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Government > Secession attempts: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Lists groups or areas that have mounted major unilateral secession attempts in selected nations since 1945.
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AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Nagorny-Kharabakh
BelgiumBelgium the Flemish
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Republika Srpska
BurmaBurma The Karen and Shan states
ChinaChina Tibet
CyprusCyprus Turkish Federated State of Cyprus
Democratic Republic of the CongoCongo, DR. Katanga
DenmarkDenmark Faroes
FranceFrance Corsica, the Bretons, the Alsatians
IndiaIndia East Punjab, Kashmir
IraqIraq Kurdistan
ItalyItaly South Tyrol, Padania
NigeriaNigeria Biafra
Papua New GuineaPapua NG Bougainville
RussiaRussia Chechnya, Abkhazia, South Ossetia
Serbia and MontenegroSerbia+ Kosovo
SomaliaSomalia Somaliland
SpainSpain the Basques, Catalonia
Sri LankaSri Lanka Tamil Elam
SudanSudan South Sudan
TurkeyTurkey Kurdistan
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Scotland
YemenYemen Democratic Republic of Yemen

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