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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
[edit]In Africa and neighbouring seas
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Black Hills: United States government and the Lakota Nation
- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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