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Top: Society: Issues: Territorial_Disputes

Movements for political separation from one sovereign country to form a new one or to transfer territory from one sovereign state to another. More generally, movements that seek greater regional or local autonomy.

Aotearoa

Sites relating to Maori sovereignty in New Zealand.

Armenia

Sites dealing with Armenian territorial disputes.

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.

Chechnya

Sites concerning the fight of the Chechen people for independence from Russia.

China

Sites related to movements to secede from China, including the independence movements of Taiwan, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and East Turkistan.

Cyprus

Sites relating to the conflict in Cyprus.

Diaoyu Islands

Diaoyu Islands (Senkaku Islands) are five islands on the edge of the East China Sea claimed by China, Taiwan and Japan.

Dokdo

A small group of islets in the Sea of Japan, under dispute between Japan and South Korea. They are variously known as the Liancourt Rocks, Dokdo (or Tokto) in Korean, and Takeshima in Japanese. (from Wikipedia)

Falkland Islands

Sites relating to competing claims by Argentina and Britain for the islands in the South Atlantic.

Faroe Islands

Sites regarding Faroese independence.

France

Movements seeking autonomy within, or separation from, the territory of France.

Georgia

Items relating to the movement to secede from Georgia.

Gibraltar

Sites on the territory claimed by Britain and Spain.

Hans Island

Hans Island lies in the Kennedy Channel between Ellesmere Island and Greenland, and is claimed by both Canada and Denmark.

India

Sites concerning political separation from India, except for Kashmir, which is divided between India and Pakistan.

Israel

Territorial disputes involving Israel. Specifically the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights and East Jerusalem.

Japan

Sites on Japanese territorial disputes.

Kardak Rocks

Islands off the coast of Turkey that are claimed by Greece which calls them Imia.

Katanga

Sites on past and current movements for independence.

Korea

Sites dealing with the division of the Korean penninsula and attempts to reunify the country.

Ladakh

Territory disputed by China and India.

Mindanao

Information about Muslim separatists in the southern Philippines.

Montenegro

Arguments and movements for and against Montenegro's secession from Serbia as well as neutral accounts.

Morocco

Sites relating to Moroccan territorial disputes.

Nagorno-Karabakh

Sites on the secessionist movement.

New Caledonia

Sites relating to the Kanak people's movement for independence.

Okinawa

Sites relating to the movement for independence from Japan.

Oromia

Sites on the Oromo struggle for independence from Ethiopia.

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.

Russia

Sites dealing with Russian territorial disputes.

Sakhalin and Kurile Islands

Former Japanese islands held by Russia since the end of World War II and claimed by both nations.

Serbia

The breakup of the Yugoslav republic has resulted in the secession of a number of republics and independence movements in several remaining territories. As well, there are Serb enclaves in Bosnia and Herzogovina which claim independence or allegiance to Serbia.

Spain

Sites relating to Spanish territorial disputes.

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 Philippines.

Tamil Eelam

Sites relating to the struggle for independence from Sri Lanka.

Turkey

Sites relating to Turkish territorial disputes.

United Kingdom

Sites relating to countries or regions that wish to secede from the UK.

United States

Only sites dealing with Southern secession or States' Rights past or present, including the those dealing with historical secession, reasons for secession, events leading to secession, or possible secession in the future.

Sites dealing with the Confederacy, should be submitted to Society/History/By_Region/North_America/United_States/Wars/Civil_War/Confederacy for inclusion in that portion of the ODP.

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.

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