@haneymc Then, following your logic, all colonies shouldn't have gained independance ? Because they've nearly all stayed colonies for hundreds of years too
Yes, Rio de Janeiro was once capital of Portugal. It seems Portugal had a habit of doing that outside of mainland territory, another capital of the country was Angra do Heroismo, a city in the Azores islands
Круто то что португальцы независимы. Я всегда думал как они смогли остаться независимыми когда у них такой огромный сосед, и хорошо что есть выход к океану.
in azores was during a spanish invasion when we had no king and filipe II of spain invaded Portugal but some resist with a portuguese claimant to the throne in azores during some time
@@d.d890..Португалия часто воевала за независимость, и из раза в раз выходила победителем (кроме периода, когда была образована Иберийская уния, однако она просуществовала недолго), так что страна отстаивала независимость трудом и кровью
My parents also used Timbuktu as an expression to say something was a long way away. Such as, “It’s as far as from here to Timbuktu”. I never knew it was a real place until now though and I thought I was fairly decent at geography, until now 😮. Great video mate! First time watcher, will definitely come back.
My mom said that too (my dad is African and never did). And Timbuktu is basically the Oxford of Mali. It was traditionally a college town and home of one of Africa’s oldest universities (it’s now defunct).
i am a huge geography nerd and have loved ASMR for years, so finding your channel was a dream come true!!! this video especially was incredibly intriguing :) much love!!!
Transnistria is super interesting. During USSR it was very wealthy because it was a very industrialized region. When USSR collapsed, it turned into one of the poorest region of Europe and so trasnistrian want to be linked back to the original soviet origin: Moscow.
Hey, i gotta say it’s brave of you to make this video! As an Indian, Kashmir has always been a taboo point of discussion. Your explanation of it is basically correct tho. The King of Kashmir turned to India for help, but it was too late by the time Pakistan had some form of control. In fact, the map in your book shows all of Kashmir as part of Pakistan, which isn’t the case. Of course, today, neither country is innocent. Pakistan has kicked out all Hindus from there side of Kashmir and India limits Islam on their side. It’s a sad situation 😔 Anyways, great video as always :)
> India limits Islam on their side More like Kashmiri Muslims in India committed ethnic cleansing against their Hindu neighbours in the early 1990s. But sure, "we limit Islam" in Indian Kashmir. Let's go with that so we can pretend there are faults on both sides etc. etc
This is the most interesting and informative video I’ve stumbled across in ages. Thank you so much for what you do. I’m excited to go back and watch your other videos. Happy new subscriber here!
I'm from Galicia and I've done about 20-30 independence movements myself. We are an area of Spain that does not look like Spain at all. We are Celtic, like the Welsh. We have so much rain not like the rest of Spain which is hot and almost no rain. I love my region Galicia and I always refer to it as a country. It is said us and Catalonia would get independence before 2030.
I have read so much about Galicia and my friend is from there (she speaks gallego too, which is funny to me as my degree is in Spanish and Portuguese). I'd love an independent Galicia, Euskadi and Catalonia 💓
@@WelshASMR82Maps what do you mean by “i’d love an independent Galicia, euskadi and Catalonia”. As a Spanish person, Spain has always been one country and people who want independence are just extremely problematic. Also, it would be a huge problem for the economy, so no, we wouldn’t love an independent galicia, euskadi nor cataluña. Anyways love your vids.
Watching this video from Boroma! Im originally from Melbourne, Australia but im here visiting family. Despite being Somalian, I had no idea about all these different Somalian territories! I didnt even know about Awdalland! I thought Boroma was apart of Somaliland. Ill ask some family about it. Thanks for teaching me!
You have the best ASMR voice I have yet to hear on YT hands down. Keep doing it. I'd love to hear more ASMR sounds too, like crinkles or object noises.
the reason Portugal’s capital was in Brazil is because Napoleon took over Portugal proper so the royal family moved it to brazil colony and this is also how the Brazilian empire became free
Belize does speak Spanish widely. It’s the native language of most of the country’s population (and most of the others speak Creole or Indigenous languages). English as an official language was because it was colonized by the British; a lot of people there speak it as a second or third language.
Oh my goodness! I could honestly listen to you for days. It's so lovely to see such a keen interest in geography! History and geography are great passions of mine. 😊 You have jogged my memory on so much lately. Thank you 😊
I love this guys videos and I mean this with joking intentions, but I can’t think of anything less relaxing than a discussion on disputes territories lmao
Denmark has a Queen. She is the longest sitting regent in the World after Queen Elisabeth😊 and the faroe Islands are still a part of the kingdom of denmark like Greenland. Love your whisper. And style!! Many thanks from a new sup. In denmark. 😉😍
Hello! I have quite a few subs with autism and even more who are generally neuro-diverse (like me!) so welcome to the party! So glad you found the channel!
We've got a French island of the coast of Canada named Saint- Pierre and Miquelon. I've never been but it's so neat and weird that you can travel to "France" and back to Canada in under a couple hours. It's located off the east coast near Newfoundland.
Here in Oregon if a friend lives out in the sticks he lives in Timbuktu. Now you’re going to tell me that’s a real place lol. Never knew. Love the channel.
the middle ground channel is called jubilee and they do a lot of different ideas that invoke some rlly interesting convos but middle ground is one of them and one of my personal faves bc u get to see and hear everyone’s different perspectives and everyone is usually fairly respectful towards the other side
Yes! That is the one. Brilliant channel and really different to modern news channels that rely on everyone fighting and being horrible to one another. Refreshing approach to debate
This has probably been said, but North America does have a disputed territory. The whole of Belize has been disputed since the 19th century, with Guatemala claiming ownership. Suriname, while fully independent and not a disputed country by any means, does have ongoing questions about exactly where the border lines fall.
Another reason why you can't be buried in Svalbard is that something to do with the ice makes your body rise out of the ground which is disturbing to many locals
It is true one cannot be burried in Svalbard because of the permafrost. However it was the spanish flu that could be spread if the bodies were dug up, not the black plauge. The spanish flu first arrived in 1918 where seven people (mostly coal miners) perished as a result of the plauge.
22:50 Somaliland doesn't WANT to breakaway From "Somalia" it just withdrawn from failed union with "Somalia" just like Syrian withdrawn a union with Egypt, those other La la land mini Somalian states are there to confuse the world.
Abkhazia as any other region of Georgia has been a seperate kingdom or duchy at some point in history. In 8th-9th century all of the territories have been unified in one state.. After that in various centuries they would break apart due to several empire invasions, like Mongols, Persians, Ottomans, Russians and etc.
Nepal was never under British rule. Britain seized a little bit of land but the Nepalese Gurkhas prevented full British control. The British were so impressed by the Nepalese that they recruited them to their military, a relationship that lasted for a long time. The Gurkhas were renowned for their stealth.
Hello, Im from Kosovo. Great video! As you mentioned It is indeed wierd that Spain do not recognise us as a country. Im not that great at geography myself, but i enjoy watching your videos and relaxing while learning something new. Much love from Kosovo ❤
The reason spain doesn't recongise Kosovo is because they have their own issue with the people of Catalonia, its a fairly similar situation so they don't want to recognise Kosovo as it could give legitmacy to Catalonia
hello! i’m an irish person who lives in the north of ireland which is also a historically disputed region in europe, many people consider us to be the kosovo of northern europe lmao, i was just wondering though why your country has never unified with albania as the majority of kosovo is ethnic albanian, can you tell me why? thanks!
@@darnellbiggumsthe9th658 I’m from Kosovo I can explain it to you. So we want to unite with Albania but the problem is that it is not allowed for Kosovo to unite with any other country, for now at least. This has to do with the ongoing problems with terrorist state Serbia and their no-recognition agenda.
I think in Canada the Unceeded Indigenous territories are disputed. Technically they have sovereignty as independent nations having never signed treaties to become part of the state of Canada, but Canada violates their sovereignty for mining and oil extraction, which leads to court cases and protests. Canada even has sent out the domestic military to back oil companies
North America has Hawaii, which is disputed that it historically never became an official state in the USA. There are people who think that it’s one of the 50 states, while others claim it is still a monarchy from their own Hawaiian people.
(Also, Greenland's official language is known as Greenlandic in English, but it's an Eskimo-Aleut language with two distinct dialects-Kalaallisut (West Greenlandic) and Tunumiit oraasiat (East Greenlandic)! It's related to Inuit languages like Inuktitut and Iñupiaq!
Thing about Kashmir, as I recall, was the fact that the general population was mainly muslims but the monarch/ruler of the area was Hindu so he asked India for assistance, that's how the dispute started
Which happens to become a more complex issue since the Muslims in Kashmir are not truly native unlike Hindus etc so the situation itself intertwines w religion
@@Jordan-w7u Yes, so nobody knows how it came to be at this point. But what I know is that Kashmir is now a muslim majority and wants to join Pakistan, however, India isn't letting go
@@TheBaguetteSpyPersonally, I take a pro India stance not because of bias rather research however something that always stood out is the amount of division in such a continent. Referring to the separatism movements like Naga to Dravidian to Khalistan etc.
@@windman_ I personally side with the people, not the authority of a single individual in power. I do read both sides, and each side has messed up, but I'll side with Pakistan on this issue since it benefits the people.
Sweden has never been danish, parts of Sweden have like Skåne but never the entire country. We have been in a union with Denmark that was mostly controlled by the Dane’s but they have never taken over our country
The topic about Qarabakh is wrong what you explaining. In history the area was always belonged to Azerbaijan. Even archielogist found a place of pray which was from people who believed in fire. In history, as everybody knows, armenia never believed in fire but Azerbaijanis did in the past before becoming a muslim country.
Well the Gaza Strip is under Hamas which did break off from Fatah (PLO), but it is included under the State of Palestine in your book there going off of the area and population listed. Obv Fatah still claims the area despite not controlling it
Very nice ASMR👍🏻Btw recently many countries withdrew their Kosovo recognition, so now officially more countries don't recognize it than the ones that do
10:24 The reason spain doesn't recongise Kosovo is because they have their own issue with the people of Catalonia, its a fairly similar situation so they don't want to recognise Kosovo as it could give legitmacy to Catalonia
If any country has to hold Greenland I’m glad it’s Denmark. It has some of the largest known rare earth mineral/rare metal deposits under the ice sheet. Some other country might have already destroyed the whole island if they had the chance.
I would like that book to show my 8 year old he's really good at knowing the flags of the world mainly due to football. Do you know where I can purchase it?
As a Taiwanese, I always feel that we are well-connected and marginal people in the world. Although our scientific and technological strength and economic performance are not bad, and our democratic system is also very complete, because of the "neighbors" next door... you know, it is difficult to be in the international community. Obtain official recognition [United Nations]
Hi, I'm your subscriber and I hope I'm helping, when you refer to continents here in America such as Central America, North America and South America How you did it is also correct, however pt2
lmao Taiwan is not "very left leaning" simply because it's allowed homosexual marriage, and you say that juxtaposed with you calling China a communist country. What does left-leaning mean for you, man? And there is no "cooperative environment" for Israel-Palestine, it only ends with one or the other; that's clearly what each side wants (hopefully Palestine). At the very least you have a pretty wonderful understanding on Armenia.
I don't believe there is an ultimatum for Palestine-Israel. Call me an eternal optimist, but I believe there is a version where there is one state that accommodates all. Will it happen, probably not, but I can hope! Left leaning, for me, means a state which attempts some version of equality for minority groups, such as LGBT, disabled, women, etc. and a version of socialism which protects its population. Communism, at least in my view, although far left, is an extremist view of society that is as bad as Nazism. I still have lots to learn about politics, but thanks for pointing out some of my inconsistencies.
@@WelshASMR82Maps First off, sorry if I came off like an ass, you're obviously a good dude who cares about this kind of stuff. Communism and Socialism are not mutually exclusive and are often synonymous with one another. What most people view as the negatives of the "extreme" left-wing are born from Stalinism and failed socialist states (and I guess 50's era McCarthyistic propaganda). Communism itself isn't inherently evil whereas fascism and its offshoots like Nazism objectively aims to subjugate a subset of individuals and blame them for their economic/societal issues. I'd say Cuba is a safe bet on a country that achieved a level of socialism/communism without being pearl-clutchingly bad. I'm not really saying you can't have your own opinion about how a state operates and its contradictions, the more I get older, the more I find every nation has blood on their hands. Secondly, Taiwan may be what I call "socially liberal" with certain things such as gay marriage but moreso "fiscally conservative" akin to South Korea or the U.S. which is kinda why the U.S. has such a keen interest in them; since they ideologically share the same things (I'm sure it's obvious). China's a bit complicated, although they label themselves as "Communist" they have very openly been veering towards a shift into a market economy for the past 30 years. Although they still have some economically left-leaning tendencies, the country is past Mao Zedong and the cultural revolution now. A lot of their apprehensions to gay marriage and whatnot is born out of the nationalism that still fuels a lot of the government and its officials, which reviles "western influence" although homosexuality is OBVIOUSLY very common like EVERYWHERE haha. And for Israel/Palestine, I honestly agree that a peaceful solution is the best outcome. I don't think your idealism is bad. What I've heard from my Palestinian friends and overtime the things I've read about the dispute I've come to understand that Palestinian people did have their land stolen over the past few decades, no matter what ancient claim anyone else might have. This is very much ongoing and won't stop until they are driven out completely. So that's kind of what I'm basing my take on. :)
lots of love to transnistria from austria. i find your country very interesting, i hope i can visit it soon one day! is it safe to travel to tiraspol at the moment?
Pretty sure there is a small island that has Canada and Greenland's border running through it and neither side can decide which side it belongs to, so every now and then one country comes to the island and replaces the flag and leaves some kind of gift. Not 100% about the two country's
Nagorno-Karabakh has never been Armenian. Even before the collapse of the USSR, it was the territory of the Azerbaijan SSR. But yes, Armenians lived there together with Azerbaijanis. “Karabakh” is even the name of the land in the Turkic language, which means “black garden”. You said that the Azerbaijanis destroyed cultural heritage. The territory of Nagorno-Karabakh consists of only 4 cities (4 districts, regions). It was the Armenian army that launched the offensive. They occupied 7 more regions of Azerbaijan as a buffer zone and expelled 1 million people from their homes. For 30 years they destroyed everything. You can watch a video of the lands liberated in 2020. There is nothing, just ruins. This is the internationally recognized territory of Azerbaijan, and no country in the world has recognized this fake country, not even Armenia, because it is contrary to international law. Since last week, this “country” has “declared its non-existence.” It was a “cancer” that stopped the development of both countries. Russia used this conflict to control both countries. I hope we will understand what tragedy we have experienced during 30 years of war, and we will never dare to fight again! I hope our mistakes will help us to understand that war is NEVER the way we can solve the problems.
I also read that it was a deliberate effort by Russia to destabilise the region after the break up of the USSR. It has cost so many lives :( Such a sad story.
Its the Bajo Nuevo and Serranilla banks i believe. Its claimed by those two and 3 more, USA Jamaica and Colombia. They are administered by Colombia though, Nicaragua also claims the Colombian province of San Andres, but thats also controlled by Colombia
In fact, Artsakh in Armenia has a population of 100,000+ ethnic Armenians who feel as though they belong to Armenia and not Azerbaijan. The whole area is rooted in Armenian history, world maps of the past depict the region as part of Armenia!
"The vote" on the teritory of Crimea was organized by russian forces of special operations, which forced the Crimean parlament to do that thing. I recommend to read about that strongly.
Hello, I've been watching your videos for a long time but I don't understand English very well. Maybe it would be possible for them to subtitle German :)
I believe that Bavaria is close to becoming disputed. Bavaria is the home of Nationalism and have the direct right to a lot of Nazi books. Bavaria also has the highest German percentage of people and have a very large different to most states in Germany. I could see a split of Baden snd Württemberg as the two have before due to some difference. Württemberg could apart of Bavaria rather than being their own state. I believe Bavaria should be independent as they have a rich economy, strong nationalism and will be a great use to Bavarians in Austria and Sud Tyrol.
Okay so. Greenland and Denmark. Denmark “own” greenland and have the govorning rights. But nothing else, and the same with faroe islands. Those two “countries” are the only danish ones
American territories were never spanish colonies, they were recognised as provinces, known as viceroyalties, with the same rights as if they were Madrid, Andalucía or whatever territory on the peninsula, with the same representation in our Courts
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literally my two favourite things combined: asmr and geography
Me tooooo!
Same XD
Sameeee I was going to comment that
Same
I wish they taught this proper kind of geography at school instead of f*cking mountains and rocks.
Spain didn`t recognise Kosovo´s independence in 2008 because of their own problems with Catalonia.
Yes, I assumed as much. Otherwise, there's no reason a western democracy shouldn't recognise them
and Galicia
@@jm.evh3 Galicia and Basque Country can be included but it's mainly because of Catalonia
@haneymc Then, following your logic, all colonies shouldn't have gained independance ? Because they've nearly all stayed colonies for hundreds of years too
True
Yes, Rio de Janeiro was once capital of Portugal. It seems Portugal had a habit of doing that outside of mainland territory, another capital of the country was Angra do Heroismo, a city in the Azores islands
Круто то что португальцы независимы. Я всегда думал как они смогли остаться независимыми когда у них такой огромный сосед, и хорошо что есть выход к океану.
@@d.d890..britian was backing portugal for a long time
Because Portugal got taken over by Napoleon so the royals had to escape to Brazil
in azores was during a spanish invasion when we had no king and filipe II of spain invaded Portugal but some resist with a portuguese claimant to the throne in azores during some time
@@d.d890..Португалия часто воевала за независимость, и из раза в раз выходила победителем (кроме периода, когда была образована Иберийская уния, однако она просуществовала недолго), так что страна отстаивала независимость трудом и кровью
I appreciate the courage you have for making this video, thought you handled the different topics very well, of course relaxing as usual!
Thank you so much!
My parents also used Timbuktu as an expression to say something was a long way away. Such as, “It’s as far as from here to Timbuktu”. I never knew it was a real place until now though and I thought I was fairly decent at geography, until now 😮. Great video mate! First time watcher, will definitely come back.
Oh, so it's not just my crazy parents then! 😂
My mom said that too (my dad is African and never did). And Timbuktu is basically the Oxford of Mali. It was traditionally a college town and home of one of Africa’s oldest universities (it’s now defunct).
Did you know Timbuktu was a capital in the rebal group of Azawad in 2012.
i am a huge geography nerd and have loved ASMR for years, so finding your channel was a dream come true!!! this video especially was incredibly intriguing :) much love!!!
Thank you so much! 😊🙏
Transnistria is super interesting. During USSR it was very wealthy because it was a very industrialized region. When USSR collapsed, it turned into one of the poorest region of Europe and so trasnistrian want to be linked back to the original soviet origin: Moscow.
Ah, that explains a lot
Да тут намного проще, там живут русскоязычные люди, естественно им ближе и роднее Россия.
А какое население там живёт? По нациям? Я вообще никогда не понимал что за это такой регион
@@d.d890.. ну гугл в помощь! Обычный регион, где живут обычные люди, с такими же проблемами и делами...
@@d.d890..Придністровʼя заселене етнічними молдаванами, росіянами та українцями(кожних представників по третині, трохи переважають саме молдавани)
Hey, i gotta say it’s brave of you to make this video! As an Indian, Kashmir has always been a taboo point of discussion. Your explanation of it is basically correct tho. The King of Kashmir turned to India for help, but it was too late by the time Pakistan had some form of control. In fact, the map in your book shows all of Kashmir as part of Pakistan, which isn’t the case. Of course, today, neither country is innocent. Pakistan has kicked out all Hindus from there side of Kashmir and India limits Islam on their side. It’s a sad situation 😔
Anyways, great video as always :)
I'm glad that I understood it correctly at least! Thank you for clarifying ☺️
> India limits Islam on their side
More like Kashmiri Muslims in India committed ethnic cleansing against their Hindu neighbours in the early 1990s.
But sure, "we limit Islam" in Indian Kashmir. Let's go with that so we can pretend there are faults on both sides etc. etc
Thank the Britts!
@@zigzagzugzug about 90% of all current worldwide issues are the British/English's fault! 😅
@@WelshASMR82Maps It is true, and I think those wounds still won't heal in many years.
This is the most interesting and informative video I’ve stumbled across in ages. Thank you so much for what you do. I’m excited to go back and watch your other videos. Happy new subscriber here!
You are so welcome!
I'm from Galicia and I've done about 20-30 independence movements myself. We are an area of Spain that does not look like Spain at all. We are Celtic, like the Welsh. We have so much rain not like the rest of Spain which is hot and almost no rain. I love my region Galicia and I always refer to it as a country. It is said us and Catalonia would get independence before 2030.
I have read so much about Galicia and my friend is from there (she speaks gallego too, which is funny to me as my degree is in Spanish and Portuguese). I'd love an independent Galicia, Euskadi and Catalonia 💓
@@WelshASMR82Maps ❤️❤️❤️
Grazas querido amigo 💙🤍💙🤍
@@jm.evh3 "we are welsh" *speaks in spanish*
@@hatinmyselfiscool2879 what?
@@WelshASMR82Maps what do you mean by “i’d love an independent Galicia, euskadi and Catalonia”. As a Spanish person, Spain has always been one country and people who want independence are just extremely problematic. Also, it would be a huge problem for the economy, so no, we wouldn’t love an independent galicia, euskadi nor cataluña.
Anyways love your vids.
Watching this video from Boroma! Im originally from Melbourne, Australia but im here visiting family. Despite being Somalian, I had no idea about all these different Somalian territories! I didnt even know about Awdalland! I thought Boroma was apart of Somaliland. Ill ask some family about it. Thanks for teaching me!
No way! That's incredible! 😱 What are the actual chances??
You have the best ASMR voice I have yet to hear on YT hands down. Keep doing it. I'd love to hear more ASMR sounds too, like crinkles or object noises.
the reason Portugal’s capital was in Brazil is because Napoleon took over Portugal proper so the royal family moved it to brazil colony and this is also how the Brazilian empire became free
Ahhh, thanks! I did wonder why this happened. Legend 👏
I love asmr and geopolitics so this is perfect
Ditto!
The video was extremely informative and relaxing. Keep up the quality❤
Yay! Thank you!
40:15 oceania is taught to us as a continent, so chile would be tricontinental as it has islands in the polynesia and antartican territory
Omg 😱 Yes! That's spot on!
Belize does speak Spanish widely. It’s the native language of most of the country’s population (and most of the others speak Creole or Indigenous languages). English as an official language was because it was colonized by the British; a lot of people there speak it as a second or third language.
Oh my goodness! I could honestly listen to you for days. It's so lovely to see such a keen interest in geography! History and geography are great passions of mine. 😊 You have jogged my memory on so much lately. Thank you 😊
I love this guys videos and I mean this with joking intentions, but I can’t think of anything less relaxing than a discussion on disputes territories lmao
Denmark has a Queen. She is the longest sitting regent in the World after Queen Elisabeth😊 and the faroe Islands are still a part of the kingdom of denmark like Greenland. Love your whisper. And style!! Many thanks from a new sup. In denmark. 😉😍
Interesting!
I always forget that and think that they are british
Here from Quebec! I really love geography, and i have autism, so this is the perfect ASMR channel for me! Very relaxing!
Hello! I have quite a few subs with autism and even more who are generally neuro-diverse (like me!) so welcome to the party! So glad you found the channel!
We've got a French island of the coast of Canada named Saint- Pierre and Miquelon. I've never been but it's so neat and weird that you can travel to "France" and back to Canada in under a couple hours. It's located off the east coast near Newfoundland.
Never knew Asmrctica had a brother! ;-) Keep it up, great content and very relaxing! I subscribed
Here in Oregon if a friend lives out in the sticks he lives in Timbuktu. Now you’re going to tell me that’s a real place lol. Never knew. Love the channel.
My mother used the same expression when I was growing up too. Couldn't believe it was a REAL place!!
the middle ground channel is called jubilee and they do a lot of different ideas that invoke some rlly interesting convos but middle ground is one of them and one of my personal faves bc u get to see and hear everyone’s different perspectives and everyone is usually fairly respectful towards the other side
Yes! That is the one. Brilliant channel and really different to modern news channels that rely on everyone fighting and being horrible to one another. Refreshing approach to debate
0:50 legend
I'm soooo brave 😅
i have no idea why i haven't been recommended your channel before, this is so good
Oh thank you!
Agree! This channel just fell in my lap too and I love it!
You deserve a lot more subscribers.
Thank you so much!
This has probably been said, but North America does have a disputed territory. The whole of Belize has been disputed since the 19th century, with Guatemala claiming ownership. Suriname, while fully independent and not a disputed country by any means, does have ongoing questions about exactly where the border lines fall.
Hawaii is disputed
Guatemala only claims southern belize
Love small asmr UA-camrs always the best ❤ love from United States - Texas 🇺🇸
Thank you! 🤗
Really enjoyed the video! I feel like you could've explained Taiwan and PRC better but it's complicated so i understand. Other than that 👍.
You managed to make this relaxing despite the topic, good night.
Another reason why you can't be buried in Svalbard is that something to do with the ice makes your body rise out of the ground which is disturbing to many locals
Really interesting video! Who knew learning something new could be so relaxing☺️
I'm so glad!
Very interested in Nations especially active separatist movements,thanks and 🧡 from Malta 🇲🇹
It is true one cannot be burried in Svalbard because of the permafrost. However it was the spanish flu that could be spread if the bodies were dug up, not the black plauge. The spanish flu first arrived in 1918 where seven people (mostly coal miners) perished as a result of the plauge.
Thank you for the correction!
Very educational. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice channel btw, I’m subscribing!
Jamaica also has english as official language in central-america🤝🏼 love the vid👌🏼
Thanks so much! ☺️
22:50 Somaliland doesn't WANT to breakaway From "Somalia" it just withdrawn from failed union with "Somalia" just like Syrian withdrawn a union with Egypt, those other La la land mini Somalian states are there to confuse the world.
Apparently abkhazia has been around since medieval times which is something i think is kinda cool
Realllllly??
Abkhazia as any other region of Georgia has been a seperate kingdom or duchy at some point in history. In 8th-9th century all of the territories have been unified in one state.. After that in various centuries they would break apart due to several empire invasions, like Mongols, Persians, Ottomans, Russians and etc.
@@alexandersamsonidze4026Ii find it fascinating that orthodox Christianity has survived in the Caucasus for hundreds of years surrounded by enemies.
Nepal was never under British rule. Britain seized a little bit of land but the Nepalese Gurkhas prevented full British control. The British were so impressed by the Nepalese that they recruited them to their military, a relationship that lasted for a long time. The Gurkhas were renowned for their stealth.
Hello, Im from Kosovo. Great video! As you mentioned It is indeed wierd that Spain do not recognise us as a country. Im not that great at geography myself, but i enjoy watching your videos and relaxing while learning something new. Much love from Kosovo ❤
The reason spain doesn't recongise Kosovo is because they have their own issue with the people of Catalonia, its a fairly similar situation so they don't want to recognise Kosovo as it could give legitmacy to Catalonia
@@TheStrangeMan13 Thanks for the information!
hello! i’m an irish person who lives in the north of ireland which is also a historically disputed region in europe, many people consider us to be the kosovo of northern europe lmao, i was just wondering though why your country has never unified with albania as the majority of kosovo is ethnic albanian, can you tell me why? thanks!
@@darnellbiggumsthe9th658 I’m from Kosovo I can explain it to you. So we want to unite with Albania but the problem is that it is not allowed for Kosovo to unite with any other country, for now at least. This has to do with the ongoing problems with terrorist state Serbia and their no-recognition agenda.
@@TheStrangeMan13but did Spain intend to recognize Kosovo if it didn't have the problems with Cataluña?
I think in Canada the Unceeded Indigenous territories are disputed. Technically they have sovereignty as independent nations having never signed treaties to become part of the state of Canada, but Canada violates their sovereignty for mining and oil extraction, which leads to court cases and protests. Canada even has sent out the domestic military to back oil companies
thanks for mentioning Artsakh. I appreciate it🥰👋🏻
No problem 😊
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North America has Hawaii, which is disputed that it historically never became an official state in the USA. There are people who think that it’s one of the 50 states, while others claim it is still a monarchy from their own Hawaiian people.
Спасибо за прекрасное видео, вы очень верны и умны, продолжайте в том же духе ❤
Спасибо большое 😊
Just something I noticed-Guatemala doesn't have it's capital listed in this book! It's Ciudad de Guatemala!
(Also, Greenland's official language is known as Greenlandic in English, but it's an Eskimo-Aleut language with two distinct dialects-Kalaallisut (West Greenlandic) and Tunumiit oraasiat (East Greenlandic)! It's related to Inuit languages like Inuktitut and Iñupiaq!
You are smart 🤓
i’ve noticed a lot of countries have their capitals as “city of _” or “_ city”
like djibouti or mexico as example
Thing about Kashmir, as I recall, was the fact that the general population was mainly muslims but the monarch/ruler of the area was Hindu so he asked India for assistance, that's how the dispute started
Which happens to become a more complex issue since the Muslims in Kashmir are not truly native unlike Hindus etc so the situation itself intertwines w religion
@@Jordan-w7u Yes, so nobody knows how it came to be at this point. But what I know is that Kashmir is now a muslim majority and wants to join Pakistan, however, India isn't letting go
Yes, that's sort of how I understood it too. It's a very complex situation!
@@TheBaguetteSpyPersonally, I take a pro India stance not because of bias rather research however something that always stood out is the amount of division in such a continent. Referring to the separatism movements like Naga to Dravidian to Khalistan etc.
@@windman_ I personally side with the people, not the authority of a single individual in power. I do read both sides, and each side has messed up, but I'll side with Pakistan on this issue since it benefits the people.
your voice is really pleasant. Obrigada pelos videos
Sweden has never been danish, parts of Sweden have like Skåne but never the entire country. We have been in a union with Denmark that was mostly controlled by the Dane’s but they have never taken over our country
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Any update on svalbard? sounds like a myth to me ahah, how wpuld they get the cprpses there
rather why
Someone told me it isn't black plague but Spanish flu...!
😌so relaxing
I love your videos, geography and countries are best. You very cool, what start learning russian
Excellent! Thanks for this one😊
My pleasure!
The topic about Qarabakh is wrong what you explaining. In history the area was always belonged to Azerbaijan. Even archielogist found a place of pray which was from people who believed in fire. In history, as everybody knows, armenia never believed in fire but Azerbaijanis did in the past before becoming a muslim country.
Well the Gaza Strip is under Hamas which did break off from Fatah (PLO), but it is included under the State of Palestine in your book there going off of the area and population listed. Obv Fatah still claims the area despite not controlling it
Ah, I see! Thanks for explaining 😃
Do you speak Welsh at all?! Nice seeing a Welsh person doing ASMR!! Loving it
Yes! I have a whole other channel for langs and do some Welsh videos. ua-cam.com/users/WelshASMR82
There is one dispute in north america, which is guatemala actually claims all of belize. Although im not sure anyone recognises it 😅
Oh, really??!
I wonder what the stipulations are because they certainly could have mentioned more disputes. No mention of Western New Guinea in Oceania
It's a 40minutes long video, u cannot pretend to see EVERY single territories like..
Умоляю, скажите где можно заказать эту книгу, ну или что-то похожее/ I beg you, tell me where I can order this book or something like that😭🙏🙏
Amazon.co.uk 😊
@@WelshASMR82Maps Спасибо огромное💕🙏
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Very nice ASMR👍🏻Btw recently many countries withdrew their Kosovo recognition, so now officially more countries don't recognize it than the ones that do
6:25 I’m a bit late 😅 but as I remember Algiers used to be the capital of free France during German occupation in WW2
Oh wow! Did not know that
plzz make a greenland video
Did you neglect to mention the esequibo in South America?
Oh, I have never heard of that. Interesting! I will check it out!!
10:24 The reason spain doesn't recongise Kosovo is because they have their own issue with the people of Catalonia, its a fairly similar situation so they don't want to recognise Kosovo as it could give legitmacy to Catalonia
If any country has to hold Greenland I’m glad it’s Denmark. It has some of the largest known rare earth mineral/rare metal deposits under the ice sheet. Some other country might have already destroyed the whole island if they had the chance.
Good point!
Make a talk about America. Big fan of your work. I will wait
I would like that book to show my 8 year old he's really good at knowing the flags of the world mainly due to football. Do you know where I can purchase it?
I bought it on Amazon!
Haha, i was the same at his age
As a Taiwanese, I always feel that we are well-connected and marginal people in the world. Although our scientific and technological strength and economic performance are not bad, and our democratic system is also very complete, because of the "neighbors" next door... you know, it is difficult to be in the international community. Obtain official recognition [United Nations]
Homosexuality is not illegal in the PRC. You just can't legally marry or adopt as a couple.
Cool video. As far as I know, there is no European tectonic plate. There is only a Eurasian plate.
Hi, I'm your subscriber and I hope I'm helping, when you refer to continents here in America such as Central America, North America and South America How you did it is also correct, however pt2
The right thing is only 1 continent that would be "American Continent" I hope I helped I really like your videos
I read somewhere that it can be considered as just 1 continent. Thank you for your comment!
Woah, book looks interesting, any chance you could tell where I could get something similar? ^^
It's on Amazon!
@@WelshASMR82Maps Thanks!
lmao Taiwan is not "very left leaning" simply because it's allowed homosexual marriage, and you say that juxtaposed with you calling China a communist country. What does left-leaning mean for you, man? And there is no "cooperative environment" for Israel-Palestine, it only ends with one or the other; that's clearly what each side wants (hopefully Palestine). At the very least you have a pretty wonderful understanding on Armenia.
I don't believe there is an ultimatum for Palestine-Israel. Call me an eternal optimist, but I believe there is a version where there is one state that accommodates all. Will it happen, probably not, but I can hope! Left leaning, for me, means a state which attempts some version of equality for minority groups, such as LGBT, disabled, women, etc. and a version of socialism which protects its population. Communism, at least in my view, although far left, is an extremist view of society that is as bad as Nazism. I still have lots to learn about politics, but thanks for pointing out some of my inconsistencies.
@@WelshASMR82Maps First off, sorry if I came off like an ass, you're obviously a good dude who cares about this kind of stuff. Communism and Socialism are not mutually exclusive and are often synonymous with one another. What most people view as the negatives of the "extreme" left-wing are born from Stalinism and failed socialist states (and I guess 50's era McCarthyistic propaganda). Communism itself isn't inherently evil whereas fascism and its offshoots like Nazism objectively aims to subjugate a subset of individuals and blame them for their economic/societal issues. I'd say Cuba is a safe bet on a country that achieved a level of socialism/communism without being pearl-clutchingly bad. I'm not really saying you can't have your own opinion about how a state operates and its contradictions, the more I get older, the more I find every nation has blood on their hands.
Secondly, Taiwan may be what I call "socially liberal" with certain things such as gay marriage but moreso "fiscally conservative" akin to South Korea or the U.S. which is kinda why the U.S. has such a keen interest in them; since they ideologically share the same things (I'm sure it's obvious). China's a bit complicated, although they label themselves as "Communist" they have very openly been veering towards a shift into a market economy for the past 30 years. Although they still have some economically left-leaning tendencies, the country is past Mao Zedong and the cultural revolution now. A lot of their apprehensions to gay marriage and whatnot is born out of the nationalism that still fuels a lot of the government and its officials, which reviles "western influence" although homosexuality is OBVIOUSLY very common like EVERYWHERE haha.
And for Israel/Palestine, I honestly agree that a peaceful solution is the best outcome. I don't think your idealism is bad. What I've heard from my Palestinian friends and overtime the things I've read about the dispute I've come to understand that Palestinian people did have their land stolen over the past few decades, no matter what ancient claim anyone else might have. This is very much ongoing and won't stop until they are driven out completely. So that's kind of what I'm basing my take on. :)
surprised Hawaii wasn’t included
its a state? why whould it be inculded?
@@mjb6839 pretty much the entire world is stolen land. Hawaii does not dispute itself being a state
25:54 you said, that Armenia is Azerbaijan, i hope, that it was just mistake, but if not...
I think it was a mistake
My question is: what word on donietsk flag says?
Донецкая Народная Республика (donetskaya narodnaya respublika), meaning "People's Republic of Donetsk"
@@wasserruebenvergilbungsvirus thanks
Hello! I'm from Transnistria, lives of Tiraspol. It's very interesting, good like!
lots of love to transnistria from austria. i find your country very interesting, i hope i can visit it soon one day! is it safe to travel to tiraspol at the moment?
Pretty sure there is a small island that has Canada and Greenland's border running through it and neither side can decide which side it belongs to, so every now and then one country comes to the island and replaces the flag and leaves some kind of gift. Not 100% about the two country's
Trust Canada to leave a gift rather than shoot at people. I can think of a dozen countries that would just take it by force...
man i love geography. i’m doing it for gsce and i’ve already got a really high grade in an assessment (first month of year 10)
I never did Geography for GCSE! Bizarre seems that I love it so much! Good luck in your exams!
North part of Cyprus speaking Turkish but a little bit different dialect.
Nagorno-Karabakh has never been Armenian. Even before the collapse of the USSR, it was the territory of the Azerbaijan SSR. But yes, Armenians lived there together with Azerbaijanis. “Karabakh” is even the name of the land in the Turkic language, which means “black garden”. You said that the Azerbaijanis destroyed cultural heritage. The territory of Nagorno-Karabakh consists of only 4 cities (4 districts, regions). It was the Armenian army that launched the offensive. They occupied 7 more regions of Azerbaijan as a buffer zone and expelled 1 million people from their homes. For 30 years they destroyed everything. You can watch a video of the lands liberated in 2020. There is nothing, just ruins. This is the internationally recognized territory of Azerbaijan, and no country in the world has recognized this fake country, not even Armenia, because it is contrary to international law. Since last week, this “country” has “declared its non-existence.” It was a “cancer” that stopped the development of both countries. Russia used this conflict to control both countries. I hope we will understand what tragedy we have experienced during 30 years of war, and we will never dare to fight again! I hope our mistakes will help us to understand that war is NEVER the way we can solve the problems.
I also read that it was a deliberate effort by Russia to destabilise the region after the break up of the USSR. It has cost so many lives :( Such a sad story.
there is a dispute between Nicaragua and Honduras or something like that
Its the Bajo Nuevo and Serranilla banks i believe. Its claimed by those two and 3 more, USA Jamaica and Colombia. They are administered by Colombia though, Nicaragua also claims the Colombian province of San Andres, but thats also controlled by Colombia
Abkhazia and Samachablo (South Ossetia) it’s Georgia! Russia is an Occupier.
Скажи это самим абхазам и осетинам😂
@@izgonevreev4748 Скажу скоро )))
Эх, ещё бы грузия оккупировать😊
In fact, Artsakh in Armenia has a population of 100,000+ ethnic Armenians who feel as though they belong to Armenia and not Azerbaijan.
The whole area is rooted in Armenian history, world maps of the past depict the region as part of Armenia!
Yes, I researched. Armenia was huge and had much of modern day Turkey and Iran in its borders. Very interesting
@@WelshASMR82Maps Yes! Thank you for including Armenia and Armenian in most of your videos. I love it
Karabakh is Azerbaijan 🇦🇿
@@WelshASMR82Maps and now Artsakh in blockade for two months
@@andriyandriychuk and Kosovo is Serbia...
That's about justice
Never thought this would in any way exist. I came for the joke. I stayed for the content.
Thank you ☺️
I don't even like asmr but this is so interesting thanks
Glad you enjoyed!
"The vote" on the teritory of Crimea was organized by russian forces of special operations, which forced the Crimean parlament to do that thing. I recommend to read about that strongly.
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The droids you want are not here 👋
Guatemala didnt recognize Belize because they said its their disputed territory with British Empire
Hello, I've been watching your videos for a long time but I don't understand English very well. Maybe it would be possible for them to subtitle German :)
I believe that Bavaria is close to becoming disputed. Bavaria is the home of Nationalism and have the direct right to a lot of Nazi books. Bavaria also has the highest German percentage of people and have a very large different to most states in Germany. I could see a split of Baden snd Württemberg as the two have before due to some difference. Württemberg could apart of Bavaria rather than being their own state. I believe Bavaria should be independent as they have a rich economy, strong nationalism and will be a great use to Bavarians in Austria and Sud Tyrol.
Aren’t the Falkland Islands technically disputed between Britain and Argentina?
Yes, that's correct!
Okay so. Greenland and Denmark. Denmark “own” greenland and have the govorning rights. But nothing else, and the same with faroe islands. Those two “countries” are the only danish ones
So is Faroe Islands like Wales? i.e. it has some self governing rights but essentially England has control?
American territories were never spanish colonies, they were recognised as provinces, known as viceroyalties, with the same rights as if they were Madrid, Andalucía or whatever territory on the peninsula, with the same representation in our Courts
Ah, ok!! Thanks for the info!
Transnistria, the only little piece of the CCCP left,
Guantanamo could be argued as disputed since the Cuban government claims it’s illegal.