List of active separatist movements in Asia

Separatism can include autonomism and secessionism,[1] despite the fact that independence is the primary goal of many separatist movements.

Many separatist movements arise as a result of religious, racial, social, and cultural disparities between certain peoples and the majority or ruling class in a country.

Entries on this list must meet three criteria: Under each region listed is one or more of the following: South Turkestan[2][3] Territory of the short-lived Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic Chittagong Hill Tracts[10] Zale'n-gam Zogam (Parts of Chittagong hill tracts) Bangabhumi Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Hong Kong Tibet Inner Mongolia[21][22] Territory of the former Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Territory of the former South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast Javakheti Assam Nagaland[35] Kashmir[36] Kamtapur[37] Manipur[41][42] Sikkim[44] Punjab, India Meghalaya Tripuri-majority areas of Tripura Mizoram Kukiland Santhal Pargana Dimasaland Tiwa Zogam (In India the claimed territories are: Barak Valley, Tripura, East Jaintia Hills, Dima Hasao district and Karbi Anglong district of Assam) South India (includes Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Puducherry, Lakshadweep and Telangana) Rabha Hasong Gorkhaland Ladakh Garo Hills Bundelkhand Vidarbha Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Goa Jammu region Bodoland Aceh Bali Maluku Minahasa Peninsula Riau Khūzestān Province Iranian Kurdistan (Irredentism) Iranian Azerbaijan Balochistan

De facto autonomous region: Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (Rojava) Autonomist movements: Druze[202] Assyria The Republic of China (ROC), commonly known as Taiwan, is a state that has diplomatic relations with 11 United Nations member states (as well as the Holy See, an observer).

[206] Taiwanese indigenous peoples Patani Northern Kurdistan[215] Assyria  Western Armenia Zazaistan Karakalpakstan[217][218] Central Highlands (Vietnam) Hmong state Mekong Delta and South East Vietnam

Afghan Turkestan Province in 1929
Azerbaijan districts claimed by Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic
Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Xizang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China
Georgian administrative divisions are outlined in black. Occupied territories of Georgia are shown in pink.
Political map of the Kashmir region districts, showing the Pir Panjal range and the Kashmir Valley or Vale of Kashmir.
Map of native ethnic groups of Indonesia. Foreign ethnic groups are not shown.
Iraqi Kurdistan
Palestinian territories
Map of North Kazakhstan
A "Sarawak for Sarawakians" car sticker in Sibu incorporating elements of a Sarawak state with the pre-Malaysian flag
Ethnolinguistic Groups of Burma/Myanmar
Map of conflict zones in Myanmar. States and regions affected by fighting during and after 1995 are highlighted in yellow.
Map of Myanmar and its divisions, including Shan State , Kachin State , Rakhine State and Karen State .
Nepal ethnic groups
Cordillera
Territorial claims of Tamil Eelam
Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (Rojava)
Taiwan
Map of the Patani region
Map showing Kurdish-speaking areas within Turkey, as per the 1965 census.
Yemen prior to unification