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Year it declared independence
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Internationally recognised by...
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Answer
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Claimed territories are the West Bank and Gaza Strip. One of 2 UN observer states.
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1988
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136 UN members
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State of Palestine
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Officially part of Serbia and the most recognised of the unrecognised non-UN members.
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2008
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108 UN members
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Kosovo
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Claims Western Sahara as its land. Also known as the Polisario Front
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1976
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47 UN members (after 37 withdrew their recognition)
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Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (S.A.D.R)
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Chiang Kai-Shek and other nationalist fled to this island and represented the mainland until 1971
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1949
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22 UN members
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Taiwan (Republic of China)
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Located in north-western Georgia, also bordering Russia and the Black Sea, declared independence after a war with Georgia in 1992-93
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1999
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4 UN members: Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela & Nauru
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Abkhazia
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Located in northern Georgia in the Caucusus Mountains and over 1km about sea level, currently recognised by 4 UN members. White, red and yellow horizontal-striped flag
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1992
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4 UN members: Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela & Nauru
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South Ossetia
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Declared independence from an island in the Mediterranean Sea, only recognised by one UN member
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1983
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1 UN member: Turkey
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Northern Cyprus (Turkish Republic of)
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Broke away from Moldova with a red and green striped flag with a hammer & sickle on the hoist (left) side.
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1990
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3 Non-UN members
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Transnistria (aka Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic)
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Enclaved by Azerbaijan with ethnic Armenians living in the territory. Only recognised by other non-UN members.
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1991
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1 Non-UN member
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Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
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Not recognised by any UN or non-UN member. Declared independence from a country famous for pirates
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1991
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No international recognition
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Somaliland
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Micronation with an area of 7km² which lies on the river Danube between Croatia and Serbia over disputes to where the border between the two countries lies
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2015
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No international recognition
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Liberland
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