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Which countries are affected by mines?

78 States and 8 other areas are affected by mined areas

Africa

Angola, Burundi, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

(Somaliland)

Americas

Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela

Asia/Pacific

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Republic of Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, Phillipines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam

(Taiwan, Nagorno-Karabakh)

Europe/Central Asia

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France (Djibouti), FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Greece, Kyrgysztan, Moldova, Russia, Serbia & Montenegro, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia, UK (Falklands), Uzbekistan

(Abkhazia, Chechnya, Kosovo)

Middle East/North Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen

(Palestine, Western Sahara)

 
Source: The Global Landmine problem in 2005-2006, Landmine Monitor 2006