Divided regions
Divided regions are transnational regions, islands, etc. (i.e. areas that are known under a common name) that may have at one time been a united sovereign state but are or have been subsequently politically divided by national borders, into separate sovereign and/or administrative divisions. The later qualification includes many reorganized regions within nation states blurring the pure "transnational" distinction, but retaining the sense of a historic region once governed together which is significant both historically and culturally.
Typically the divided parts still retain the common geographical placename, or a variation thereof, and may or may not be subject to irrendentist claims and territorial disputes. They are by their very nature situated in border areas.
Divided regions frequently have close cultural, economic and transportation ties and not infrequently authorities or commissions which smooth the process of co-operative efforts across their common borders.
Africa
Asia
East Asia
South Asia
Southeast Asia
West Asia
- Azerbaijan
- Cyprus
- Ossetia
- Kurdistan
- Land of Israel
- Land of Israel, State of Israel
- Land of Israel, State of Palestine
- Golan Heights
- Palestine
- Palestine, State of Israel
- Palestine, State of Palestine
- Greater Syria
- Armenia
Europe
Cities and Regions
Municipalities
North America
Island divisions
- Virgin Islands
- British Virgin Islands, British Overseas Territories,
- United States Virgin Islands, Unincorporated territories of the United States,
- Spanish (or Puerto Rican) Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, unincorporated territory of the United States.
- Saint Martin
Sub-national divided regions in the United States
Municipalities
Provinces or States
South America
- Amazonas
- The Guianas
- Guyana, formerly United Kingdom territory.
- Suriname, formerly Netherlands territory.
- French Guiana, France
- Guayana Esequiba, Venezuela
- Patagonia
- Tierra del Fuego
Oceania
Formerly divided regions
Notes
Samtskhe-Javakheti is a part of the Georgia with an Armenian majority that some feel is part of Armenia.