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The countries fought two further wars in 1965 and 1971. Following the latter war, the countries reached the Simla Agreement, agreeing on a Line of Control between their respective regions and committing to a peaceful resolution of the dispute through bilateral negotiations.
Spratly Islands ~56,000 1982: 1982: Falklands War Argentina v. United Kingdom: Falkland Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: 904 1984: 2022: Whisky War Denmark v. Canada: Hans Island: 0 1984: 1987: Siachen conflict Pakistan v. India: Siachen Glacier ~2,400 1985: 1985: Agacher Strip War Burkina Faso v. Mali: Agacher Strip: 140 ...
(Note: it is not clear whether the town constituted a single settlement divided by an international border, or is instead an example of a geographical twin city. However, both towns' names, and the majority of their inhabitants, are of Malay origin.) Padang Besar, Malaysia; Padang Besar, Thailand; Rafah divided between the Gaza Strip and Egypt ...
This is a list of island countries. An island is a landmass (smaller than a continent ) that is surrounded by water. [ 1 ] Many island countries are spread over an archipelago , as is the case with Indonesia , Japan , and the Philippines —these countries consist of thousands of islands.
This is a timeline of country and capital changes around the world since 2000. It includes dates of declarations of independence, changes in country name, changes of capital city or name, and changes in territory such as the annexation, cession, concession, occupation, or secession of land.
Territorial disputes are often related to the possession of natural resources such as rivers, fertile farmland, mineral or petroleum resources although the disputes can also be driven by culture, religion, and ethnic nationalism.
Thuringian Three-City League 1304–1481: League of Cities: Confederation of Madya-as: 13th cent.–1569: Confederal Monarchy: A pre-Hispanic state that was located in the Philippines. Chalco (altépetl) 13th cent.–1521: Confederation of States: Halberstadt Three-City League 1326–1486: League of Cities: Swabian League of Cities: 1331–1389 ...
List of sovereign states; List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area, comparing continents, countries, and first-level administrative country subdivisions. List of first-level administrative divisions by population; List of FIPS region codes in FIPS 10-4, withdrawn from the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) in 2008