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This is a list of extant territorial disputes around the world. A claimant's full control is indicated in bold, one or more claimant's partial control indicated in italics.
Disputes involving states that recognize each other
In Africa and neighbouring seas
Bassas da India, Europa Island and Juan de Nova (Islands): France and Madagascar
Badme: Ethiopia and Eritrea
Banc du Geyser: Madagascar, France and the Comoros
Bure: Ethiopia and Eritrea
Cabinda: Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ceuta and Melilla: Spain and Morocco
Chagos Archipelago: United Kingdom (British India Ocean territory) and Mauritius
Chirac pastures : Morocco and Algeria
Corisco area : Gabon and Equatorial Guinea
Glorioso Islands: France, Madagascar, the Seychelles and the Comoros
Hala'ib Triangle: Egypt and Sudan
Isla Perejil: Spain and Morocco
Ilemi Triangle: Kenya, Ethiopia and Sudan
Kangawane Swazi homelands: South Africa and Swaziland
Kariba Power Station and Sindabezi Island: Zambia and Zimbabwe
Kasikili/Sedudu: Botswana and Namibia
Lete Island and neighbouring islands: Benin and Niger - adjudicated by the ICJ in 2005
Lunchinda-Pweto province: Zambia and Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mayotte: France and Comoros
Mbane Island: Gabon and Equatorial Guinea
North West Niger (about 25,000 square km): Niger and Libya
Ogaden: Ethiopia and Somalia
Peñón de Alhucemas: Morocco and Spain
South East Algeria: Algeria and Libya
Socotra: Yemen and Somalia
Tromelin: France, Mauritius
Tsorona-Zalambessa: Ethiopia and Eritrea
Yenga (border town): Sierra Leone and Guinea
In the Americas
Ankoko Island : Guyana and Venezuela
Arroio Invernada : Brazil and Uruguay
Atacama corridor: Chile and Bolivia
Southern half of Belize: Belize and Guatemala
Bajo Nuevo Bank (Petrel Islands): United States, Jamaica (the only two active claims), Colombia and possibly Honduras
Bird Island (Isla Aves): Venezuela and Dominica
Brazilera Island : Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay
Conejo Island: Honduras and El Salvador
Falkland Islands: United Kingdom and (as Islas Malvinas) Argentina
French Guiana west of the Marouini River: France and Suriname
Guantanamo Bay: United States of America (lease-holder) and Cuba
Guyana east of the Upper Courantyne River: Guyana and Suriname
Guyana west of the Essequibo River (Guayana Esequiba): Guyana and Venezuela
Hans Island: Denmark and Canada
Navassa Islan: United States of America (having possession) and Haiti
Río San Juan legal dispute over navigational rights on border: Costa Rica and Nicaragua
San Andrés and Providencia: Colombia and Nicaragua; Honduras de facto recognizes Colombian claim
Sapodilla Cays: Belize, Guatemala (formerly claiming all Belize) and Honduras
Serranilla Bank : United States, Colombia, Nicaragua and possibly Honduras
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands & Shag Rocks: United Kingdom and Argentina
Southern Ice Field: 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)
- Machias Seal Island (Maine / New Brunswick)
- Strait of Juan de Fuca (Washington / British Columbia)
- Dixon Entrance (Alaska / British Columbia)
- Beaufort Sea (Alaska / Yukon)
- North Rock (Maine / New Brunswick)
- Northwest Passage and other Arctic waters (Claimed by U.S. to be international waters)
- Portland Canal (Alaska/British Columbia)
In Asia and the Pacific
Abu Musa: Iran and the United Arab Emirates
Aksai Chin: People's Republic of China, India and ROC‡
Arunachal Pradesh (South Tibet): India, People's Republic of China and ROC‡
Baitou Mountain: People's Republic of China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea and the Republic of China (indefinite boundary)‡
Banaba Island: Kiribati and Fiji
Bangi Daar: Pakistan and Afghanistan
Bagys and Turkestan (village): Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
Bhutanese enclaves in Tibet: People's Republic of China and Bhutan
Talpatty Island and Purbasha Island/New Moore Island: Bangladesh and India
Bougainville : Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
Doi Lang: Myanmar and Thailand
Dokdo (Takeshima): South Korea, North Korea and Japan
48 square miles (124 km²) of Jordanian territory: Syria and Jordan
East Jerusalem : Israel and the Palestinian National Authority
Golan Heights: Israel and Syria
Greater and Lesser Tunbs: Iran and the United Arab Emirates
Isfara Valley: Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
former Princely State of Junagadh: India and Pakistan
Kashmir: Pakistan and India
Kalipani region, also Susta region (part), and Antudanda area: India and Nepal
Lower Kurile Islands: Russia and Japan
Kula Kangri: Bhutan and the People's Republic of China
Ligitan and Sipidan: 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 Reef: Tonga and Fiji
Northern Bhutan: Bhutan and The People's Republic of China
Qarah and Umm Al Maradim: Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
Quatern Island: India and Pakistan
Palau Batek/Fatu Sinai :Indonesia and East Timor
Palmas Islands: Indonesia and Philippines
Paracel Islands: People's Republic of China, Republic of China and Vietnam‡
Pedra Branca: Singapore and Malaysia
Prachin Buri area: Thailand and Cambodia
Sabah (North Borneo): Malaysia and Philippines
Sakhalin (southern): Russia and Japan (Japan has renounced Sakhalin pursuant to the San Francisco Peace Treaty without recognizing the Russian claim.)
Scarborough Shoal: Philippines, People's Republic of China and Republic of China‡
Senkaku Islands: Japan, People's Republic of China and Republic of China‡
Shatt Al-Arab: Iran and Iraq
Shebaa Farms: Israel and Lebanon and Syria
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) (Republic of China not recognised by the other countries)‡
Swains Island: United States and Tokelau
Former Princely State of Tripura, part of the Chittangonian Plains of Bangladesh; formely East Pakistan (province) and India
Vozrozhdeniya Island (now a peninsula): Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
‡ This section includes territorial disputes involving the Republic of China now based in Taiwan but not recognized by other countries listed here. The Republic of China and the People's Republic of China do not recognize each other. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea do not recognize each other. See also #Disputes involving parties that each have some territory under control but do not recognize each other below and Image:&-20013;&-33775;&-27665;&-22283;&-20840;&-22294;.jpg for a Chinese map claimed by the Republic of China.
In Europe
Nagorno-Karabakh Area coccupated by Armenia in 1988: Azerbaijan and Armenia
Bay of Piran: Slovenia and Croatia
Ems estuary and Dollart Bay (western part): Netherlands and Germany
Ferdinandea: Italy, United Kingdom, France, Spain and possibly Malta, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Morocco
Gibraltar: United Kingdom (as crown colony) and Spain
isthmus between Gibraltar and Spain: United Kingdom and Spain
Imia/Kardak: Greece and Turkey
Mont Blanc: France and Italy
Eastern coast of Narva river and Petseri region: Russia and Estonia
Olivenza: Spain and Portugal
Pichvni: Georgia and Russia
Pytalovsky District of the Pskov Oblast/Abrene region: Russia and Latvia
Rockall: United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Denmark and Iceland
Snake Island: Ukraine and Romania
Small 3m-by-60m strip next to Vatican City: the Holy See and Italy
Disputes between a state and its subnational entities, or between subnational entities
- Black Hills: United States government and the Lakota Nation
File:Flag of Piauí.svg Ceara and Piaui (Brazil)
Southern edge of Labrador: Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador
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
Northern Cyprus: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and Republic of Cyprus
mainland China: People's Republic of China, Republic of China
“ | The territory of the Republic of China according to its existing national boundaries shall not be altered except by resolution of the National Assembly.[1] | ” |
- Heixiazi:
Eastern half: Russia and Republic of China
Western half: People's Republic of China and Republic of China
North Korea: Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea
“ | The territory of the Republic of Korea shall consist of the Korean peninsula and its adjacent islands.[2] | ” |
South Korea: Republic of Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Nagorno-Karabakh: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijan
Puntland: Puntland and Somalia
Sixty-Four Villages East of the Heilongjiang River: Russia and Republic of China
Somaliland: Somaliland and Somalia
South Ossetia: Republic of South Ossetia and Georgia
Northern and eastern Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka and Tamil Eelam
Taiwan, the Pescadores, Quemoy, Matsu Islands, Pratas Islands: Republic of China and People's Republic of China
“ | The modifications of the functions, operations, and organization of the Taiwan Provincial Government may be specified by law.[3] | ” |
“ | 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 Taiwan, to accomplish the great task of reunifying the motherland.[4] | ” |
Transnistria: Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and Moldova
Tannu Uriankhai: Russia, Mongolia and Republic of China
Western Sahara: Morocco and Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic
West Bank: Israel and the Palestinian National Authority
Formally frozen dispute
- See also demilitarized zone
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).
When the Constitution of the Republic of China was adopted on 25 December 1947, the Republic of China did recognize the statehood of the People's Republic of Mongolia. After the UN General Assembly Resolution 505 was passed in 1952, the Republic of China withdrew such a recognition in 1953 and therefore claimed Greater Mongolia. The Republic of China has once again recognized the statehood of Mongolia in 2002, thus freezing the territorial claim, but as the Constitution of the Republic of China still mentions Mongolia in Article 119 that has not been superseded, there are different opinions as to whether such a recognition is constitutional.
Disputes between a state and a secessionist group with no territorial control
References
- ^ Constitution of the Republic of China, Article 4
- ^ s:Constitution of the Republic of Korea, Article 3
- ^ s:Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China, Article 9, Section 2
- ^ s:Constitution of the People's Republic of China, Preamble