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1. This country is recognized by the UN, but still occupied by another country. A liberation army (POLISARIO) seeks independence. Chief city: Laayoune.
2. This country is recognized by the UN, but is still partly occupied and controlled by another country. Chief cities are Hebron, Jericho, Ramallah and Khan Younis.
3. This country is only recognized by Turkey. Its "capital" is the Eastern part of a divided city.
4. This country is de facto an independent, self-governing country, though not recognized by anyone. It´s officially part of Somalia. Main city: Hargeysa.
5. This self-proclaimed "country" is also formally part of Somalia. Became a headline in August 2002 after pirates hijacked an oil tanker. Main city: Boosaaso.
6. This island in the Indian Ocean is de facto independent, though not recognized. It was a Sultanate in the 19th century. Formally part of the Comoros Islands. Main city: Mutsamude.
7. This province of the North Solomon Islands in the Pacific broke its ties with Papua New Guinea in 1990 and declared independence. Main city: Arawa.
8. This republic in the Caucasus Mountains declared independence in 1991 and for a period was de facto independent. Scene of two cruel wars. Main city: Grozny.
9. This is a de facto independent former autonomous republic of Azerbaijan. (Not recognized). Main city: Xankändi (Stepanakert).
10. This region in East Central Asia was more or less independent 1910-1949. Main city: Lhasa.
11. This is a de facto independent former autonomous republic in Georgia. (Not recognized). Main city: Sokhumi.
12. This is a republic in South east Asia recognized by a few countries. Another country claims it as its territory. Main city: Taipei.
13. The inhabitants of this area were actually promised a state of their own after WWI, but this never happened. The people and their native country is now divided between 4 states: Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. What is the name of the state that never was to be?
14. The Netherlands gave this area up as a colony in 1963 and Indonesia took control of it. An independence movement among the native Papuans is active. The province declared independence in 2000, but is still part of Indonesia. Main city: Jayapura.
15. A separatist organization led by people from the native Kanak population seeks independence from France for this French island group in the Pacific.
16. It is not correct to say that this is a "non-recognized state", because it never wanted to be an independent state. This self-governing island in the Atlantic voted against full independence from Britain, but is certainly recognized as a British colony. Main city: Hamilton.
17. This Caribbean island withdrew from an alliance with two other islands because it neither wanted the union with them nor independence from Britain.
18. This island in the Indian Ocean voted against being part of the to-be independent Comoro Islands and thus remained a French territory. Main city: Dzaoudzi.
19. This Caribbean island voted against separation from the Netherlands Antilles in the 1980s, while neighboring island Aruba separated constitutionally from the island group in 1986. In 2010, the Netherlands Antilles were formally dissolved and it became a special municipality of the Netherlands. Its chief town is Kralendijk.
20. This area in Europe is haunted by a separatist movement called ETA. Capital of region is Vitoria.
21. The Tamil Tigers fought for a Tamil state in Sri Lanka under this name.
22. There is a separatist movement in this region fighting for independence or union with Pakistan. Main city: Srinagar.
23. A separatist movement has fought for independence for this area in Myanmar (Burma). The people here are related to the Laos and the Thais, and their language belongs to the Sino-Tibetan family. Their non-recognized state is called what?
24. This Muslim region has a separatist movement heavily repressed by the mother country China. In the region there was an independent state called Turkestan. The Western part of this area was divided into four Soviet republics in 1920-25, the Eastern part is now a Chinese province called what?
25. The militant Islamist group Abu Sayyaf operates from this island in the Philippines and wants to establish an independent Muslim state here.
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