List of territorial disputes
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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;
[edit] Disputes involving states that recognize each other
[edit] In Africa and neighbouring seas
[edit] In the Americas
| Territory | Claimants | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Not specified |  Chile Bolivia |
Bolivia claims and demands sovereign sea access, lost during the War of the Pacific 1879. |
| Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco |  Venezuela Guyana |
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| Arroyo de la Invernada or Rincón de Artigas and Albornoz Village |
 Brazil Uruguay |
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| Southern half of Belize |  Belize Guatemala |
Guatemala formerly claiming all Belize. |
| Bajo Nuevo Bank (Petrel Islands) |  Colombia Nicaragua United States Jamaica |
Honduras has recognized the sovereignty of Colombia; other claimants have not |
| Conejo Island |  Honduras El Salvador |
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| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)[1] |  United Kingdom Argentina |
Argentina invaded the Falklands, resulting in the Falklands War |
| French Guiana west of the Marouini River |  France Suriname |
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| Guantánamo Bay[1] | United States Cuba |
The United States is the territory's lease-holder, but Cuba retains de jure sovereignty. |
| Guaira Falls/Sete Quedas | Brazil Paraguay |
The disputed islands were submerged by the reservoir of Itaipú. |
| Guyana east of the Upper Courantyne River | Guyana Suriname |
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| Guyana west of the Essequibo River (Guayana Esequiba) | Guyana Venezuela |
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| Hans Island |  Canada Denmark |
Denmark claims the island as part of Greenland. |
| Isla Aves (Bird Island) | Venezuela Dominica |
Dominica abandoned the claim in 2006. Continue the fight for the sea adjacent to the island. |
| Isla Brasilera/Ilha Brasileira | Brazil Uruguay |
Uruguay argues that the tripartite point with Argentina and Brazil is not defined, but those countries do not accept it. |
| Isla Suárez/Ilha de Guajará-mirim | Bolivia Brazil |
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| Los Monjes archipelago[1] | Venezuela Colombia |
Colombia no longer claims the islands, only the surrounding waters. |
| Area near Mejito De La Cruz |  Costa Rica Nicaragua |
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| Navassa Island[1] | United States Haiti |
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| Quita Sueño Bank | Colombia Nicaragua |
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| Pacific Ocean Sea border | Chile Peru |
This arguably covers 19,000-35,000 square metres of land near border marker number one. |
| Land around the Rio San Juan [disambiguation needed] (approximately 300 square kilometres) |
Costa Rica Nicaragua |
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| San Andrés and Providencia | Colombia Nicaragua |
Honduras de facto recognizes Colombian claim. |
| Sapodilla Cays | Belize Guatemala Honduras |
Guatemala formerly claiming all Belize. |
| Serranilla Bank | Colombia Nicaragua United States Jamaica |
Honduras has recognized the sovereignty of Colombia; other claimants have not |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands[1] | United Kingdom Argentina |
Including Shag Rocks. |
| Southern Patagonian Ice Field between Mount Fitzroy and Cerro Daudet |
Argentina Chile |
Parts of the border still officially undefined. |
[edit] Territory disputed between Canada and the United States
Main article: List of areas disputed by Canada and the United States
| Territory | Canadian Claimant |
American Claimant |
|---|---|---|
| Machias Seal Island |  New Brunswick |
 Maine |
| North Rock | New Brunswick |
Maine |
| Strait of Juan de Fuca |  British Columbia |
 Washington |
| Dixon Entrance | British Columbia |
 Alaska |
| Portland Canal | British Columbia |
Alaska |
| Beaufort Sea |  Yukon |
Alaska |
| Northwest Passage and some other Arctic waters | Canadian territorial waters | U.S. claims navigation rights |
[edit] In Asia and the Pacific
| Territorial disputes in East, South, and Southeast Asia | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Territory | Currently Administered by | Claimants |
| Land: | Aksai Chin |  |
  2 |
| South Tibet/Arunachal Pradesh | |
2 |
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| Baekdu Mountain |  |
 2 2 |
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| Heixiazi/Bolshoy Ussuriysky (Eastern part)2 |  |
2 |
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| Indo-Bangladesh enclaves3 |  |
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| Kashmir3 |  |
2 |
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| Kachin State |  |
 1 2 |
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| Kayin State | |
 1 |
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| Korean Peninsula and its adjacent islands3 | |
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| Mainland China | |
1 |
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| Mongolia |  |
2 |
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| Pamir Mountains3 |   |
2 |
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| Pattani |  |
 1 |
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| North Borneo (Sabah)2 |  |
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| Shan State | |
 1 |
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| Sixty-Four Villages East of the River2 | |
2 |
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| Tannu Uriankhai (now Tuva Republic of Russia)2 | |
2 |
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| Tibet | |
 1 2 |
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| Trans-Karakoram Tract | |
2 |
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| Wa State | |
 1 |
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| Islands and Waters: | Kinmen | |
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| Kori Creek2 | |
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| Liancourt Rocks | |
 2 |
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| Macclesfield Bank | |
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| Matsu | |
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| Paracel Islands | |
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| South Ledge |  |
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| Pratas Islands | |
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| Scarborough Shoal | |
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| Senkaku Islands | |
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| Socotra Rock | |
2 2 |
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| Southern Kuril Islands | |
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| Spratly Islands3 | |
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| Taiwan and Penghu2 | |
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| Notes: | 1Government in exile/exiled group. 2Inactive dispute. 3Divided among multiple claimants. |
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[edit] In Europe
[edit] Disputes between a state and its subnational entities, or between subnational entities
- Belgaum: Karnataka and Maharashtra (in India)
- Kasaragod: Karnataka and Kerala(in India)
Ceara and 
Piaui in Brazil- Lubicon traditional territory between the Peace River and Athabasca River and north of Lesser Slave Lake: The Lubicon Cree Nation and the Government of Canada (in Canada).
- Southern edge of Labrador:
Quebec and 
Newfoundland and Labrador (in Canada). - Large area of Yucatán Peninsula: Mexican states of
Campeche and 
Quintana Roo (in 
Mexico). - North Kosovo: theoretically under interim UN administration, but de facto governed as continued part of
Serbia. - A one-mile wide section along the 35th Parallel:
Georgia and 
Tennessee[12][13] (in the United States).
[edit] Disputes involving parties that each have some territory under control but do not recognize each other
See also: List of states with limited recognition
[edit] Formally frozen dispute
- See also demilitarized zone
[edit] Antarctica
The Antarctic Treaty System, formed on 1 December 1959 and entered into force on 23 June 1961, establishes the legal framework for the management of Antarctica and provides administration for the continent, which is carried out through consultative member meetings. It freezes the territorial claims of all signatories (all claimants have acceded) for as long as the treaty is in force. However, it is not a final settlement; parties can choose to withdraw from the System at any time. Furthermore, only a minority of states have signed it, and it is not formally sanctioned by the United Nations. Thus, Antarctica remains the only part of the planet any (non-signatory) state can still lay claim to as terra nullius (on the grounds of it not having been part of any existing state's legal and effective territory).
[edit] Disputes between a state and a secessionist group with no territorial control
[edit] See also
- List of sovereign states
- List of dependent territories
- List of subnational entities
- Neutral territory
- Territorial claims in the Arctic
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Field Listing - Disputes - international, CIA World Factbook
- ^ a b African Affairs - Sign In Page
- ^ a b Zapatero stirs anger of Morocco - International Herald Tribune
- ^ Middle-East-Info.org - Algeria
- ^ Why are Egypt and Sudan in dispute over the Hala'ib Triangle?(Quizzical)(Brief Article) | Geographical | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ The Court finds that Kasikili/Sedudu Island forms part of the territory of Botswana | Market Wire | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y 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.
- ^ a b c d The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) do not recognize each other.
- ^ Japan does not recognize the statehood of North Korea.
- ^ Even official Chinese maps award these islands to North Korea, such as the provincial map on p. 41 in the 2005 Chinese atlas “Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Jiaotong Dituji” ISBN 7-80104-652-8, (www.starmap.com.cn)
- ^ "Lawmakers Say Part Of Tenn. Belongs To Ga.", WSMV-TV, February 11, 2008
- ^ Shaila Dewan, Georgia Claims a Sliver of the Tennessee River, The New York Times, February 22, 2008
- ^ a b c d e f g . Relinquished by the People's Republic of China but still claimed by the Republic of China.
- ^ Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China, Article 9, Section 2
- ^ Constitution of the People's Republic of China, Preamble
