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Each point is a locator for a published case’s geographical context — not a border, capital or claim. Everything on the map is also in the list below, which works without the map.

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Independence movements
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Basemap: Natural Earth 4.1.0 land polygons (world-atlas@2.0.2), Public domain (Natural Earth terms of use). Land polygons only. No political boundaries are drawn by the basemap. Case boundaries appear only from approved, sourced geometry records, each labelled with its layer type, dates and provenance. Map policy.

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Cases on the map

224 cases. The map shows the same set.

Cases shown on the atlas, with collection, region and locator description
Case	Collection	Region	Locator
Bodoland	Independence movements	South Asia	Bodoland Territorial Region, Assam
Bougainville	Independence movements	Oceania and the Pacific	Bougainville
Brazil	Historical independence	Latin America	Brazil
British Virgin Islands political status	Political status and decolonisation	Caribbean	British Virgin Islands
Brittany	Independence movements	Europe	Brittany
Buryatia	Independence movements	Caucasus, Russia and neighbouring areas	Buryatia
Cabinda	Independence movements	Central Africa	Cabinda
California independence advocacy	Independence movements	North America	California
Canary Islands independence	Independence movements	North Africa	Canary Islands
Cape Verde	Historical independence	West Africa	Cape Verde
Caprivi / Zambezi independence advocacy	Independence movements	Southern Africa	Zambezi Region (Caprivi Strip), Namibia
Casamance	Historical independence	West Africa	Casamance, Senegal
Catalonia	Independence movements	Europe	Catalonia
Cayman Islands political status	Political status and decolonisation	Caribbean	Cayman Islands
Chechen independence / Ichkeria	Independence movements	Caucasus, Russia and neighbouring areas	Chechnya
Chin self-government movements	Autonomy and Indigenous self-government	East Asia	Chin State
Chittagong Hill Tracts self-government	Independence movements	South Asia	Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
Chuuk independence proposals	Independence movements	Oceania and the Pacific	Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia
Circassian self-determination	Independence movements	Caucasus, Russia and neighbouring areas	Circassian-titled republics (Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia)
Comoros	Historical independence	East Africa and the Horn	Comoros
Cook Islands constitutional history	Political status and decolonisation	Oceania and the Pacific	Cook Islands
Cordillera self-government	Autonomy and Indigenous self-government	East Asia	Cordillera Administrative Region
Cornwall	Independence movements	Europe	Cornwall
Corsica	Independence movements	Europe	Corsica
Crimea	Independence movements	Caucasus, Russia and neighbouring areas	Crimea
Cuba	Historical independence	Caribbean	Cuba
Curaçao political status	Political status and decolonisation	Caribbean	Curaçao
Cyprus	Historical independence	Europe	Cyprus
Dagestani political-status movements	Independence movements	Caucasus, Russia and neighbouring areas	Republic of Dagestan
Darfur self-government projects	Autonomy and Indigenous self-government	East Africa and the Horn	Darfur, Sudan