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  2. Boundaries between the continents - Wikipedia

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    However, they are politically associated with the Falkland Islands, which are less geographically isolated from South America. Furthermore, Argentina, a South American country, maintains its irredentist claims on all of these islands, which are administered by the United Kingdom. The United Nations consider them to be part of South America. [4]

  3. List of sovereign states and dependent territories by continent

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    Transcontinental countries in North America or South America (depending on the boundary definition), classified as South American countries by the United Nations Statistics Division: Colombia (Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina) and Venezuela (Nueva Esparta, the Federal Dependencies of Venezuela [including Isla de Aves]).

  4. List of countries and territories by land and maritime borders

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    Country or territory (Territories without full sovereignty [a] in italics) Unique neighbours [b] Neighbouring countries and territories (Territories without full sovereignty [a] in italics)

  5. List of territorial disputes - Wikipedia

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    The Republic of China would consider the 1909 Gando Convention as the basis of the China–North Korea border. Tumen River mouth North Korea South Korea Republic of China [note 2] Navigation and control of the mouth of the river Tumen is disputed between the Republic of China and DPRK along with the Republic of Korea. Varnita and Copanca Moldova

  6. Landlocked country - Wikipedia

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    In 1990, there were only 30 landlocked countries in the world. However, the dissolutions of the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia; the breakup of Yugoslavia; the independence referendums of South Ossetia (de facto state), Eritrea, Montenegro, South Sudan, and the Luhansk People's Republic (de facto state); and the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo (de facto state) created 15 new ...

  7. Semi-periphery countries - Wikipedia

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    In world-systems theory, semi-periphery countries are the industrializing, mostly capitalist countries which are positioned between the periphery and core countries.Semi-periphery countries have organizational characteristics of both core countries and periphery countries and are often geographically located between core and peripheral regions as well as between two or more competing core regions.

  8. Territorial changes of the People's Republic of China - Wikipedia

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    September 2008 – 2009, the border between China and Tajikistan was surveyed. It's said that China "regained more than 1,000 km 2 ". [6] 31 December 2008, the borderline between China and Vietnam was determined, but detailed information hasn't yet been published. [7] 2009, the artificial land (mainland China only) built by the nation would be ...

  9. Decolonization - Wikipedia

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    At the same time American military bases were established around the world and direct and indirect interventions continued in Korea, Indochina, Latin America (inter alia, the 1965 occupation of the Dominican Republic), Africa, and the Middle East to oppose Communist movements and insurgencies.