List of divided cities

Formerly united cities that were divided

• 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
• Beirut in Lebanon, during the Lebanese civil war
• Berlin in Germany
• * West Berlin, closely associated with West Germany
• * East Berlin, East Germany
• Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
• * Bratislava, Slovakia
• * Engerau, Austria
• 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
• Coolangatta and Tweed Heads, Australia
• *Coolangatta, Queensland
• *Tweed Heads, New South Wales
• Deryneia, Cyprus
• * Deryneia, Cyprus
• * Kato Deryneia, North Cyprus
• Dibba, Portuguese fort
• * Dibba Al-Fujairah, ruled by the Emirate of Fujairah, UAE
• * Dibba Al-Hisn, ruled by the Emirate of Sharjah, UAE
• * Dibba Al-Baya, ruled by the Governorate of Musandam, Oman
• El Paso del Norte, Mexico
• * El Paso, Texas, United States
• * Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
• Frankfurt, Germany
• * Frankfurt, East Germany, now Germany
• * Słubice, Poland
• Forst, Germany
• * Forst, Germany
• * Zasieki, Poland
• Galkayo, Somalia
• * North Galkayo
• * South Galkayo
• 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
• * Herzogenrath, Germany
• * Kerkrade, Netherlands
• Hili, India, divided since 1947 after partition of India
• * Hili, India
• * Hili, East Pakistan, now Bangladesh
• Jerusalem
• * West Jerusalem, Israel
• * East Jerusalem, 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, Kosovo
• * ethnic-Albanian south
• * ethnic-Serb north
• Küstrin, Germany
• * Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland
• * Küstrin-Kietz, Germany
• Laredo, New Spain/Mexico
• * 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 / Luohu
• * 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 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. Border controls are still in use.
• Mödlareuth, Germany
• * Mödlareuth, Gefell, Thuringia, East Germany
• * Mödlareuth, Töpen, Bavaria, West Germany
• 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.
• Nogales, Arizona, USA, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico
• Padang Besar, Malay Peninsula, divided between Malaysia and Thailand.
• * Padang Besar, Malaysia
• * Padang Besar, Thailand
• Pello
• Rafah divided between the Gaza Strip 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
• *Rheinfelden
• *Rheinfelden
• Rijeka, Croatia
• * Fiume, Italy
• * Sušak, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
• Rome, Papal States
• * Rome, Italy
• * Vatican City
• Saint-Gingolph, Switzerland
• * Saint-Gingolph, Switzerland
• * Saint-Gingolph, France
• Saltney, divided between England and Wales
• Sha Tau Kok / Shatoujiao
• * 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 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. Border controls are still in use.
• Sátoraljaújhely, Austria-Hungary
• * Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary
• * Slovenské Nové Mesto, 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
• Veľké Slemence
• * divided between Slovakia and Ukraine
• Zvornik, after the dismemberment of Yugoslavia, remains divided between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia
• * Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• * Mali Zvornik, Serbia

  Cities that arose next to each other across a boundary line

• Aflao/Lomé
• *Aflao, Ghana
• *Lomé, Togo
• Astara
• *Astara, Azerbaijan
• *Astara, Iran
• Brazzaville/Kinshasa
• *Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
• *Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Blagoveshchensk/Heihe
• *Blagoveshchensk, Russia
• *Heihe, China
• Ciudad Juárez-El Paso, USA/Mexico
• *Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
• *El Paso, Texas
• Chandigarh, Panchkula, Mohali
• *Chandigarh, India
• *Mohali, Punjab, India
• *Panchkula, Haryana, India
• Chuí/Chuy
• *Chuí, Brazil
• *Chuy, Uruguay
• Como/Chiasso
• *Como, Italy
• *Chiasso, Switzerland
• Derby Line/Stanstead
• *Derby Line, Vermont
• *Stanstead, Québec
• Detroit–Windsor
• * Detroit, Michigan
• * Windsor, Ontario
• Islamabad-Rawalpindi
• * Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
• * Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
• Jaigaon/Phuntsholing
• *Jaigaon, Republic of India
• *Phuntsholing, Kingdom of Bhutan
• Johor Bahru/Singapore
• *Johor Bahru, Malaysia
• *Singapore
• Kara-Suu/Qorasuv
• *Kara-Suu, Kyrgyzstan
• *Qorasuv, Uzbekistan
• Khorgas
• *Khorgas, China
• *Qorgas, Kazakhstan
• Konstanz/Kreuzlingen
• *Konstanz, Germany
• *Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
• Leticia/Tabatinga
• *Leticia, Colombia
• *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
• *Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• *Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
• 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 across the Hudson River
• Rivera/Santana do Livramento, Uruguay/Brazil
• * Rivera, Uruguay
• * Santana do Livramento, Brazil
• San Diego-Tijuana, USA/Mexico
• * San Diego, California
• * Tijuana, Baja California
• Sault Ste. Marie, USA/Canada
• *Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States
• *Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
• Texhoma, United States
• *Texhoma, Oklahoma
• *Texhoma, Texas
• Texarkana, United States
• *Texarkana, Texas
• *Texarkana, Arkansas
• Torneå, Kingdom of Sweden
• * Tornio, Finland
• * Haparanda, 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, Romania
• *Ruse, Bulgaria
• Tricity, Poland consists of Gdańsk and Sopot which were part of Free City of Danzig, and Gdynia which was built near them as a port of the Second Polish Republic. Since 1945 all are in Poland.

  Cases that involve formerly united cities being divided

• 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 —originally in Maryland, moved to the District of Columbia
• *Alexandria, Virginia—originally in Virginia, moved to District of Columbia, moved back to Virginia
• Khimki, Russia is divided by River at 1930, part of city left to Moscow at 1961 and about 2010 merged with Skhodnya. This area has the special rule: anything between Khimky and Skhodnya doesn't cause to leave Khimky even some part is Moscow territory.