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Can you name the capitals of unrecognized nations??
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Josephklimp
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Country
Capital
Status
South Korea (RPK)
North Korea does not recognize it
North Korea (DPRK)
South Korea and Japan deny recognition
Israel
32 UN members, including Cuba and many Islam countries, choose only to support Palestine
Cyprus
Turkey and its puppet Northern Cyprus do not recognize Greek Cyprus
China
China and Taiwan currently claim each other and under 20 UN states do not recognize China either.
Armenia
Pakistan does not accept Armenian passports because it supports Azerbaijan in another dispute
South Ossetia
Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Tuvalu, and Nauru are the only UN states recognizing this Georgian breakaway
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (as Western Sahara)
84 UN states and the African Union include it
Country
Capital
Status
Palestine
Recognized by 130 UNs, claims West Bank and Gaza
Northern Cyprus
Puppet state of Turkey, claims the small northern area of the island of Cyprus
Kosovo
Autonomus province of Serbia, 91 states have relations with Kosovo, which has a Muslim Albanian majority
Taiwan (ROC)
Claims China, controls a large island off the coast.
Abkhazia
See South Ossetia. Claims the northwest coast of Georgia
Transnistria
Claims the Moldovan banks on the Dniester
Nagorno-Karabakh
An area in southern Azerbaijan. Populated mostly by Armenians
Somaliland
Independent for a few days in 1960, fully unrecognized now
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Unrecognized Capitals Quiz
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Josephklimp
Created Aug 1, 2012 in
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Disputed Independence
unrecognized
geo25
:
Aug 1st, 2012 at 18:47 GMT
1 point
Tough!
tata_ulan
:
Aug 2nd, 2012 at 10:30 GMT
3 points
Please accept Laayoune as an alternative for El Aaiun
ChileNoseJam
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Aug 2nd, 2012 at 16:15 GMT
1 point
Could you accept Sokhumi please? I believe that's a valid alternative transliteration.
Josephklimp
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Aug 2nd, 2012 at 16:19 GMT
1 point
True, it is used in Brittannica. I will add it.
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