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List of divided cities

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A divided city is one which, as a consequence of political changes or border shifts, currently constitutes (or once constituted) two separate entities, or an urban area with a border running through it. Listed below are the localities and the state they belonged to at the time of division.

Divided cities include:

Formerly united cities that were divided

Cities that arose next to each other across a boundary line

Cities that arose next to each other across two border lines

Historically, the Polish Tricity, Gdynia (a city built to become a port of the Second Polish Republic) and its neighbours Gdańsk and Sopot, overlapped two borders:

Cases that involve formerly united cities being divided and cities growing up across borders from one another

See also

Notes and references

Notes:

a. ^ There was international controversy on the status of Jerusalem in 1948 which has been further complicated since 1967. See positions on Jerusalem for further information.
b. ^ Template:Kosovo-note

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