A divided city is one which, as a consequence of political changes or border shifts, currently constitutes (or once constituted) two separate entities, or an urban area with a border running through it. Listed below are the localities and the state they belonged to at the time of division.
Divided cities include:
Akçakale, divided along the Baghdad Railway under the Treaty of Ankara in 1921
Tell Abyad, Syria
Akçakale, Turkey
Arappınar, divided along the Baghdad Railway under the Treaty of Ankara in 1921
Kobanî, Syria
Mürşitpınar, Turkey
Baarle, divided since 1194, modern NL–BE division since 1831
Baarle-Nassau, Netherlands
Baarle-Hertog, Belgium
Bad Muskau, Germany
Bad Muskau, Germany
Łęknica, Poland
Bad Radkersburg, Austria-Hungary
Bad Radkersburg, Austria
Gornja Radgona, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now Slovenia)
Beirut (since reunited) in Lebanon, during the Lebanese civil war
Berlin (since reunited) in Germany
West Berlin, closely associated with West Germany
East Berlin, East Germany
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Bratislava, Slovakia
Engerau (Petržalka), Germany (reunited after World War II)
Bristol, USA
Bristol, Tennessee
Bristol, Virginia
Brod, Yugoslavia
Brod in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Slavonski Brod in Croatia
Carmen de Patagones, Argentina
Carmen de Patagones, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Viedma, Río Negro Province, Argentina
Deryneia, Cyprus (De facto divided since 1974)
Deryneia, Cyprus
Kato Deryneia, North Cyprus
Dibba, Portuguese fort
Dibba Al-Fujairah (دبا الفجيرة), ruled by the Emirate of Fujairah, UAE
Dibba Al-Hisn (دبا الحصن), ruled by the Emirate of Sharjah, UAE
Dibba Al-Baya (دبا البيعة), ruled by the Governorate of Musandam, Oman
El Paso del Norte, Mexico (divided in 1848 after the Mexican–American War)
El Paso, Texas, United States
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
Frankfurt (Oder), East Germany, now Germany
Słubice, Poland
Forst (Lausitz), Germany
Forst (Lausitz), Germany
Zasieki, Poland
Galkayo, Somalia
North Galkayo (administered by Puntland)
South Galkayo (administered by Galmudug)
Ghajar divided between Israel and Lebanon
Gmünd, Austria-Hungary
Gmünd, Austria
České Velenice, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic
Gorizia, Italy
Gorizia, Italy
Nova Gorica, Yugoslavia, now Slovenia
Görlitz, Germany
Görlitz, East Germany, now Germany 60,000
Zgorzelec, Poland 38,000
Guben, Germany
Guben, East Germany, now Germany 22,000
Gubin, Poland 19,000
Herzogenrath, divided since 1815 at the Congress of Vienna (before that, department of Meuse-Inférieure)
Herzogenrath, Germany (47,187)
Kerkrade, Netherlands (47,681)
Hili, India, divided since 1947 after partition of India
Hili, India
Hili, East Pakistan, now Bangladesh (1971–)
Jerusalem (de facto reunited in 1967)
West Jerusalem, Israel
East Jerusalem (al-Quds), under Jordanian control 1948–1967, under Israeli control since 1967, claimed by Jordan 1967-1988; claimed by Palestine 1988-present
Komárom, Austria-Hungary
Komárom, Hungary
Komárno, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia
Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovoethnic-Albanian south (Republic of Kosovo-controlled)
ethnic-Serb north (North Kosovo)
Küstrin, Germany
Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland
Küstrin-Kietz, Germany
Laredo, New Spain/Mexico (note: Mexican city was founded when the border was established, by people moving over the border from what had just become the American city)
Laredo, Texas
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Laufenburg divided between Switzerland and Germany
Lloydminster, Canada, divided between Alberta and Saskatchewan, 1905–1930
The community was founded in 1903 in what was then the Northwest Territories, and located on the Fourth Meridian of the Dominion Land Survey, which became the boundary between the newly created provinces two years later. In 1930, the community was reunited as a single town under the shared jurisdiction of both provinces, and reincorporated as a single city in 1958.
Lo Wu (the romanization used in Hong Kong) / Luohu (the romanization used in mainland China)
1898–1911: divided between the Qing Empire and British Hong Kong
1912–1939: divided between Kwangtung Province, Republic of China and British Hong Kong
1939–1941: divided between Japanese occupation zone (pronounced Rakō) and British Hong Kong
1941–1945: both under Japanese occupation.
1945–1949: divided between Kwangtung 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 handed over 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.
Mödlareuth, Germany (now without boundary wall)
Mödlareuth, Gefell, Thuringia, East Germany
Mödlareuth, Töpen, Bavaria, West Germany
Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian War in 1995 divided many cities that once were united in former Yugoslav Bosnia—for details, see the Inter-Entity Boundary Line article.
Moyale, divided between Kenya and Ethiopia
Narva, Estonia
Narva, Estonia
Ivangorod, Russia
Nicosia, capital of Cyprus, divided since 1974 after the Turkish invasion on the island and still divided (North Nicosia).
Padang Besar, Malay Peninsula, divided between Malaysia and Thailand. (Note: as the history of the area is somewhat hazy, 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
Pello
Rafah divided between the Palestine and Egypt
Rafah, Egypt
Resülayn, divided along the Baghdad Railway under the Treaty of Ankara in 1921
Ra's al-'Ayn, Syria
Ceylanpınar, Turkey
Rheinfelden divided between Switzerland and Germany
Rijeka, Croatia
Fiume, Italy (1924–1944)
Sušak, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Rome, Papal States
Rome, Italy
Vatican City
Saltney divided between England and Wales
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
1912–1939: divided between Kwangtung Province, Republic of China and British Hong Kong
1939–1941: divided between Japanese occupation zone ( pronounced Satōgaku) and British Hong Kong
1941–1945: both under Japanese occupation.
1945–1949: divided between Kwangtung 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 handed over 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
Texarkana, United States
Texarkana, Texas
Texarkana, Arkansas
Torneå, Kingdom of Sweden
Tornio, Finland
Haparanda, Sweden
Walk, Livonia
Valga, Estonia
Valka, Latvia
Veľké Slemence
divided between Slovakia and Ukraine (connected with an exclusive border just for the village, the only one in the Schengen area)
Zvornik, earlier all within Yugoslavia, after the dismemberement of the country it remains divided between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.
Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mali Zvornik, Serbia
Astara
Astara, Azerbaijan
Astara, Iran
Brazzaville/Kinshasa
Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Blagoveshchensk/Heihe
Blagoveshchensk, Russia
Heihe, China
Derby Line/Stanstead
Derby Line, Vermont
Stanstead, Québec
Detroit–Windsor
Detroit, Michigan
Windsor, Ontario
San Diego-Tijuana
San Diego, California
Tijuana, Baja California
Jaigaon/Phuntsholing
Jaigaon, Republic of India
Phuntsholing, Kingdom of Bhutan
Johor Bahru/Singapore
Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Singapore
Monaco and its French suburbs
In Monaco: Monte-Carlo, Monaco-Ville, Fontvielle, Larvotto
In France: Beausoleil, Alpes-Maritimes, Les Moneghetti, Saint-Antoine, Figuiera, Les Salines
Niagara Falls, USA/Canada
Niagara Falls, New York
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Philadelphia/Camden, United States
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Camden, New Jersey
New York City and its neighbors (Jersey City, West New York, Hoboken, etc.) across the Hudson River
Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
Texhoma
Texhoma, Oklahoma, United States
Texhoma, Texas, United States
Union City, United States
Union City, Indiana
Union City, Ohio
Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal grew to territory of Vila do Conde since the 18th century. Although it is not clear that the territory actually was in Vila do Conde limits. Ideas to merge the towns arose in the 19th century.
Póvoa de Varzim
Vila do Conde
Giurgiu/Ruse
Giurgiu, Romania
Ruse, Bulgaria
Historically, the Polish Tricity, Gdynia (a city built to become a port of the Second Polish Republic) and its neighbours Gdańsk and Sopot, overlapped two borders:
In Free City of Gdańsk: Gdańsk and suburbs
In Poland: Gdynia
In Free City of Danzig (later Nazi Germany): Sopot (Zoppot)
Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, after the Dayton Accords which politically define country's political structure, have most of the city within the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, while some suburbs are within the boundaries of the other entity, Republika Srpska.
Washington, DC, USA, and suburbs
Washington, DC
Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)—originally in Maryland, moved to the District of Columbia
Alexandria, Virginia—originally in Virginia, moved to District of Columbia, moved back to Virginia
The suburbs that sprang up in Maryland: Bethesda, Brookmont, Capitol Heights, Chevy Chase, Chevy Chase Village, Chillum, Colmar Manor, Coral Hills, Cottage City, Fairmount Heights, Glassmanor, Hillcrest Heights, Mount Rainier, Seat Pleasant, Silver Hill, Silver Spring, Suitland, and Takoma Park
The suburbs that arose in Virginia: Arlington and McLean
