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- The terms country, state, and nation can have various meanings. Therefore, diverse lists of these entities are possible. Wikipedia offers the following lists:
- the list of countries, listing countries in the sense of independent states (both those that are internationally recognized and generally unrecognized), inhabited dependent territories, and areas of special sovereignty.
- the list of sovereign states, listing sovereign states with information on the extent of their sovereignty. It includes both states widely recognized (de jure) to be sovereign and entities that claim sovereignty while exercising de facto control over (part of) their claimed territory.
- Related lists are the lists of federations, unrecognized countries, autonomous areas, dependent territories, and territorial disputes. In some contexts country and state is also used for some subnational entities.
[E.g. the constituent countries of the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales).] More lists of countries can be found at the lists of countries.
This is a list of extant territorial disputes around the world. Bold indicates one claimant\'s full control; italics, one or more claimants\' partial control.
Disputes involving states that recognize each other
In Africa and neighbouring seas
- Bassas da India, Europa Island and Juan de Nova: France and Madagascar
[Field Listing - Disputes - international, CIA World Factbook]
- Badme: Ethiopia and Eritrea
- Bakassi: Cameroon and Nigeria NOTE This area was handed over by Nigeria to Cameroon following an ICJ ruling, but the Nigerian Senate has decreed that in their opinion the handover of territory was illegal.
- Banc du Geyser: Madagascar, France and the Comoros
- (former) Bogomerom archipelago (parts): Chad and Nigeria
- Bure: Ethiopia and Eritrea
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- Cabinda: Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Caprivi Strip boundary tripoints/quadripoint: Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe
- Ceuta:
[Zapaterostirs anger of Morocco - International Herald Tribune]Spain and Morocco
- Chagos Archipelago: United Kingdom (as British Indian Ocean Territory), Mauritius and the Seychelles
- Chirac pastures : Morocco and Algeria
[Middle-East-Info.org - Algeria]
- part of Gicumbi District, North Province: Rwanda and Uganda
- Glorioso Islands: France, Madagascar, the Seychelles and the Comoros
- Hala\'ib Triangle: Egypt and Sudan
[Why are Egypt and Sudan in dispute over the Hala\'ib Triangle?(Quizzical)(Brief Article) | Geographical | Find Articles at BNET.com]
- Isla de Alborán: Spain and Morocco
- Isla Perejil: Spain and Morocco
- Islas Chafarinas: Spain and Morocco
- Ilemi Triangle: Kenya, Ethiopia and Sudan
- part of Kabale District: Uganda and Rwanda
- Kangawane Swazi homelands in parts of Mpumalanga and KwaZulu Natal: South Africa and Swaziland
- Kariba Power Station and Sindabezi Island: Zambia and Zimbabwe
- Kasikili/Sedudu: Botswana and Namibia
[The Court finds that Kasikili/Sedudu Island forms part of the territory of Botswana | Market Wire | Find Articles at BNET.com]
- part of the Katemba region: Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Koualou village: Burkina Faso and Benin
- Lete Island and neighbouring islands: Benin and Niger (adjudicated by the ICJ in 2005 in favour of Niger)
- area near Logoba/Moyo District: Sudan and Uganda
- Lunchinda-Pweto province: Zambia and Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Mayotte: France and Comoros
- Mbañie Island, Cocotiers, and Congas Island: Gabon and Equatorial Guinea
[Compte rendu du déplacement d\'une délégation du groupe interparlementaire France-Afrique centrale au Gabon, en Guinée équatoriale et à Sao Tomé-et-Principe, parliamentary report of the French Senate, 2003.]
- islands in Mbamba Bay, Lake Nyasa: Tanzania and Malawi
- Melilla
[Zapaterostirs anger of Morocco - International Herald Tribune]Spain and Morocco
- Migingo Island: Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania
- several islands in the River Ntem: Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea
- North West Niger (about 25,000 square km): Niger and Libya
- Ogaden: Ethiopia and Somalia
- several villages near the Okpara River: Benin and Niger
- Peñón de Alhucemas: Spain and Morocco
- Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera: Spain and Morocco
- Raheita: Djibouti and Eritrea
- Rukwanzi Island: Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda
- the Rufunzo Valley and Sabererwa: Rwanda and Burundi
- Savage Islands: Portugal and Spain NOTE:- the dispute seems mainly to be about the EEZ
- strip of land in Semliki river: Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda
- South East Algeria: Algeria and Libya
- Socotra: Yemen and Somalia
- triangular area of land south east of Toummo: Niger and Libya
- Tromelin: France, Mauritius and the Seychelles
- Tsorona-Zalambessa: Ethiopia and Eritrea
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- Wadi Haifa Salient: Egypt and Sudan
- Yenga (border hamlet), and left bank of the Makona and Moa rivers: Sierra Leone and Guinea
In the Americas
- Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco : Venezuela and Guyana
- Arroyo de la Invernada or Rincón de Artigas: Brazil and Uruguay.
- Atacama corridor: Chile and Bolivia
- Southern half of Belize: Belize and Guatemala
- Bajo Nuevo Bank (Petrel Islands): Colombia, United States, Jamaica (the only three active claims) and possibly Honduras
- Bird Island (Isla Aves): Venezuela and Dominica
- Santa Barbara Islands/Archipielago del Norte: United States of America (having possession) and Mexico (dormant claim)
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- Conejo Island: Honduras and El Salvador
- Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas: United Kingdom and Argentina
- French Guiana west of the Marouini River: France and Suriname
- Guantanamo Bay: United States of America (lease-holder; naval base and detention center) and Cuba
- Guaira Falls/Sete Quedas: Brazil and Paraguay
- Guyana east of the Upper Courantyne River: Guyana and Suriname
- Guyana west of the Essequibo River (Guayana Esequiba): Guyana and Venezuela
- Hans Island: Denmark (Greenland) and Canada
- Isla Brasilera/Ilha Brasileira : Brazil and Uruguay. Argentina (only the surrounding waters)
- Isla Suárez/Ilha de Guajará-mirim: Bolivia and Brazil
- Los Monjes archipelago: Venezuela and Colombia
- area near Mejito De La Cruz: Costa Rica and Nicaragua
- Navassa Island: United States of America (having possession) and Haiti
Dormant claims: Cuba, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico and Honduras
- Quita Sueño Bank: Colombia and Nicaragua
- Pacific Ocean Sea border: Chile and Peru (note this arguably covers 19,000-35,000 square metres of land near border marker number one)
- San Andrés and Providencia: Colombia and Nicaragua; Honduras de facto recognizes Colombian claim
- Sapodilla Cays: Belize, Guatemala (formerly claiming all Belize) and Honduras
- Sea Otter Rocks, Sea Lion Rock and Copper Island (Medny Island): Russia and United States of America. NOTE: Sovereignty undetermined; agreement to cede these areas to Russia has not been ratified by the Duma
- Serranilla Bank : Colombia, United States, Nicaragua and possibly Honduras
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands & Shag Rocks: United Kingdom and Argentina
- Southern Patagonian Ice Field between Mount Fitzroy and Cerro Daudet: Argentina and Chile (parts of the border still officially undefined)
- List of areas disputed by the United States (state mentioned first) and Canada (province or territory mentioned second)
In Asia and the Pacific
- Aasal, Al-Qaa, Al-Qasr, Deir Al-Aashayer, Kfar Kouq and Tufail: Lebanon and Syria
- Abu Musa: Iran and the United Arab Emirates
- Aksai Chin: People\'s Republic of China, India and Republic of China
[The Republic of China (ROC) now based in Taiwan is involved in territorial disputes with many countries near China while not recognized by any of them due to having no diplomatic relations. The ROC recognizes neither the People\'s Republic of China (PRC) nor its border agreements or treaties with any other countries while Article 4 of the Constitution of the Republic of China states that "The territory of the Republic of China according to its existing national boundaries shall not be altered except by resolution of the National Assembly." Section 5 of Article 4 of the Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China now overrides this provision.]
- Arunachal Pradesh (South Tibet): India, People\'s Republic of China and Republic of China
- Northern part of the Baekdu Mountain (in Korean) / Changbai Mountain (in Chinese) : People\'s Republic of China and Republic of Korea, also possibly Republic of China NOTE: Not claimed by the Democratic People\'s Republic of Korea. The DPRK has recognized the northern part of the Baekdu Mountain as territory of the PRC in 1962.
- Banaba Island: Kiribati and Fiji
- Bagys and Hazrat-e Turkestan: Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
- Bhutanese enclaves in Tibet, namely Cherkip Gompa, Dho, Dungmar, Gesur, Gezon, Itse Gompa, Khochar, Nyanri, Ringung, Sanmar, Tarchen and Zuthulphuk : People\'s Republic of China and Bhutan, also the Republic of China, unrecognized by either aforementioned state
- part of the area between the Blue Line and the UNIFIL zone boundary : Lebanon and Israel
- Boraibari: Bangladesh and India
- Bougainville : Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
- Chumbi and Dobta: People\'s Republic of China, India and the Republic of China, unrecognized by either aforementioned state
- various areas: Dak Jerman/Dak Duyt, Dak Dang/Dak Huyt, the La Drang area and the islands of Baie/Koh Ta Kiev, Milieu/Koh Thmey, Eau/Koh Ses, Pic/Koh Tonsay and the Northern Pirates/Koh Po : Cambodia and Vietnam
- Doi Lang: Myanmar and Thailand
- al-Duwaima Island: Yemen and Saudi Arabia Settled by the Treaty of Yemen 12 June 2000.
- 48 square miles (124 km²) of territory: Syria and Jordan
- several areas in the Fergana Valley: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikstan and Uzbekistan
- Fasht Ad Dibal and Qit\'at Jaradeh: Bahrain and Qatar (these were not included in the 2001 ICJ judgement, as low-tide elevations.
- Golan Heights: Israel and Syria
- Greater and Lesser Tunbs: Iran and the United Arab Emirates
- Hatay: Turkey and Syria
- Hibernia Reef: Australia and Indonesia
- Indo-Bangladesh enclaves: India and Bangladesh
- Isfara Valley: Kyrgyzstan and Tajikstan
- former Princely State of Junagadh: India and Pakistan
- Karang Unarang: Indonesia and Malaysia
- Kashmir: India and Pakistan
(a small area is also claimed by Afghanistan, see Pakistan/Afghanistan dispute below)
- Kalapani region (Kalapani River), also Susta region (part), and Antudanda area: India and Nepal
- KTM railway station in Tanjong Pagar: Malaysia and Singapore
- Khuriya Muriya Islands: Oman and Yemen
- Korea: North Korea and South Korea
[The Democratic People\'s Republic of Korea administers North Korea, but Article 1 of the [[s:Constitution of North Korea (1972)|]] reads: "The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is an independent socialist State representing the interests of all the Korean people." The Republic of Korea administers South Korea, but Article 3 of the [[s:Constitution of South Korea|]]reads : "The territory of the Republic of Korea shall consist of the Korean peninsula and its adjacent islands."]
- Lower Kurile Islands: Russia and Japan
- Kula Kangri: Bhutan and the People\'s Republic of China, also the Republic of China, unrecognized by either state
- Leodo Island/Suyan Rock (aka Socotra Rock): South Korea and People\'s Republic of China, also possibly Republic of China and North Korea
- Liancourt Rocks (Dokdo in Korean, Takeshima in Japanese): South Korea, (North Korea on behalf of Korea in General) and Japan
(Japan does not recognize the statehood of North Korea.)
- Ligitan and Sipadan: Malaysia and Indonesia
- Limbang area: Brunei and Malaysia
- Macclesfield Bank: People\'s Republic of China, Republic of China and Vietnam
- Matthew and Hunter Islands: Vanuatu and France
- Minerva Reefs: Tonga and Fiji
- Minicoy Island: India and the Maldives
- Muhurichar river island: India and Bangladesh
- certain islands in the Naf River: Bangladesh and Myanmar
- Natuna Islands: Indonesia and the People\'s Republic of China, and possibly the Republic of China
- Nawalparasi region: Nepal and India
- South Talpatti/New Moore/Purbasha Island: India and Bangladesh
- parts of North West Frontier Province, Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Balochistan: Pakistan and Afghanistan
- small areas of Oecussi-Ambeno: East Timor and Indonesia
- Okinotorishima: Japan and the People\'s Republic of China, also the Republic of China
- Qarah and Umm Al Maradim: Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
- Pulau Batek/Fatu Sinai: Indonesia and East Timor
- Palestine: Gaza Strip/West Bank, Israel, Jordan and Palestine
- Paracel Islands: People\'s Republic of China, Republic of China and Vietnam
- Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge: Singapore and Malaysia
- part of Poipet commune: Thailand and Cambodia
- Prachin Buri area: Thailand and Cambodia
- Pyrdiwah: India and Bangladesh
- Sabah (North Borneo): Malaysia and Philippines
- Sakhalin (southern): Russia (Japan has renounced Sakhalin pursuant to the San Francisco Peace Treaty without recognizing the Russian claim.)
- former Saudi-Iraqi neutral zone: Iraq and Saudi Arabia
- Scarborough Shoal: Philippines, People\'s Republic of China and Republic of China
- Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu Tai): Japan, People\'s Republic of China and Republic of China
- Shaksgam Valley: People\'s Republic of China and India, and possibly the Republic of China
- Shatt Al-Arab: Iran and Iraq
- Siachen Glacier: India and Pakistan
- Sir Creek: India and Pakistan
- Spratly Islands: People\'s Republic of China, Republic of China, Vietnam, Philippines (part), Malaysia (part) and Brunei (part)
- Swains Island: United States and Tokelau
[
] - parts of Three Pagodas Pass: Myanmar and Thailand
- Teraina, Tabuaerean, Butaritari and Makin Meang: Kiribati and the United States of America
- Tumen River (disputed sovereignty of certain islands): People\'s Republic of China, Democratic People\'s Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea and the Republic of China
[The Democratic People\'s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) do not recognize each other.]
- the islands of Ukatny, Zhestky and the disputed \'island\' of Malozhemchuzny: Russia and Kazakhstan
- Vozrozhdeniya Island (now a peninsula): Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
- Wake Island: United States and Marshall Islands
- a small part of Xinjiang: the People\'s Republic of China, India and also the Republic of China, unrecognized by either state
- Wrangel Island, Herald Island and the De Long Islands: Russia and the State of Alaska. NOTE While a 1994 judgment by the State Court of Alaska claimed these areas to be illegally occupied Russian territory,[citation needed] the United States has never asserted a territorial claim to the islands
[Status of Wrangel and Other Arctic Islands U.S. Department of State Fact Sheet on Wrangel Island]
- Yalu River (disputed sovereignty of certain islands): People\'s Republic of China, Democratic People\'s Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea and the Republic of China
[The Democratic People\'s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) do not recognise each other.] includes the islands of Pidan and Shindo
- Zarrara oilfield and Khor al-Odaid areas: the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia
In Europe
Territorial disputes in Europe (red: Disputes involving states that recognize each other, pink: Disputes involving parties that each have some territory under control but do not recognize each other)
- Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area (part of): United Kingdom and Cyprus
- Barents Sea boundary dispute: Russia and Norway
- Baltic Sea boundary dispute near Bornholm: Poland and Denmark
- David Gareja monastery complex boundary dispute: Georgia and Azerbaijan
- some areas by the Danube, parts of Osijek and Sombor districts: Croatia and Serbia
- Eastern coast of Narva river and Pechory region: Russia and Estonia
- Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area (part of): United Kingdom, Cyprus and possibly the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- Eastern Anatolia: Turkey and Armenia
- Ems estuary and Dollart Bay (western part): Netherlands and Germany (settled in 1960s)
- Gibraltar: United Kingdom (as a UK Overseas Territory) and Spain
- Gulf of Piran, also hamlets of Bozini, Mlini, Škodelin and Škrile and much of the border area: Slovenia and Croatia
- Isthmus between Gibraltar and Spain: United Kingdom and Spain
- Imia/Kardak: Greece and Turkey
- Kosa Tuzla Island: Ukraine and Russia
- The areas of Debellde, Viti and the Sharr Triangle: Serbia, the Republic of Macedonia and the UN-administered territory of Kosovo.
- Lake Constance: Austria, Germany and Switzerland
- Mont Blanc: France and Italy
- An area near Montalmus peak: Andorra and Spain[citation needed]
- Olivenza (including the municipality of Taliga): Spain and Portugal
- Pichvni: Georgia and Russia
- Maritime border in the Adriatic: Croatia and Montenegro
- Rockall: United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Denmark and Iceland
- Sastavci: Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Šarengradska Ada: Serbia and Croatia
- Sarych: Ukraine and Russia
- Snake Island: Ukraine and Romania
- Military complex near Sveta Gera, in the area of Žumberak/Gorjanci: Slovenia and Croatia
- Small 3m-by-60m strip along the Passetto di Borgo in the vicinity of the Vatican City: the Holy See and Italy
- Veliki and Mali Škoj (near Neum): Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Island of Vukovar: Croatia and Serbia
Disputes between a state and its subnational entities, or between subnational entities
Disputes involving parties that each have some territory under control but do not recognize each other
- See also: List of unrecognized countries
- Abkhazia: Republic of Abkhazia and Georgia
- Eastern part of Bhutan: Bhutan and Republic of China
- Northern Cyprus: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the Republic of Cyprus
- Mainland China (including Tibet and Xinjiang): People\'s Republic of China and Republic of China
- Moldovan-controlled area of Dubasari district: Moldova and Transnistria
- A small area of Gilgit-Baltistan: Pakistan and Republic of China
[Relinquished by the People\'s Republic of China but still claimed by the Republic of China.]
- Erenkoy/Kokkina: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the Republic of Cyprus. Note that this area is separated from the rest of the land held by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus by land controlled by the Republic of Cyprus
- Heixiazi / Bolshoy Ussuriyskiy (split by the People\'s Republic of China and Russia in 2004):
- Kachin State (north part west of Gaoligong Mountain (zh:高黎贡山) in western Yunnan, China), and the Division of Sagaing (called Jiangxinpo (zh:江心坡) and Nankan (南坎) in Chinese): Myanmar and Republic of China
- 106.40 square kilometres of formerly Chinese territory in Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan and the Republic of China
- Kosovo: Kosovo and Serbia
- Kutsuzov island: Russia and the Republic of China
- Lachin corridor: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijan
- Nagorno-Karabakh: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijan
- Outer Mongolia: Mongolia and Republic of China
(see also the section Outer_Mongolia below for further information)
- Pamir Mountains (west of Xinjiang, China):
- Judea and Samaria: Israel and Palestinian Authority; see Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
- Puntland: Puntland and Somalia
- part of Rason administrative division, Democratic People\'s Republic of Korea: Democratic People\'s Republic of Korea and the Republic of China
- HM Roughs Tower: the \'Principality\' of Sealand and the United Kingdom
- Sanaag and Sool: Somaliland, Puntland and Somalia
- Sikkim: India and The Republic of China NOTE: Not claimed by the PRC.
- Sixty-Four Villages East of the Heilongjiang River: Russia and Republic of China
- Somaliland: Somaliland and Somalia
- Northern and eastern Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka and Tamil Eelam
- \'Border\' checkpoint near Strovilia: The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the United Kingdom (in regard to its\' Sovereign Base Areas). NOTE: Technically, of course, this also involves Cyprus; the checkpoint is partially on UN-administered land, and Cyprus claims all of the island.
- Taiwan, the Pescadores, Quemoy, Matsu Islands, Pratas Islands: Republic of China and People\'s Republic of China. The ROC\'s constitution states that "The modifications of the functions, operations, and organization of the Taiwan Provincial Government may be specified by law."
[Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China, Article 9, Section 2] The PRC\'s constitution states "Taiwan is part of the sacred territory of the People\'s Republic of China. It is the lofty duty of the entire Chinese people, including our compatriots in