Divided cities refers to cities and towns divided as a consequence of political changes or border shifts, so that they presently constitute (or once constituted) two separate entities. (See also United cities refers to the neighbouring cities divided by political borders, that were united, when due to political changes they happenned in the same entity. (See also Divided cities) Berlin united in 1990 West Berlin 1945-1990 East Berlin 1945-1990 Golub-Dobrzyn united in 1951 12,500 inhabitants Golub...
United cities)
For other uses, see Berlin (disambiguation). Berlin [ bɛrˈliːn ] is the national capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,387,404 inhabitants (as of September 2004); down from 4.5 million before World War II. Berlin is located on the rivers Spree and...
Berlin
Boroughs of West Berlin West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the American, British and French allied sectors that were installed in 1945. The Soviet sector became East Berlin, part of East Germany. West Berlin was surrounded entirely...
West Berlin
East Berlin consisted of the Soviet Sector of Berlin and was the capital of East Germany from 1949 to 1990. From August 13, 1961 until November 9, 1989 it was separated from West Berlin by the Berlin Wall. The East Germans called East Berlin just Berlin or sometimes Berlin, Hauptstadt...
East Berlin
For a city in France, see Brest, France. Brest (Belarusian: Бе́расьце, Брэст; also known as Brest-Litovsk and in Polish as Brześć Litewski, Brześć nad Bugiem or Brześć Białoruski; Russian...
Brest
Brest
Terespol is a town in eastern Poland on the border with Belarus, with 6,000 inhabitants (2001). The town lies on the border river Bug, directly opposite the city of Brest, Belarus. Situated in Biala Podlaska County in the Lublin Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Biala Podlaska Voivodship (1975-1998...
Terespol
Teschen is the German name of the city at the Olza river that is currently divided onto separate towns of Cieszyn in Poland and Český Těšín in the Czech Republic. There are several articles related to both towns - see below: This is a disambiguation page —...
Teschen
Cieszyn Coat of Arms Cieszyn is a town in southern Poland with 37,300 inhabitants (1995). Situated in the Silesian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Bielsko_Biala Voivodship (1975_1998). Cieszyn is situated on the Olza, a tributary of the Oder river, opposite to the Cesky Tesin. The town combines both Polish...
Cieszyn
Český Těšín is a town in the northeastern Czech Republic, at the Olza river, in Moravian_Silesian Region. It had approximately 25,900 inhabitants in 2003. Until 1920 it was called Saska Kępa and was a suburb of the town of Cieszyn. In 1938 the...
Český Těšín
Frankfurt (Oder) [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, located on the river Oder, on the German-Polish border, directly opposite to the city of Słubice. Population: 66,151 (June 30, 2004). The town of Frankfurt (Oder) was founded in the 13th century...
Frankfurt (Oder)
Frankfurt (Oder) [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, located on the river Oder, on the German-Polish border, directly opposite to the city of Słubice. Population: 66,151 (June 30, 2004). The town of Frankfurt (Oder) was founded in the 13th century...
Frankfurt (Oder) 69,700
Słubice is a town in the Lubusz Voivodship, Poland. Located on the Oder river, directly opposite to the city of Frankfurt an der Oder in Germany. As of the 2001 census, the town had a total population of 16,909. Aerial view of Słubice The town...
Slubice 17,600
Guben, formerly (1961-1990) Wilhelm-Pieck-Stadt Guben, is a city in Brandenburg, Germany, on the Neisse (border with Poland), with 22,184 inhabitants (2004). On the other bank of the river is the Polish city of Gubin. Categories: Stub ...
Guben
Guben, formerly (1961-1990) Wilhelm-Pieck-Stadt Guben, is a city in Brandenburg, Germany, on the Neisse (border with Poland), with 22,184 inhabitants (2004). On the other bank of the river is the Polish city of Gubin. Categories: Stub ...
Guben 22,000
Gubin is a is a town in south-western Poland with 19,000 inhabitants (1995). Situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodship since 1999, previously in Jelenia Gora Voivodship (1975-1998). The city is located on the Nysa Luzycka river, the Polish-German border close to the German city of Guben...
Gubin 19,000
Map of Germany showing Görlitz Görlitz ( pronunciation, Lusatian: Zhorjelc, Czech Zhorelec) is a town in Germany on the river Neisse, in the Bundesland (Federal State) of Saxony, opposite to the Polish town of Zgorzelec, with which it was once united. Historically it belonged at some times...
Görlitz
Map of Germany showing Görlitz Görlitz ( pronunciation, Lusatian: Zhorjelc, Czech Zhorelec) is a town in Germany on the river Neisse, in the Bundesland (Federal State) of Saxony, opposite to the Polish town of Zgorzelec, with which it was once united. Historically it belonged at some times...
Görlitz 60,000
Zgorzelec (Lusatian: Zhorjelc, Czech: Zhořelec) is a town in south-western Poland with 36,800 inhabitants (1995). Situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodship since 1999, previously in Jelenia Góra Voivodship (1975-1998). The city is located on the Nysa Łużycka river, the Polish-German...
Zgorzelec 38,000
Gorizia ( Slovenian Gorica, German Görz, ( Friulian Gurize) is a small town (pop. 40,000) at the foot of the Alps, in NE Italy, on the border with Slovenia. It is the capital of Gorizia province, and is a local center of tourism, industry, and commerce. The town has...
Gorica
Gorizia ( Slovenian Gorica, German Görz, ( Friulian Gurize) is a small town (pop. 40,000) at the foot of the Alps, in NE Italy, on the border with Slovenia. It is the capital of Gorizia province, and is a local center of tourism, industry, and commerce. The town has...
Gorizia
Area: 309.0 km² Population - males - females 35,640 17,497 18,143 Average age: 39.75 years Residential areas: - households: - families: 30.49 m²/person 12,702 10,112 Working active: - unemployed: 17,273 1,508 Average salary (August 2003): - gross: - net...
Nova Gorica
Sha Tau Kok (traditional Chinese: 沙頭角) is a town in the northeastern corner of Hong Kong. Shatoujiao (simplified Chinese: 沙头角), is another town with the same Chinese name but romanized using pinyin, and is located across the Shum Chun River-defined border in Guangdong Province. Sha...
Sha Tau Kok
Sha Tau Kok (traditional Chinese: 沙頭角) is a town in the northeastern corner of Hong Kong. Shatoujiao (simplified Chinese: 沙头角), is another town with the same Chinese name but romanized using pinyin, and is located across the Shum Chun River-defined border in Guangdong Province. Sha...
Sha Tau Kok
Shatoujiao
Valga is a town in South Estonia and the capital of Valga County. Valga and Valka town in the North Latvia are twin towns since 1920. The area of Valga is 16,5 km2 and that of Valka is 14,2 km2. Populations are accordingly 15 330 and 7100. Valga...
Valga
Valga is a town in South Estonia and the capital of Valga County. Valga and Valka town in the North Latvia are twin towns since 1920. The area of Valga is 16,5 km2 and that of Valka is 14,2 km2. Populations are accordingly 15 330 and 7100. Valga...
Valga
Valka
Rijeka (Fiume in Italian and Hungarian; Rijeka and Fiume both mean river) is the principal seaport of Croatia, located on the Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea. It has 144,043 inhabitants (2001) and it is the third largest city of Croatia. Rijeka is the center of the...
Rijeka
Rijeka (Fiume in Italian and Hungarian; Rijeka and Fiume both mean river) is the principal seaport of Croatia, located on the Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea. It has 144,043 inhabitants (2001) and it is the third largest city of Croatia. Rijeka is the center of the...
Fiume
Dividedcities provide a clue for predicting the fate of urban communities confronting violent crisis because the logic of their development reflects a struggle for collective safety and cultural identity.
Dividedcities breed a fatal sense of insularity as social and institutional structures are built to fit them like a straightjacket; services are rerouted and improvised, resources are atrophied and duplicated, streets and buildings are rendered obsolete, and relationships are severed.
The city arose as a special kind of environment, favorable to co-operative association, favorable to nurture and education, because it was a protected environment…Plainly, a civilization that terminates in a cult of barbarism has disintegrated as civilization; and the war-metropolis, as an expression of these institutions, is an anti-civilizing agent: a non-city.
In citiesdivided into districts, municipal districts, counties, autonomous counties, townships, nationality townships, and towns, election committees shall be established to conduct the election of deputies to the people's congresses at the corresponding levels.
The election committees of cities not divided into districts, municipal districts, counties and autonomous counties shall be under the leadership of the standing committees of the people's congresses at the corresponding levels.
Article 24 The number of deputies to the people's congresses in cities not divided into districts, municipal districts, counties, autonomous counties, townships, nationality townships, and towns shall be allocated to the electoral districts, and elections shall be held in the electoral districts.