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Does anyone know a country starting with w and x?

2007-09-11 08:34:16 · 3 answers · asked by lozcally 1 in Science & Mathematics Geography

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Western Sahara is in dispute between Morocco and the Polisario Front.

Western Somali Liberation Front is fighting for independence.

Xinjiang (a part of China:
East Turkestan / Uyghuristan / Xinjiang (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization) the East Turkestan Islamic Movement is fighting for independece.

West Papua in Indonesia is fighting for independence and is a member of Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization

Waziristan is a part of Palestine that is fighting for independence under the Taliban

The Isle of Wight has an independence movement.

There is a Western Canada independence movement has two groups Western Independence Party and Western Block Party

There is a Western Australia Independence Movement.

During the American Civil War, Winn Parish refused to secede from the Union and was a de facto Union enclave in the Confederate state of Louisiana.

Winston County also rebelled against the confederecy.

Germany has an enviornmental group called Republik Freies Wendland (The Free Republic of Wendland) over the building of a Nucleur Plant.

Protesters against the M11 motorway link road through Wanstead in north-east London in 1994 proclaimed two areas of squatted homes to be the Republics of Wanstonia and Euphoria.

Waveland 1997-1999 Rocky islet in the North Atlantic, known as Rockall. Greenpeace occupied the islet for a short time, calling it an independent nation, to protest oil drilling in the area. They offered citizenship to anyone willing to pledge allegiance. In 1999, the company sponsoring the experiment collapsed and Rockall was vacated.

Westarctica 2001 A purported grand duchy that claims a sizeable chunk of Antarctica. It is known chiefly for minting coins.

Whangamomona Republic 1989 Rural New Zealand town.

FICTIONAL:
Wakanda: small African nation featured in the Marvel Comics series The Avengers. The nation is ruled by King T'Challa, also known as the super hero Black Panther.
Wallarya: a small country in the Balkans in the movie His Royal Highness
West Monrassa: Central African country in an episode of Spooks. Run by President Gabriel Sakoa, a corrupt leader planning a genocide against the people in the north of the country
West Yemen: a fictitious and presumably democratic country in the Middle East which bordered East Yemen. From an episode in the sitcom, Yes, Prime Minister.
Xing: Eastern country from the manga version of Fullmetal Alchemist, heavily based on imperial China. Their people practice a form of medicinal alchemy.

2007-09-11 11:58:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

Wales is the only country I know that begins with a w.
I don't think there is a country in the world beginning with x

2007-09-11 08:40:51 · answer #2 · answered by raver82 7 · 1 0

according to the CIA's world fact book, there is a country called 'western sahara', but no others starting with W.
However it is really a ex-country struggling to regain its sovereignity.
None starting with X.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/wi.html

2007-09-11 08:47:37 · answer #3 · answered by Piglet O 6 · 0 2

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