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Africa
Algeria
- Kabyles
- Proposed state: Kabylia
- Political: Mouvement pour l'Autonomie de la Kabylie
Angola
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Cabinda
- Government-in-exile: Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda (FLEC)
- Political: Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda (FLEC)
- Violent: Forças Armadas de Cabinda (FAC)
- Proposed state: Federal Republic of Cabinda
Benin
Cameroon
- Bakassi Peninsula
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Southern Cameroons
- Proposed state: Federal Republic of Southern Cameroon, Ambazonia
- Political: Southern Cameroons National Council
Comoros
- Anjouan
- Mohéli
- Proposed state: Democratic Republic of Mwali
Congo-Kinshasa
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Bas-Congo
- Proposed state: Bundu dia Kongo (Kingdom of Kongo)
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South Kasai
- Proposed state: Mining State
- Katanga
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Kwili, Kivu
- Proposed state: Republic of Bukavu
Côte d'Ivoire
- Northern Regions
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
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Gambela Region
- Violent: Gambella Peoples Liberation Front
- Ogaden
- Proclaimed state: Republic of Ogadenia
- Political: Ogaden National Liberation Front
- Civil: Ogaden Youth Association
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Oromia Region
- Violent: Oromo Independence Movement
- Violent: Oromo Liberation Front
- Violent: Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia
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Somali Region
- Violent: Western Somali Liberation Front
France (Africa)
Maldives
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Suvadives
- Proposed state: United Suvadivian Republic
Mauritius
Morocco
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Western Sahara
- De facto state: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Political: Polisario Front
Namibia
- Caprivi
- Political: Caprivi African National Union
- Proposed state: Free State of Caprivi Strip/Itenge
Niger
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Tenere Region
- Political: Taniminnak Tidot N Tenere, Tidot Union of Tenere.
- Proposed state: Akal N Tenere, Tenere Republic
Nigeria
- Bakassi Peninsula
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Igbo
- Proposed state: Biafra (defunct)
- Political: Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra
- Ogoni
- Yoruba
- Political: Oodua Republic Front
Rwanda
- Batwa
- Political: Association for the Promotion of Batwa
Somalia
- Gedo
- Violent: Rahanwein Resistance Army
- Proposed state: State of Southwestern Somalia
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Hiranland
- Proposed state: States of the Central Somalia
- Jubaland
- Violent: Somali Patriotic Movement
- Proposed state: Republic of Jubaland
- Puntland
- Political: Somali Salvation Democratic Front
- De facto state: Republic of Puntland State of Somalia
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Somaliland
- Political: Somali National Movement
- De facto state: Republic of Somaliland
Senegal
South Africa
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Afrikaner
- Political: Vryheidsfront
- Violent: Afrikaner Resistance Movement
- Civilian: Orania Movement
- Proposed state: Volkstaat
- Bophuthatswana
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KwaZulu Natal
- Political: Inkatha Freedom Party
- Vhavenda
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Western Cape
- Proposed state: The Cape Republic
Sudan
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Beja
- Violent: Beja Congress
- Darfur
- Violent: Darfur Liberation Front
- Kassala
- Lado District
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Southern Sudan
- Proposed state: Nile State
Tanzania
- Zanzibar
- Political: Civic United Front
Western Sahara
- Sahrawis
- De facto state: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Political: Polisario Front
Zambia
- Barotse
- Proposed state: Barotseland
- Violent: Barotse Patriotic Front
Zimbabwe
Asia
Armenia
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Kurdish people
- Political: Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)
- Proposed state: Kurdistan
Azerbaijan
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Nagorno-Karabakh
- De facto state: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
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Nakhichevan
- Proposed state: Republic of Nakhichevan
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Talysh-Mughan (Talyshstan)
- Proposed state: Talysh-Mughan Republic
Bahrain
Bangladesh
- Chakma,
Chittagong Hill Tracts
- Political: Parbattya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti, or Chittagong Hill Tribal People's Coordination Association
- Proposed state: Confederacy of Chittagong
- Hindu
people, south-western
Bangladesh
- Political: Swadhin Bangabhumi Andolan
- Proposed State: Bangabhumi
China
People's Republic of China
Secessionist movements
- Inner Mongolia
- Tibet
- Government-in-exile: Tibetan Government in Exile
- Political: International Tibet Independence Movement, National Democratic Party of Tibet, United Liberation Front of Tibet
- Xinjiang
- Violent: East Turkestan Islamic Movement
- Political: East Turkestan Government in Exile (newly founded, and not widely known or recognized yet)
- Proposed state: Eastern Turkistan Republic
Autonomist movements
- Hong
Kong
- Political: Pro-democracy camp (Democratic Party, The Frontier, Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre, Basic Law Article 45 Concern Group and other pro-democracy independents)
- Macau
- Political: New Macau Association
Republic of China on Taiwan
- Taiwan (Main
article:
Taiwan independence,
Political status of Taiwan)
- Political: Pan-Green Coalition (Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan Solidarity Union, Taiwan Independence Party)
- Proposed state: Republic of Taiwan
Georgia
- Abkhazia
- Political/Violent/De facto state: Republic of Abkhazia
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Armenians in
Samtskhe-Javakheti region
- Civil: Javakh, United Javakh-Democratic Alliance, Virk
- Proposed land division: Javakh autonomous region
- Ossetians
- Political/Violent/De facto state: Republic of South Ossetia
India
See also: Insurgent groups in Northeast India
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Andhra Pradesh
- Political: Jai Andhra
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Arunachal Pradesh
- Violent: Arunachal Dragon Force
- Proposed state: Teola country
- Assam
- Bodoland
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Dimaland
- Political: Dima Halim Daogah
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Garo
- Violent: People's Liberation Front of Meghalaya, Achik National Volunteer Council
- Proposed state: Achikland
- Goa
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Gondwana
- Political: Gondwana Ganatantra Party, seeking to create a Gondi state from parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Maharashtra.
- Kangleipak
- Kamtapur
- Political: Kamtapur Peoples Party (political wing of KLO)
- Violent: Kamtapur Liberation Organisation, Koch-Rajbongshi Liberation Organisation
- Karbi
- Violent: Karbi National Volunteers
- Proposed state: Karbi-Anglong
- Khasi
- Kuki
- Violent: Kuki National Army
- Nagaland
- Violent: National Socialist Council of Nagalim
- Government-in-exile: Government of the People’s Republic of Nagaland
- Proposed state: Nagalim, or Peoples Republic of Nagaland
- Manipur
- Mizoram
- Violent: Zomi Revolutionary Organization, Mizoram Farmers Liberation Force
- Proposed state: Zozam
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Punjab
- Proposed state: Khalistan
- Violent: Khalistan Commando Force–Panjwar, Babbar Khalsa International, Khalistan Zindabad Force, International Sikh Youth Federation
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Rabha
- Proposed state: Rhabaland
- Violent: Rabha National Security Force
- Rayalaseema
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Reang
- Violent: Bru National Liberation Front
- Tamil Nadu
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Telangana
- Political: Telangana Rashtra Samithi, seeking to separate Telangana from Andhra Pradesh state. Various other minor parties such as Jai Telangana Party, Telangana Communist Party, Telangana Janata Party, Telangana Praja Samithi, Telangana Rashtra Party, Telangana Rashtra Sadhana Front, Telangana Rashtra Samithi and Telangana Sadhana Samithi.
- Tripura
- Violent: National Liberation Front of Tripura (two factions operating), All Tripura Tiger Force
- Vidarbha
- Political: Vidarbha Rajya Party, Vidarbha Vikas Party, seeking to separate Vidarbha from Maharashtra.
Indonesia
- Aceh
- Political: Free Aceh Movement
- Maluku
- Government-in-exile: Republik Maluku Selatan
- Riau
- West
Papua
- Political: Free Papua Movement/Organisasi Papua Merdeka, West Papua Niugini
- Proposed state: Republic of West Papua
Iran
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Kurdish people
- Political: Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI)
- Political: Kurdistan Independence Party (PSK)
- Violent: Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK)
- Proposed state: Kurdistan
Iraq
- Assyria
- Political: Assyrian Universal Alliance
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Kurdish people
- Violent: Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)
- Violent: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)
Israel
- Palestine (Main article: Proposals for a Palestinian state)
Japan
- Ainu
- Hokkaido
- Ryukyus
- Proposed state: Republic of the Ryukyus
- Political: Okinawa Independence Movement, Okinawa Independence Party
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
- Sabah
- Sarawak
- Political: Sarawak United Peoples' Party
Myanmar
- Arakan
- Political/Violent: Arakan Independence Alliance
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Chin
- Violent: Chin National Front
- Proposed state: Chinland
- Kachin
- Political: Kachin National Organization
- Proposed state: Kachinland
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Karen
- Political/Violent: Karen National Union
- Violent: Karen National Liberation Army
- Proposed state: Republic of Kawthoolei
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Karenni
- Political/Violent: Karenni National Progressive Party
- Violent: Karenni Army
- Government-in-exile: Karenni Provisional Government
- Proposed state: United Karenni Independent States
- Kuki
- Political/Violent: Kuki National Organisation
- Violent: Kuki National Army
- Proposed state: Kukiland
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Mon
- Political: New Mon State Party
- Nagaland
- Violent: National Socialist Council of Nagaland
- Government-in-exile: Government of the People's Republic of Nagaland
- Proposed state: Nagalim, or Peoples Republic of Nagaland
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Rakhine people
- Political/Violent: Arakan Rohingya National Organization
- Shan
- Political: Shan Democratic Union
- Political/Violent: Restoration Council of Shan State
- Violent: Shan State Army
- Proposed state: Federated Shan States
- Wa
- Political: United Wa State Party
- Violent: United Wa State Army
- Proposed state: Wa State
- Zomi
- Political: Zomi National Congress, Zomi Reunification Organization
- Violent: Zomi National Front/Army, Zomi Revolutionary Army
- Proposed state: Zogam, or Federated State of Zomi
Pakistan
- Balawaristan
- Balochistan
- Hunza-Brooshal
- Pashtunistan
- Sindh
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Waziristan
- Political: Taliban, al-Qaeda
- Violent: Army of Waziristan
- Proposed (almost De Facto) state: Islamic State of Waziristan
Philippines
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Bangsamoro
- Political: Moro National Liberation Front
- Violent: Moro Islamic Liberation Front
- Proposed state: Federal Republic of Mindanao
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Cordillera
- Political: Cordillera Bodong Association
- Violent: Cordillera People's Liberation Army
Russia (Asia)
- Buryatia
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Eastern Siberia
- Proposed state: United States of Northern Asia
- Sakha
- Political: Sakha-Amuk
- Tuva
Sri Lanka
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Tamil
- De facto state: Tamil Eelam
- Violent: Tamil Tigers
- Political: Tamil United Liberation Front
Syria
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Kurdish people
- Political: Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)
- Violent: Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
- Proposed state: Kurdistan
- Assyria
- Political: Assyrian Universal Alliance
Tajikistan
Thailand
- Hmong
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Pattani
- Violent: Pattani United Liberation Organization (PULO)
- Proposed state: "Greater Patani State" (Negara Patani Raya)
Turkey
- Assyria
- Political: Assyrian Universal Alliance
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Kurdish people
- Political: Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)
- Violent: Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
- Proposed state: Kurdistan
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Europe
Albania
- Northern Epirus
- Illyria
- Proposed state: Illyria Republic
Belgium
- Flanders
- Political: Vlaams Belang (formerly Vlaams Blok), Volksunie, Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie; see also Flemish movement
- Wallonia
- Political: Rassemblement Wallonie-France ([1])
- Brussels
- Political: Front des Francophones ([2])
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Proposed State: Serbian Republic
- Proposed State: Herzeg-Bosna
Croatia
- Active regional autonomy movements present in all parts of the country,
but notably in:
- Rijeka[3](Fiume) (Virtual Free State of Rijeka[4])
- Istria (Istrian Democratic Assembly)
- Dalmatia
Cyprus
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Northern Cyprus
- De facto state: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Denmark
-
Faroe Islands
- Political: Republican Party, People's Party, Centre Party, Self-Government Party
- Freetown Christiania
-
Greenland
- Political: Inuit Community
Finland
- Åland
- Political: Future of Åland
- Proposed state: Åland
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Sami
- Proposed state: Lapland
France (Europe)
- Alsace-Lorraine
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Basque Country
- Political: Abertzaleen Batasuna (AB), Batasuna, Eusko Alkartasuna (EA), Parti Nationaliste Basque.
- Civic: All local politicans, even those in "French" parties, agree to demand a Basque département and co-officiality of Basque language, a demand that has been rejected by the French government.
- Violent: Iparetarrak (defunct)
- Proposed state: Euskadi or Euskal Herria (Basque Country)
- Brittany
- Political: Parti pour l'Organisation d'une Bretagne Libre, Union Démocratique Bretonne, Emgann, Front de Libération de la Bretagne
- Violent: Armée Revolutionnaire Bretonne
- Proposed state: Breizh
- Corsica
- Political: Corsica Nazione
- Violent: National Front for the Liberation of Corsica
- Nice
- Normandy
- Political: Le Mouvement Normand
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Northern Catalonia
- Political: Bloc Català, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya - Catalunya Nord.
- Proposed state: Catalan Countries
- Savoy
- Political: Savoy Regional Movement
- Political: Ligue savoisienne
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Occitania
- Political: Parti Nacional Occitan
Germany
- Bavaria
- Political: Bavaria Party
Italy
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Aosta Valley
- Political: Union Valdôtaine
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Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- Political: Movimento Friuli, Fuarce Friûl (see Friuli)
- Northern Italy
- Sardinia
- Political: Sardigna Natzione, Su Partitu Sardu
- Seborga
- Sicily
- Political: Fronti Nazziunali Sicilianu
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South Tyrol
- Political: Union für Südtirol, Moviment Politich Ladins
- Southern Italy
- Political: Lega Sud, Due Sicilie
- Proposed state: Ausonia
- Veneto
- Political: Serenissima Repubblica, Moviment Politich Ladins
Republic of Macedonia
- Illyrida
- Proposed state: Illyrida Republic
Moldova
- Gagauz Yeri
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Transnistria
- De facto state: Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic
Montenegro
- Sandžak (Muslims)
- Eastern Albanian-populated Montenegro (centered around Ulcinj)
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Serb Montenegro
- Political: Serbian Radical Party
Netherlands (Europe)
Norway
Poland
- Kashubia
- Silesia
- Political: Ruch Autonomii Śląska
Portugal
- Azores
and Madeira
- Political: Democratic Party of the Atlantic
- Violent: FLAMA
- Proposed State: Atlantic Island Federation
Romania
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Szekler Land
- Proposed land division: Szekler Autonomous Region
Russia (Europe)
- Chechnya
- Violent: Chechen separatists
- Proposed State: Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
- Dagestan
- Ingushetia
- Kabardino-Balkaria
- Kaliningrad
- Karelia
- Northern Ossetia
-
Sami
- Proposed state: Lapland
- Tatarstan
-
Ural
- Political: Ural Transformation Movement
Serbia
- Kosovo
- Political: Democratic League of Kosovo
- Violent: Kosovo Liberation Army (defunct, became Kosovo Protection Corps) Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, Democratic Party of Kosovo, National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo, The People's Movement for Kosovo
- Niš
-
Preševo,
Bujanovac and
Medveđa
- Violent: UCPMB (defunct)
- Political: Political Council for Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac
- Sandžak
- Šumadija
- Vojvodina
Spain
- Andalusia
- Aragon
- Political: Chunta Aragonesista
- Asturias
- Political: Andecha Astur
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Balearic Islands
- Political: Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya - Federació Illes Balears i Pitiüsses, Partit Socialista de Mallorca, Entesa de l’Esquerra de Menorca, Entesa Nacionalista i Ecologista
- Proposed state: Catalan Countries
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Basque Autonomous Community and
Navarre
- Political: Partido Nacionalista Vasco, Eusko Alkartasuna, Batasuna (previously Herri Batasuna and Euskal Herritarrok)
- Violent: Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA)
- Proposed state: Basque Country
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Canary Islands
- Political: Movimiento Pro-Independencia de Canarias, MIC, Movimiento Canarias Libre, Canarias Nación, Movimiento Autonomista Canario, Movimiento por la Autodeterminación y la Independencia del Archipielago Canario (MPAIAC), Canarias Libre, Congreso Nacional Canario, Federación Nacionalista Canaria, Alternativa Popular Canaria, Unidad del Pueblo
- Violent: Fuerzas Armadas Guanches, Destacamentos Armados Canarios
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Cantabria
- Political: Conceju Nacionaliegu Cántabru
- Castile
-
Catalonia
- Political: Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (Catalan Republican Left), Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (Catalan Democratic Convergence), Unió Democràtica de Catalunya (Catalan Democratic Union), Estat Català (Catalan State)
- Violent: Terra Lliure (defunct)
- Proposed state: Catalan Countries
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Galicia
- Political: Bloque Nacionalista Galego (Galician Nationalist Block), NÓS-Unidade Popular (WE-Popular Unity), Frente Popular Galego (Galician Popular Front))
- Violent: Exercito Gerrilheiro do Povo Galego Ceibe (defunct)
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León
- Political: Unión del Pueblo Leonés (UPL or Leonese People's Union), Conceyu Xoven (Young Council)
- Proposed state: País Llïonés - Leonese Country (Conceyu Xoven)
- Proposed administrative region: Comunidad Autónoma de León - Autonomous Community of León (UPL)
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Valencian Country
- Political: Bloc Nacionalista Valencià (Valencian Nationalist Block), Esquerra Unida del País Valencià (United Left of the Valencian Country), Esquerra Republicana del País Valencià (Valencian Republican Left), Esquerra Nacional Valenciana.
- Proposed state: Catalan Countries (some parties).
albanian movement for liberation of Kurshumli,leskovc and prokulje and unitet with kosovo
Sweden
Switzerland
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Jura
- Political: Mouvement Indépendantiste Jurassien (Jurassian Independentist Movement), Mouvement Autonomiste Jurassien (Jurassian Autonomist Movement), Groupe Bélier (Youth activists movement),
- Romandie
- Political: Mouvement Romand (French speaking region)
Ukraine
United Kingdom and associated territories (Europe)
- Cornwall:
Cornish self-government movement,
Constitutional status of Cornwall
- Political: Mebyon Kernow - Party for Cornwall, Cornish Green Party
- Cultural and Constitutional:
Cornish Stannary Parliament,
Cornish Solidarity,
Tyr Gwyr Gweryn,
Cornwall 2000
- Proposed state Cornwall as one of the home nations (possibly a Duchy) of the UK and not a county of England. An independent Cornish state is sought by some.
- England:
English nationalism,
English independence
- Political: English Democrats Party, English Independence Party
- Northern Ireland: Irish nationalism, Irish Republicanism
-
Isle of Man
- Political: Mec Vannin
- Scotland:
Scottish independence
- Civil: Independence First
- Cultural: Siol nan Gaidheal
- Political: Scottish National Party, Scottish Green Party, Scottish Socialist Party, Margo MacDonald Independent MSP, Campbell Martin Independent MSP, Scottish Enterprise Party, Scottish Independence Party, Free Scotland Party
- Violent: Scottish National Liberation Army
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Roughs Tower
- Proposed state: The Principality of Sealand
- Wales:
Welsh nationalism
- Political: Plaid Cymru, Forward Wales, Wales Green Party, Cymru Annibynnol
- Violent: Meibion Glyndŵr
North America
Canada
Secessionist movements
- Alberta
- Political: Separation Party of Alberta Alberta Separatism
-
British Columbia
- Political: British Columbia Separatist Movement
- Ontario
- Civil: Province of Ontario
- Quebec (Main
article:
Quebec sovereignty movement)
- Civil: Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society, Mouvement national des Québécois et des Québécoises (MNQ), Rassemblement pour l'indépendance du Québec (RIQ), Les Intellectuels pour la souveraineté (IPSO), Génération Québec, Mouvement de libération nationale du Québec (MLNQ) (and the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN), Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ), Fédération des travailleurs du Québec (FTQ) & Centrale des syndicats démocratiques (CSD) labour unions)
- Cultural: Les Artistes pour la Souveraineté, Union des Artistes
- Political: Parti Québécois, Bloc Québécois, Québec solidaire
- Violent: Front de Liberation du Quebec
-
Saskatchewan
- Political: Western Independence Party of Saskatchewan
-
Western Canada
- Political: Western Independence Party, Western Block Party
Autonomist movements
See also: Secessionist movements of Canada
United States
- Alaska
- Political: Alaskan Independence Party
-
California
- California Secessionist Party, Committee to Explore California Secession
- Proposed state: California Republic
- Hawaii
- Political: Hawaii Independence Party
- New
England
- Political: New England Confederation Movement
-
New
York City
- political: Peter Vallone, Free City of Tri-Insula
-
Upper Peninsula of Michigan,
Wisconsin,
Minnesota
- Proposed state: North Star Republic
-
Pacific Northwest
- Political: Cascadian National Party
- Proposed state: Cascadia
-
The South
- Cultural/Political: League of the South
- Political: Neo-confederate movement
- Political: Southern Party (Defunct)
- Political: Southern Independence Party
- Proposed state: Confederate States of America
-
Southwest United States
- Political: La Voz de Aztlán, American Patrol, National Vanguard, MEChA
- Proposed state: Aztlán (to be dependent upon Mexico), Various "white homelands" or "white cultural homelands"
- Texas
- Proposed state: Republic of Texas
- Vermont
- Proposed state: Green Mountain Republic of Vermont
- Political: Second Vermont Republic http://www.vermontrepublic.org/
Central/South America and Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda
- Barbuda
- Political: Barbuda People's Movement
Bolivia
Brazil
- Pampas, Brazil (Southern Brazil)
- Political: Movement for the Independence of the Pampas
- Proposed state: Federal Republic of Pampas
-
Northern Brazil
- Political: Grupo de Estudos Sobre o Nordeste Independente (defunct [5])
Costa Rica
-
Guanacaste Province
- Political: Independent Guanacaste Party
Ecuador
- Coast Region
France (South America and Caribbean)
Haiti
- Northern Haiti
- Proposed state: Artibonite
Netherlands (Caribbean)
Nicaragua
Peru
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
St. Kitts and Nevis
- Nevis
- Political: Concerned Citizens' Movement, Nevis Reformation Party
Trinidad and Tobago
United Kingdom (Caribbean)
- Anguilla
- Bermuda
- Cayman Islands
-
Montserrat
- Political: People's Liberation Movement, United National Front
- Turks and Caicos Islands
United States (Caribbean)
-
Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP), Movimiento Independentista Nacional Hostosiano (MINH), Socialist Front (FS), National Congress for the Descolonizations (CONADE).
- Political/violent: Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, Pro-Independence Universitarian Federation (FUPI), Union of Socialist Youth (UJS).
- Violent: Boricua Popular Army (Macheteros) , National Liberation Armed Forces (FALN).
Oceania
Australia
- Norfolk Island
-
Australian Aborigines (Main article:
Australian Aboriginal Sovereignty)
- Political: Aboriginal Tent Embassy
- Western Australia (Main article: Secessionism in Western Australia)
- Hutt River Province Principality
- New England (Australia)
Fiji
France (Oceania)
-
French Polynesia
- Political: Tavini Huiraatira
-
New
Caledonia
- Political: Kanak Nation
Indonesia
- Aceh
- Maluku
- Government-in-exile: Republik Maluku Selatan
-
West Papua
- Political: Free Papua Movement/Organisasi Papua Merdeka, West Papua Niugini
- Proposed state: Republic of West Papua
- West Timor
Kiribati
Micronesia
New Zealand
- Cook Islands
- Maori
- Political: Aotearoa Liberation Movement
- Niue
- Tokelau
Papua New Guinea
-
Bougainville
- Political: Bougainville Revolutionary Army (recently violent), Bougainville Freedom Movement
Solomon Islands
United States (Oceania)
- Guam
- Hawaii:
Hawaiian sovereignty movement
- Political: Nation of Hawai‘i and other nationalist groups attempting to reassert the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Hawai‘i (internationally recognized as an independent country until 1893). (These groups argue that it is incorrect to apply the terms "secede", "secession" and "secessionist" in the case of Hawai‘i since, in their view, the 1898 annexation by the U.S. was never valid in the first place.)
- Northern Marianas
Vanuatu
-
Espiritu Santo
- Proposed state: Vemerana
- Malekula
- Proposed state: N'Makiaute
- Northern islands
- Proposed state: Federation Na Griamel
- Tanna
- Political: Forcona Movement, Kapiel Alliance
- Proposed state: Tafea Nation
North American * Secession and Independence Movements
*Hawaii and Puerto Rico are obviously not part of North America, no offense intended
Active Secession Movements Around the World
One Nation Indivisible? A Study of Secession and the Constitution