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#USA president says he'll rename #GulfOfMexico to "#GulfOfAmerica". He could succeed at making US govt workers call it that, but other countries would likely ignore it...and it's not the first time it's been suggested.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-claims-hell-rename-gulf-mexico-gulf-america/story?id=117423165
#toponymy #geography #mapping #AtlanticOcean @geography @geopolitics #oceanography #placenames #Americas #Caribbean
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#USA president says he'll rename #GulfOfMexico to "#GulfOfAmerica". He could succeed at making US govt workers call it that, but other countries would likely ignore it...and it's not the first time it's been suggested.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-claims-hell-rename-gulf-mexico-gulf-america/story?id=117423165
#toponymy #geography #mapping #AtlanticOcean @geography @geopolitics #oceanography #placenames #Americas #Caribbean
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#Syria: In stunning end to years of frozen conflict, religious hardline rebel group has overrun much of #Aleppo, country's 2nd biggest city. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/aleppo-airport-closed-sources-say-syrian-rebels-reach-heart-city-2024-11-29/
2023 map attached, but this is first significant change to rebel control in Syria since 2020.
#geography #geopolitics #middleeast #Mediterranean #defacto #OSINT #conflicttracking #conflictmap @geography @geopolitics
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#Syria: In stunning end to years of frozen conflict, religious hardline rebel group has overrun much of #Aleppo, country's 2nd biggest city. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/aleppo-airport-closed-sources-say-syrian-rebels-reach-heart-city-2024-11-29/
2023 map attached, but this is first significant change to rebel control in Syria since 2020.
#geography #geopolitics #middleeast #Mediterranean #defacto #OSINT #conflicttracking #conflictmap @geography @geopolitics
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#Syria: In stunning end to years of frozen conflict, religious hardline rebel group has overrun much of #Aleppo, country's 2nd biggest city. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/aleppo-airport-closed-sources-say-syrian-rebels-reach-heart-city-2024-11-29/
2023 map attached, but this is first significant change to rebel control in Syria since 2020.
#geography #geopolitics #middleeast #Mediterranean #defacto #OSINT #conflicttracking #conflictmap @geography @geopolitics
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#Syria: In stunning end to years of frozen conflict, religious hardline rebel group has overrun much of #Aleppo, country's 2nd biggest city. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/aleppo-airport-closed-sources-say-syrian-rebels-reach-heart-city-2024-11-29/
2023 map attached, but this is first significant change to rebel control in Syria since 2020.
#geography #geopolitics #middleeast #Mediterranean #defacto #OSINT #conflicttracking #conflictmap @geography @geopolitics
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#Syria: In stunning end to years of frozen conflict, religious hardline rebel group has overrun much of #Aleppo, country's 2nd biggest city. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/aleppo-airport-closed-sources-say-syrian-rebels-reach-heart-city-2024-11-29/
2023 map attached, but this is first significant change to rebel control in Syria since 2020.
#geography #geopolitics #middleeast #Mediterranean #defacto #OSINT #conflicttracking #conflictmap @geography @geopolitics
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The Washington Post apparently thinks #India is in the Southern Hemisphere, and that the Southern Hemisphere has a "hotter and wetter climate" 🤦
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Photojournalist visits "#Chinland": rebel-controlled areas of #Myanmar's #Chin State near #India border, including contested town of #Thantlang
#geography #defacto #defactostates #burma #SoutheastAsia #geographyteacher #civilwar @geography @geopolitics
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Photojournalist visits "#Chinland": rebel-controlled areas of #Myanmar's #Chin State near #India border, including contested town of #Thantlang
#geography #defacto #defactostates #burma #SoutheastAsia #geographyteacher #civilwar @geography @geopolitics
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Photojournalist visits "#Chinland": rebel-controlled areas of #Myanmar's #Chin State near #India border, including contested town of #Thantlang
#geography #defacto #defactostates #burma #SoutheastAsia #geographyteacher #civilwar @geography @geopolitics
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Photojournalist visits "#Chinland": rebel-controlled areas of #Myanmar's #Chin State near #India border, including contested town of #Thantlang
#geography #defacto #defactostates #burma #SoutheastAsia #geographyteacher #civilwar @geography @geopolitics
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Photojournalist visits "#Chinland": rebel-controlled areas of #Myanmar's #Chin State near #India border, including contested town of #Thantlang
#geography #defacto #defactostates #burma #SoutheastAsia #geographyteacher #civilwar @geography @geopolitics
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BIG political #geography news from yesterday: #UK says it will give #ChagosIslands to #Mauritius, which has claimed them for decades and recently had vindication from intl courts and UN. No date yet - pending treaty. https://bbc.com/news/articles/c98ynejg4l5o
#disputedterritory #IndianOcean #Chagossians #islands #sovereignty #Africa #colonialism
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Deal moving forward between #Switzerland and #Italy to adjust their border near the #Matterhorn in the #Alps. @GuardianVisuals has a nice illustration of why melting #glaciers result in changing #borders: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/29/melting-glaciers-switzerland-italy-alpine-border-matterhorn
#geography #climatechange #geographyteacher @geography @geopolitics @geonews @geonews
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A very interesting case...
#Albania's (non-Muslim) prime minister plans to recognize #independence of "Sovereign State of the #Bektashi Order", liberal Muslim headquarters in Albanian capital, to be modeled after #VaticanCity. Unclear whether it could get recognition from other countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/world/europe/albania-tirana-muslim-state-bektashi.html
#geography #secession #micronations #microstates #geographyteacher #sovereignty #Europe #Balkans #Islam #Muslims #diplomacy #Bektashism @geography @geopolitics @religion
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A very interesting case...
#Albania's (non-Muslim) prime minister plans to recognize #independence of "Sovereign State of the #Bektashi Order", liberal Muslim headquarters in Albanian capital, to be modeled after #VaticanCity. Unclear whether it could get recognition from other countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/world/europe/albania-tirana-muslim-state-bektashi.html
#geography #secession #micronations #microstates #geographyteacher #sovereignty #Europe #Balkans #Islam #Muslims #diplomacy #Bektashism @geography @geopolitics @religion
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A very interesting case...
#Albania's (non-Muslim) prime minister plans to recognize #independence of "Sovereign State of the #Bektashi Order", liberal Muslim headquarters in Albanian capital, to be modeled after #VaticanCity. Unclear whether it could get recognition from other countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/world/europe/albania-tirana-muslim-state-bektashi.html
#geography #secession #micronations #microstates #geographyteacher #sovereignty #Europe #Balkans #Islam #Muslims #diplomacy #Bektashism @geography @geopolitics @religion
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A very interesting case...
#Albania's (non-Muslim) prime minister plans to recognize #independence of "Sovereign State of the #Bektashi Order", liberal Muslim headquarters in Albanian capital, to be modeled after #VaticanCity. Unclear whether it could get recognition from other countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/world/europe/albania-tirana-muslim-state-bektashi.html
#geography #secession #micronations #microstates #geographyteacher #sovereignty #Europe #Balkans #Islam #Muslims #diplomacy #Bektashism @geography @geopolitics @religion
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A very interesting case...
#Albania's (non-Muslim) prime minister plans to recognize #independence of "Sovereign State of the #Bektashi Order", liberal Muslim headquarters in Albanian capital, to be modeled after #VaticanCity. Unclear whether it could get recognition from other countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/world/europe/albania-tirana-muslim-state-bektashi.html
#geography #secession #micronations #microstates #geographyteacher #sovereignty #Europe #Balkans #Islam #Muslims #diplomacy #Bektashism @geography @geopolitics @religion
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#Borneo's #Sabah & #Sarawak joined more-populated #Malaya in 1963 to form #Malaysia, under soon-broken promises of self-governance (#autonomy). 60 years later, changing politics bring renewed hope for autonomy or even (unlikely) #independence.
https://www.businesstoday.com.my/2024/09/18/whats-next-for-sabah-and-sarawak-after-ma63/
#secession #geography #geopolitics #decolonization #SoutheastAsia #politicalgeography #statehood #sovereignty #SouthChinaSea #SundaIslands #EastMalaysia #NorthBorneo @geography @geopolitics #geographyteacher
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#Borneo's #Sabah & #Sarawak joined more-populated #Malaya in 1963 to form #Malaysia, under soon-broken promises of self-governance (#autonomy). 60 years later, changing politics bring renewed hope for autonomy or even (unlikely) #independence.
https://www.businesstoday.com.my/2024/09/18/whats-next-for-sabah-and-sarawak-after-ma63/
#secession #geography #geopolitics #decolonization #SoutheastAsia #politicalgeography #statehood #sovereignty #SouthChinaSea #SundaIslands #EastMalaysia #NorthBorneo @geography @geopolitics #geographyteacher
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#Borneo's #Sabah & #Sarawak joined more-populated #Malaya in 1963 to form #Malaysia, under soon-broken promises of self-governance (#autonomy). 60 years later, changing politics bring renewed hope for autonomy or even (unlikely) #independence.
https://www.businesstoday.com.my/2024/09/18/whats-next-for-sabah-and-sarawak-after-ma63/
#secession #geography #geopolitics #decolonization #SoutheastAsia #politicalgeography #statehood #sovereignty #SouthChinaSea #SundaIslands #EastMalaysia #NorthBorneo @geography @geopolitics #geographyteacher
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#Borneo's #Sabah & #Sarawak joined more-populated #Malaya in 1963 to form #Malaysia, under soon-broken promises of self-governance (#autonomy). 60 years later, changing politics bring renewed hope for autonomy or even (unlikely) #independence.
https://www.businesstoday.com.my/2024/09/18/whats-next-for-sabah-and-sarawak-after-ma63/
#secession #geography #geopolitics #decolonization #SoutheastAsia #politicalgeography #statehood #sovereignty #SouthChinaSea #SundaIslands #EastMalaysia #NorthBorneo @geography @geopolitics #geographyteacher
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#Borneo's #Sabah & #Sarawak joined more-populated #Malaya in 1963 to form #Malaysia, under soon-broken promises of self-governance (#autonomy). 60 years later, changing politics bring renewed hope for autonomy or even (unlikely) #independence.
https://www.businesstoday.com.my/2024/09/18/whats-next-for-sabah-and-sarawak-after-ma63/
#secession #geography #geopolitics #decolonization #SoutheastAsia #politicalgeography #statehood #sovereignty #SouthChinaSea #SundaIslands #EastMalaysia #NorthBorneo @geography @geopolitics #geographyteacher
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Reporting from on the ground inside #Ukraine-occupied #Russia, with @washingtonpost journalists covering the new Ukrainian counter-invasion.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/18/ukraine-russia-sudzha-kursk/
#conflictzones #geography #geopolitics #borders #EuropeanPolitics #warreporting #politics #ukrainewar #ukrainerussiawar #RussiaUkraineWar #military #civilians @geography @geopolitics
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#SouthChinaSea: After deal with #China to end standoff over #SecondThomasShoal, #Philippines has been asserting increasing dominance over nearby #SabinaShoal (both in #SpratlyIslands area)
#EscodaShoal #Xianbinjiao #disputedterritory #geography #islands #maritime @geography @geopolitics
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#SouthChinaSea: After deal with #China to end standoff over #SecondThomasShoal, #Philippines has been asserting increasing dominance over nearby #SabinaShoal (both in #SpratlyIslands area)
#EscodaShoal #Xianbinjiao #disputedterritory #geography #islands #maritime @geography @geopolitics
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#SouthChinaSea: After deal with #China to end standoff over #SecondThomasShoal, #Philippines has been asserting increasing dominance over nearby #SabinaShoal (both in #SpratlyIslands area)
#EscodaShoal #Xianbinjiao #disputedterritory #geography #islands #maritime @geography @geopolitics
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#SouthChinaSea: After deal with #China to end standoff over #SecondThomasShoal, #Philippines has been asserting increasing dominance over nearby #SabinaShoal (both in #SpratlyIslands area)
#EscodaShoal #Xianbinjiao #disputedterritory #geography #islands #maritime @geography @geopolitics