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. Especially notable examples of divided cities are divided capitals, including

Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaor ...

(since 1974, ongoing), Jerusalem (1948–1967 ''de jure''; ongoing since 1948), and Berlin (1949–1990).

Former cities now divided

* Akçakale, divided along the Baghdad Railway under the

Treaty of Ankara Treaty of Ankara may refer to: *Treaty of Ankara (1921) *Treaty of Ankara (1926) The Treaty of Ankara (1926), also known as The Frontier Treaty of 1926 ( tr, Ankara Anlaşması), was signed 5 June 1926 in Ankara by Turkey, United Kingdom and M ...

in 1921 ** Tell Abyad,

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

** Akçakale, Turkey * Arappınar, divided along the Baghdad Railway under the

in 1921 **

Kobanî Kobanî (, , also rendered , ar, كُوبَانِي, Kūbānī) (Kurdish: Kobanî/ کۆبانی) officially Ayn al-Arab ( ar, عَيْن الْعَرَب, ʿAyn al-ʿArab ), is a Kurdish-majority city in northern Syria, lying immediately ...

** Mürşitpınar, Turkey *Astara, divided under the Treaty of Turkmenchay (1828) ** Astara, Azerbaijan ** Astara, Iran * 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 Bad Radkersburg (; sl, Radgona; archaic hu, RegedeDivald, Kornél. 1931. ''Old Hungarian Art''. London: Oxford University Press, p. 117.) is a spa town in the southeast of the Austrian States of Austria, state of Styria, in the Districts of Aus ...

, Austria-Hungary **

, Austria ** Gornja Radgona, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now Slovenia) * Berlin (since reunited) in Germany ** West Berlin, closely associated with West Germany **

East Berlin East Berlin was the ''de facto'' capital city of East Germany from 1949 to 1990. Formally, it was the Allied occupation zones in Germany, Soviet sector of Berlin, established in 1945. The American, British, and French sectors were known as ...

, East Germany * Bliederstroff, Lorraine (officially divided under the Treaty of Paris in 1815) **

Grosbliederstroff Grosbliederstroff () is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It borders the German towns of Saarbrücken (180,000 inhabitants) and Kleinblittersdorf. Grosbliederstroff is connected to Kleinblittersdorf by a b ...

, France ** Kleinblittersdorf, Germany *

Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...

, Czechoslovakia **

, Slovakia ** Engerau ( Petržalka), Austria (reunited after World War II) * Bristol, U.S. ** Bristol, Tennessee **

Bristol, Virginia Bristol is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,219. It is the twin city of Bristol, Tennessee, just across the state line, which runs down the middle of its main street, State S ...

* Brod-on-Sava, Kingdom of Yugoslavia ** Brod in Bosnia and Herzegovina ** Slavonski Brod in Croatia * Carmen de Patagones, Argentina ** Carmen de Patagones,

Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...

, Argentina ** Viedma, Río Negro Province, Argentina * Coolangatta and Tweed Heads,

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

** Coolangatta, Queensland ** Tweed Heads, New South Wales *

Deryneia Deryneia (Greek: Δερύνεια; Turkish: ''Derinya'') is a large village in the island of Cyprus. It is located on the east side of the island, south of the city of Famagusta. The population of the village is 5,758 (October 2011 census) and ...

, Cyprus (''de facto'' divided since 1974) **

, Cyprus **

Kato Deryneia Kato or Katō may refer to: Places *Kato, Guyana, a village in Guyana * Katō, Hyōgo, a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan *Katō District, Hokkaido, a district located in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan *Katowice, a city in Southern Poland, ...

, 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 Ciudad Juárez ( ; ''Juarez City''. ) is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is commonly referred to as Juárez and was known as El Paso del Norte (''The Pass of the North'') until 1888. Juárez is the seat of the Ju� ...

, Mexico *

Frankfurt (Oder) Frankfurt (Oder), also known as Frankfurt an der Oder (), is a city in the German state of Brandenburg. It has around 57,000 inhabitants, is one of the easternmost cities in Germany, the fourth-largest city in Brandenburg, and the largest German ...

, Germany **

, 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 Görlitz (; pl, Zgorzelec, hsb, Zhorjelc, cz, Zhořelec, :de:Ostlausitzer Mundart, East Lusatian dialect: ''Gerlz'', ''Gerltz'', ''Gerltsch'') is a town in the Germany, German state of Saxony. It is located on the Lusatian Neisse River, and ...

, Germany **

, 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 The Partition of British India in 1947 was the Partition (politics), change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in South Asia and the creation of two independent dominions: ...

Hili Hili may be: * Tikoloshe, ''Tokoloshe'' or ''Hili'' — a dwarf-like water Sprite (creature) or zombie, in Zulu mythology * Hili, Dakshin Dinajpur — a border check-post in West Bengal, India * Hili (community development block) - an administrat ...

, India **

, East Pakistan, now Bangladesh (1971–) * Jerusalem (''de facto'' reunited in 1967)"World's great divided cities: The most enchanting cities split into two halves", Houston Chronicle, 03 March 201

/ref> ** West Jerusalem, Israel **

East Jerusalem East Jerusalem (, ; , ) is the sector of Jerusalem that was held by Jordan during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, as opposed to the western sector of the city, West Jerusalem, which was held by Israel. Jerusalem was envisaged as a separat ...

(al-Quds), under Jordanian control 1948–1967, under Israeli control since 1967, claimed by Jordan 1967–1988; widely recognized as Palestinian territory under Israeli occupation 1988–present *Julfa, divided under the Treaty of Turkmenchay (1828) ** Julfa, Azerbaijan ** Jolfa, Iran * Komárom, Austria-Hungary ** Komárom, Hungary ** Komárno, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia * Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo ** ethnic-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 US city) ** Laredo, Texas ** Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas * Laufenburg, divided between Switzerland and Germany **

Laufenburg, Switzerland Laufenburg is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is the seat of the district of the same name. On 1 January 2010 the municipality Sulz merged into Laufenburg. It has approximately 2000 inhabitants. On the other side of the R ...

** Laufenburg, Germany * Lloydminster, Canada, divided between Alberta and Saskatchewan, 1905–1930 ** The community was founded in 1903 in what was then the

Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...

, 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 The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

and British Hong Kong ** 1912–1939: divided between

Kwangtung Province Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) a ...

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...

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

Mödlareuth Mödlareuth () is a German village situated partly in Bavaria and partly in Thuringia. Between 1949 and 1990, the northern part was in East Germany and the southern part in West Germany. The Thuringian part of the village belongs to Gefell while ...

, Germany (now without boundary wall) ** Mödlareuth, Gefell, Thuringia, East Germany ** Mödlareuth, Töpen, Bavaria, West Germany * Moyale, divided between Kenya and Ethiopia * Narva, Estonia ** Narva, Estonia ** Ivangorod, Russia *

, capital of Cyprus, divided since 1974 after the Turkish invasion on the island and still divided ( North Nicosia). *

Nogales, Arizona Nogales (English: or , ; ) is a city in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. The population was 20,837 at the 2010 census and estimated 20,103 in 2019. Nogales forms part of the larger Tucson–Nogales combined statistical area, with a total population ...

, U.S., Nogales, Sonora, Mexico * Padang Besar,

Malay Peninsula The Malay Peninsula (Malay: ''Semenanjung Tanah Melayu'') is a peninsula in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of the Asian continental mainland. The area ...

, 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 Padang Besa or Padang Besar ( th, ปาดังเบซาร์) is a border town on the Malaysia-Thailand border in the Sadao District, Songkhla Province, Thailand. Since 2004 the municipality has had town status (''thesaban mueang'') and ...

* Pello *Planaltina, Brazil when Federal District was set as the new national capital in 1960 ** Planaltina, Federal District ** Planaltina, Goiás * Rafah divided between the

Gaza Strip The Gaza Strip (;The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza.. ...

and Egypt ** Rafah, Egypt * Resülayn, divided along the Baghdad Railway under the

in 1921 ** Ra's al-'Ayn,

** Ceylanpınar, Turkey * Rheinfelden ** Rheinfelden (Aargau) (Switzerland) ** Rheinfelden (Baden) (Germany) *

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...

, Croatia ** Fiume, Italy (1924–1944) ** Sušak, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (reunited after World War II) * Rome, Papal States ** Rome, Italy ** Vatican City * Sha Tau Kok (the romanization used in Hong Kong) /

Shatoujiao Shatoujiao () is a subdistrict of Yantian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, located on the border of Shenzhen and Hong Kong. The population is mainly composed of migrant workers from all parts of China along with a small number of Russians. ...

(the romanization used in mainland China) ** 1898–1911: divided between the

and British Hong Kong ** 1912–1939: divided between

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

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. Border controls are still in use. * Saint-Gingolph, Switzerland (since March 4, 1569) ** Saint-Gingolph, Switzerland ** Saint-Gingolph, France * Saltney, divided between England and Wales * Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, after the Dayton Agreement which politically defined the country's political structure, has most of the city within the

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Republika Srpska. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists ...

, while some suburbs are within the boundaries of the other entity, Republika Srpska. * Sátoraljaújhely, Austria-Hungary ** Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary **

Slovenské Nové Mesto Slovenské Nové Mesto ( hu, Újhely, , or ) is a village and municipality in the Trebišov District in the Košice Region of south-eastern Slovakia. History The village is a former suburb of the Hungarian city of Sátoraljaújhely, which was s ...

, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia * Teschen, Austrian Silesia ** Cieszyn, Poland ** Český Těšín, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic * Texarkana, United States ** Texarkana, Texas ** Texarkana, Arkansas * Walk, Livonia ** Valga, Estonia ** Valka,

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

Veľké Slemence Veľké Slemence (; hu, Nagyszelmenc) is a village and municipality in Michalovce District in the Košice Region of southeastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1332. It was a single village named Sze ...

** divided between Slovakia and Ukraine (connected with an exclusive border just for the village, the only one in the

Schengen area The Schengen Area ( , ) is an area comprising 27 European countries that have officially abolished all passport and all other types of border control at their mutual borders. Being an element within the wider area of freedom, security and j ...

) * Washington, DC, U.S., 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

Cities that arose next to each other across a boundary line

*Aceguá, Brazil/Uruguay ** Aceguá, Brazil ** Aceguá, Uruguay *Aflao/Lomé ** Aflao, Ghana ** Lomé, Togo *Brazzaville/Kinshasa **

Brazzaville Brazzaville (, kg, Kintamo, Nkuna, Kintambo, Ntamo, Mavula, Tandala, Mfwa, Mfua; Teke: ''M'fa'', ''Mfaa'', ''Mfa'', ''Mfoa''Roman Adrian Cybriwsky, ''Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture'', ABC-CLI ...

Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...

Kinshasa Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one o ...

, Democratic Republic of the Congo *Blagoveshchensk/Heihe ** Blagoveshchensk, Russia ** Heihe, China * Ciudad Juárez–El Paso, U.S./Mexico **

Chihuahua Chihuahua may refer to: Places *Chihuahua (state), a Mexican state **Chihuahua (dog), a breed of dog named after the state **Chihuahua cheese, a type of cheese originating in the state **Chihuahua City, the capital city of the state **Chihuahua Mun ...

** El Paso, Texas * Chandigarh, Panchkula,

Mohali Mohali, officially known as Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, is a planned city in the Mohali district in Punjab (India), Punjab, India, which is an administrative and a commercial hub lying south-west of Chandigarh. It is the headquarters of the Moh ...

** Chandigarh, India **

, Punjab, India ** Panchkula, Haryana, India *Chuí/Chuy, Brazil/Uruguay ** Chuí, Brazil ** Chuy, Uruguay *Como/Chiasso ** Como, Italy ** Chiasso,

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

*Derby Line/Stanstead **

Derby Line Derby Line is an incorporated village in the town of Derby in Orleans County, Vermont, United States, slightly north of the 45th parallel, the nominal U.S.-Canada boundary. The population was 687 at the 2020 census. The village is located o ...

, Vermont ** Stanstead,

Québec Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is ...

* Detroit–Windsor ** Detroit, Michigan ** Windsor, Ontario * Islamabad–Rawalpindi ** Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan **

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...

, Punjab, Pakistan *Jaigaon/Phuntsholing ** Jaigaon,

Republic of India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

** Phuntsholing,

Kingdom of Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainous ...

*Johor Bahru/Singapore **

Johor Bahru Johor Bahru (), colloquially referred to as JB, is the capital city of the state of Johor, Malaysia. It is located at the southern end of Peninsular Malaysia,along the north bank of the Straits of Johor, opposite of the city-state Singapore. T ...

, Malaysia ** Singapore *Kara-Suu/Qorasuv **

Kara-Suu Kara-Suu () is a town in Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan, in the Fergana Valley. The town is 23 km northeast of Osh and is the capital of Kara-Suu District. Its population was 26,609 in 2021. It is a major industrial and trade center, on the border wit ...

, Kyrgyzstan **

Qorasuv , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = . - panoramio (662).jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = , pushpin_map = Uzbekistan , pushpin_label_position = right , pushpin_map_capti ...

, Uzbekistan *Khorgas ** Khorgas,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

** Qorgas, Kazakhstan *Konstanz/Kreuzlingen ** Konstanz, Germany **

Kreuzlingen Kreuzlingen is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in north-eastern Switzerland. It is the seat of the district and is the second-largest city of the canton, after Frauenfeld, with a population of about 22,000. ...

, Switzerland *Leticia/Tabatinga ** Leticia,

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

** Tabatinga, Brasil * 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 *Ottawa/Gatineau,

National Capital Region (Canada) The National Capital Region (french: Région de la capitale nationale), also referred to as Canada's Capital Region and Ottawa–Gatineau (formerly ''Ottawa–Hull''), is an official federal designation for the Canadian capital of Ottawa, On ...

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

, Ontario, Canada **

Gatineau Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region and is part of Canada's N ...

, Quebec, Canada * Niagara Falls, U.S./Canada **

Niagara Falls, New York Niagara Falls is a City (New York), city in Niagara County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the city had a total population of 48,671. It is adjacent to the Niagara River, across from the city of Niagara ...

** Niagara Falls, Ontario *Philadelphia/Camden, United States ** Philadelphia, Pennsylvania **

Camden, New Jersey Camden is a city in and the county seat of Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Camden is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan area and is located directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the 2020 ...

* New York City and its neighbors (

Jersey City Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark.West New York, Hoboken, etc.) across the Hudson River *Rivera/Santana do Livramento, Uruguay/Brazil ** Rivera, Uruguay ** Santana do Livramento, Brazil * San Diego-Tijuana, U.S./Mexico ** San Diego, California ** Tijuana, Baja California *Sault Ste. Marie, U.S./Canada ** Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States ** Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada * Shenzhen, China/ Hong Kong **Shenzhen, Guangdong **Hong Kong ** *Texhoma, United States **

Texhoma, Oklahoma Texhoma is a town in Texas County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 856 at the 2020 census. Texhoma is a divided city with the Texas–Oklahoma state border separating the town from Texhoma, Texas. The name of the town is a portma ...

** Texhoma, Texas *Texarkana, United States ** Texarkana, Texas ** Texarkana, Arkansas * Torneå, Kingdom of Sweden ** Tornio, Finland **

Haparanda Haparanda (; fi, Haaparanta, , aspen shore or bank) is a locality and the seat of Haparanda Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. It is adjacent to Tornio, Finland. Haparanda had a population of 4,856 in 2010, out of a municipal total of 10,2 ...

, Sweden * 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 Giurgiu (; bg, Гюргево) is a city in southern Romania. The seat of Giurgiu County, it lies in the historical region of Muntenia. It is situated amongst mud-flats and marshes on the left bank of the Danube facing the Bulgarian city ...

, Romania ** Ruse, Bulgaria * Tricity, Poland consists of

Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...

and Sopot which were part of

Free City of Danzig The Free City of Danzig (german: Freie Stadt Danzig; pl, Wolne Miasto Gdańsk; csb, Wòlny Gard Gduńsk) was a city-state under the protection of the League of Nations between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gda ...

, and Gdynia which was built near them as a port of the

Second Polish Republic The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of ...

. Since 1945 all are in Poland. *Tachileik/Mae Sai ** Tachileik,

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

Mae Sai ''Mae Sai'' ( th, แม่สาย, ; Shan: , ), is the district town of Mae Sai District in the far north of Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. Mae Sai is a major border crossing between Thailand and Myanmar where the town of Tachileik, in Shan ...

, Thailand * Zvornik, after the dismemberment of Yugoslavia, remains divided between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia ** Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina ** Mali Zvornik, Serbia

Notes and references

Notes: References: {{reflist, 2 Divided *

Former cities now divided

Cities that arose next to each other across a boundary line

See also

Notes and references