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What is a bifurcation?

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Separation of one state/province into two different states/provinces.

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The term itself means a splitting of one thing into two branches. You see it all the time as a tree grows the limbs bifurcate into branches. A main road splits into two smaller roads.

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A bifurcator is something which bifurcates - something which causes something to fork into two sections.

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