Divided cities

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Divided cities refers to cities and towns divided as a consequence of political changes or border shifts, so that they presently constitute (or once constituted) two separate entities. Listed are the localities and the state they belonged to at the time of division. (See also United cities)

• Bad Radkersburg, Austria-Hungary
  • Bad Radkersburg, Austria
  • Gornja Radgona, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now Slovenia)
• Berlin (since reunited in Germany)
  • West Berlin, West Germany
  • East Berlin, East Germany
• Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
  • Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Engerau (Petržalka), Germany (reunited after World War II)
• Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
  • Frankfurt (Oder), East Germany, now Germany 69,700
  • Słubice, Poland 17,600
• Gmünd, Austria-Hungary
  • Gmünd, Austria
  • České Velenice, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic
• Guben, Germany
  • Guben, East Germany, now Germany 22,000
  • Gubin, Poland 19,000
• Görlitz, Germany
  • Görlitz, East Germany, now Germany 60,000
  • Zgorzelec, Poland 38,000
• Gorizia, Italy
  • Gorizia, Italy
  • Nova Gorica, Yugoslavia, now Slovenia
• Jerusalem divided between Israel and jordan 1948-1967
• Komárom, Austria-Hungary
  • Komárom, Hungary
  • Komárno, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia
• Lo Wu (the romanization used in Hong Kong) / Luo Hu (the romanization used in mainland China)
  • 1898-1911: divided between the Qing Empire and British Hong Kong
  • 1911-1939: divided between Guangdong Province, Republic of China and British Hong Kong
  • 1939-1941: divided between Japanese occupation zone and British Hong Kong
  • 1941-1945: both under Japanese occupation.
  • 1945-1949: divided between Guangdong Province, Republic of China and British Hong Kong
  • 1949-1997: divided between Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China and British Hong Kong
  • 1997-present: the People's Republic of China possesses the sovereignty of the entire town since Hong Kong was handovered to the People's Republic of China by the United Kingdom in 1997; the part that was previously possessed by British Hong Kong is now administered by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and the rest of the town is still administered by Guangdong Province.
• Nicosia divided between Cyprus and North Cyprus since 1974
• Przemyśl, Poland split through the San River, 1939-1941
  • Deutsch-Przemysl
  • Soviet Peremysl
• Rijeka
  • Fiume
  • Sušak, Croatia
• Sha Tau Kok (the romanization used in Hong Kong) / Shatoujiao (the romanization used in mainland China)
  • 1898-1911: divided between the Qing Empire and British Hong Kong
  • 1911-1939: divided between Guangdong Province, Republic of China and British Hong Kong
  • 1939-1941: divided between Japanese occupation zone and British Hong Kong
  • 1941-1945: both under Japanese occupation.
  • 1914-1949: divided between Guangdong Province, Republic of China and British Hong Kong
  • 1949-1997: divided between Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China and British Hong Kong
  • 1997-present: the People's Republic of China possesses the sovereignty of the entire town since Hong Kong was handovered to the People's Republic of China by the United Kingdom in 1997; the part that was previously possessed by British Hong Kong is now administered by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and the rest of the town is still administered by Guangdong Province.
• Teschen, Austrian Silesia
  • Cieszyn, Poland
  • Český Těšín, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic
• Torneå, Kingdom of Sweden
  • Tornio, Finland
  • Haparanda, Sweden
• Walk, Livonia
  • Valga, Estonia
  • Valka, Latviafr:Ville divisée

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