of the Chechen people for independence from Russia.
News and Media,
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China
Sites related to movements to secede from China, including the independence movements of Taiwan, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and East Turkistan.
East Turkestan,
Inner Mongolia,
Taiwan,
Tibet,
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Cyprus
Sites relating to the conflict in Cyprus.
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Diaoyu Islands
Diaoyu Islands (Senkaku Islands) are five islands on the edge of the East China Sea claimed by China, Taiwan and Japan.
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Dokdo
A small group of islets in the Sea of Japan, under dispute between Japan and South Korea.
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Falkland Islands
Sites relating to competing claims by Argentina and Britain for the islands in the South Atlantic.
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Faroe Islands
Sites regarding Faroese independence.
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France
Movements seeking autonomy within, or separation from, the territory of France.
Brittany,
Savoy,
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Georgia
Items relating to the movement to secede from Georgia.
Abkhazia,
South Ossetia,
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Gibraltar
Sites on the territory claimed by Britain and Spain.
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Hans Island
Hans Island lies in the Kennedy Channel between Ellesmere Island and Greenland, and is claimed by both Canada and Denmark.
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India
Sites concerning political separation from India, except for Kashmir, which is divided between India and Pakistan.
Assam,
Khalistan Movement,
Manipur,
Nagaland,
Tamil Nadu,
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Indonesia
Aceh,
South Moluccas,
West Papua - Irian Jaya,
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Israel
Territorial disputes involving Israel. Specifically the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights and East Jerusalem.
Golan Heights,
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Japan
Sites on Japanese territorial disputes.
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Kardak Rocks
Islands off the coast of Turkey that are claimed by Greece which calls them Imia.
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Katanga
Sites on past and current movements for independence.
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Korea
Sites dealing with the division of the Korean penninsula and attempts to reunify the country.
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Ladakh
Territory disputed by China and India.
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Mindanao
Information about Muslim separatists in the southern Phillipines.
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Montenegro
Arguments and movements for and against Montenegro's secession from Serbia as well as neutral accounts.
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Morocco
Sites relating to Moroccan territorial disputes.
Leila Islet,
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Nagorno-Karabakh
Sites on the secessionist movement.
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New Caledonia
Sites relating to the Kanak people's movement for independence.
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Okinawa
Sites relating to the movement for independence from Japan.
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Oromia
Sites on the Oromo struggle for independence from Ethiopia.
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Pitcairn Island
Settled by mutineers from HMS Bounty who married South Pacific islanders, some residents of Pitcairn Island are now pressing for independence from Britain.
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Russia
Sites dealing with Russian territorial disputes.
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Sakhalin and Kurile Islands
Former Japanese islands held by Russia since the end of World War II and claimed by both nations.
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Serbia
The breakup of the Yugoslav republic has resulted in the secession of a number of republics and independene movements in serveral remaining territories.
Kosovo,
Krajina,
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Spain
Sites relating to Spanish territorial disputes.
Catalonia,
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Spratly Islands
Sites relating to the disputed territory in the South China Sea all or parts of which are claimed by China, Taiwan, Vietnam and Indonesia, Malaysia and the Phillipines.
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Tamil Eelam
Sites relating to the struggle for independence from Sri Lanka.
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Turkey
Sites relating to Turkish territorial disputes.
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United Kingdom
Sites relating to countries or regions that wish to secede from the UK.
England,
Northern Ireland,
Scotland,
Wales,
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United States
Aside from the relatively popular secession movements of the South, Hawaii, and Texas, there are people in several other places in the US who wish to secede.
Hawaii,
New England,
Puerto Rico,
Texas,
The South,
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