No-go area

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A "no-go area" or "no-go zone" is a term used in several distinct contexts to describe a geographic area considered off-limits or too dangerous to enter. In its original military and political sense, the term refers to an area where state authorities have lost effective control, either because of official exclusion, such as a government-declared border zone or military exclusion zone, or because a violent non-state actor such as an insurgent group, terrorist organization, or criminal syndicate has established de facto control. In some cases, these areas have been held by insurgent organizations attempting to topple the government, such as Free Derry, an area in Northern Ireland that was held by the Irish Republican Army from 1969 to 1972. In other cases, the areas simply coexist alongside the state; an example is Kowloon Walled City, an area in Hong Kong essentially ruled by triad organizations from the 1950s to the 1970s. Since the early 21st century, the term has also been used in political...

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