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| Clipperton Island Clipperton Island Clipperton Island is a nine-square-kilometre coral atoll in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, southwest of Mexico and west of Costa Rica, at . It has no permanent inhabitants.... # | Atoll administered by the Minister for Overseas Territories. No permanent population. |
| Overseas collectivity Collectivité d'outre-mer The French 'overseas collectivities' , like the French regions of France, themselves, are first-order administrative divisions of France. The French 'overseas collectivities' include some former French Overseas territories of France and other French overseas entities with a particular status, all of which were given the name collectivit?s... since 2003; Overseas country Pays d'outre-mer Overseas country is the new designation for the overseas collectivity of French Polynesia. French Polynesia was formerly an Overseas territory until the Constitution of France reform on 28 March 2003 created the overseas collectivities.... since 2004. | |
| Departmental collectivity since 2001; overseas collectivity since 2003. | |
| "Sui generis Sui generis Sui generis is a Neo-Latin expression, literally meaning of its own kind/genus or unique in its characteristics. The expression was effectively created by Scholasticism philosophy to indicate an idea, an entity or a reality that cannot be included in a wider concept.... " collectivity since 1999; appears on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories The United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories documents countries that, according to the United Nations, are non-Decolonization. The list was initially prepared in 1946 pursuant to Article XI of the United Nations Charter, and has been updated by the United Nations General Assembly on recommendation of the Special Committee on Dec... . | |
| Overseas collectivities since 2007. | |
| Saint Martin Saint Martin (France) Saint Martin , officially the Collectivity of Saint Martin , is an overseas collectivity of France located in the Caribbean. It came into being on February 22, 2007, encompassing the northern parts of the Saint Martin and neighbouring islets, the largest of which is ?le Tintamarre.... | |
| Territorial collectivity since 1985; overseas collectivity since 2003. | |
| Overseas territory since 1961; overseas collectivity since 2003. | |
| The French Southern and Antarctic Lands Adélie Land Ad?lie Land is the portion of the Antarctic coast between Pourquoi Pas Point at and Point Alden at , with a shore length of 350 km and with its hinterland extending as a Circular sector about 2,600 km toward the South Pole.... is an Overseas territory Territoire d'outre-mer The term Overseas territory , is an Administrative divisions of France and is currently only applied to the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.... since 1955, administered from Paris Paris Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France .... by an Administrateur Superieur (since May 2000, François Garde assisted by Secretary General Jean-Yves Hermoso). No permanent population. |
NetherlandsNetherlands
The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
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| Full autonomy in internal affairs obtained upon separation from the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles The Netherlands Antilles , previously known as the Netherlands West Indies or Dutch Antilles/West Indies, is part of the Lesser Antilles and consists of two island group in the Caribbean Sea: Cura?ao and Bonaire, just off the Venezuelan coast, and Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten, located southeast of the Virgin Islands.... in 1986; Government of the Netherlands responsible for defense and foreign affairs. Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands From 1830 to 1954, the "Kingdom of the Netherlands" referred to the Netherlands Kingdom and its colonial possessions.Suriname was a constituent nation within the Kingdom from 1954 to 1975.... but not of the European Union European Union The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community.... . | |
,  and  will become special municipalities of the Netherlands. |
New ZealandNew Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
| In free association | Administration |
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| Self-governing in free association with New Zealand since 1965. The Cook Islands are fully responsible for their internal affairs; New Zealand, in consultation, retains some responsibility for external affairs and defence. As of 2005, the Cook Islands have diplomatic relations in their own name with eighteen countries. | |
| Self-governing in free association with New Zealand since 1974. Niue is fully responsible for its internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs and defence. New Zealand's responsibilities confer no rights of control and are only exercised at the request of the Government of Niue. | |
| Territory | Administration |
| Self-administering territory of New Zealand. As it moves toward free association with New Zealand, Tokelau and New Zealand have agreed to a draft constitution. A UN-sponsored referendum on self-governance in February 2006 did not produce the two-thirds supermajority Supermajority A supermajority or a qualified majority is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level or type of support which exceeds a majority in order to have effect.... necessary for changing the current political status. Another one was in October 2007, which failed to reach the 2/3 margin. | |
| Ross Dependency Ross Dependency The Ross Dependency comprises an area of Antarctica claimed by New Zealand. It is defined by a Circular sector originating at the South Pole, passing along longitudes 160th meridian east to 150th meridian west, and terminating at latitude 60th parallel south.... # | New Zealand's Antarctic Antarctica Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent, overlying the South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctica of the southern hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean.... claim. |
NorwayNorway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
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| Bouvet Island Bouvet Island Bouvet Island is an uninhabited sub-antarctic volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, south-southwest of the Cape of Good Hope . It is a Dependent territory of Norway and is not subject to the Antarctic Treaty.... # | Dependency administered from Oslo Oslo is the Capital and largest List of cities in Norway in Norway.Metropolitan Oslo or the Greater Oslo Region makes up the third largest urban area in Scandinavia after Metropolitan Stockholm and Metropolitan Copenhagen.... by the Polar Affairs Department of the Ministry of Justice and the Police Minister of Justice and the Police (Norway) In Norway, the Minister of Justice and the Police is the head of the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police and a member of Government of Norway.... . |
| Peter I Island Peter I Island Peter I Island is a volcano island located near Antarctica. It was discovered by Fabian von Bellingshausen off West Antarctica on 21 January 1821.... # | Dependency (subject to the Antarctic Treaty System Antarctic Treaty System The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively called the Antarctic Treaty System or ATS, regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earth's only continent without a native human population.... ) administered from Oslo Oslo is the Capital and largest List of cities in Norway in Norway.Metropolitan Oslo or the Greater Oslo Region makes up the third largest urban area in Scandinavia after Metropolitan Stockholm and Metropolitan Copenhagen.... by the Polar Affairs Department of the Ministry of Justice and the Police Minister of Justice and the Police (Norway) In Norway, the Minister of Justice and the Police is the head of the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police and a member of Government of Norway.... . |
| Queen Maud Land Queen Maud Land Queen Maud Land is an English translation of Dronning Maud Land, the official name in use by Norwegian authorities and British Antarctic Survey on the part of Antarctica claimed by Norway as a dependent territory, on 14 January 1939.... # |
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
| Overseas territories | Administration |
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| British overseas territories. | |
| British overseas territory or self-governing territory as defined by the UK. | |
| # | The UK's Antarctic Antarctica Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent, overlying the South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctica of the southern hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean.... claim. |
| # | British overseas territory administered by a commissioner resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Foreign and Commonwealth Office The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO, is the Departments of the United Kingdom Government responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom overseas, created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs.... , London. |
| British overseas territory with internal self-government. | |
| British overseas territory, claimed by Argentina Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city.... . Falkland Islands also administers through the Governor of the Falkland Islands as representative of the British monarch British monarchy The Monarchy of the United Kingdom is the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom and its British overseas territory.The present monarch, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, has reigned since 6 February 1952.... . | |
| British overseas territory, claimed by Spain Spain Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably.... . | |
| British overseas territory. Saint Helena also administers Ascension Island Ascension Island Ascension Island is an isolated island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean, around from the coast of Africa, and from the coast of South America.... and the island group of Tristan da Cunha Tristan da Cunha Tristan da Cunha is a remote volcanic group of islands in the south Atlantic Ocean, 2,816 km from South Africa and 3,360 km from South America.... . | |
| Sovereign Base Areas | Administration |
| Akrotiri and Dhekelia Akrotiri and Dhekelia The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia are two UK-administered areas on the island of Cyprus that comprise the Sovereign Base Areas British overseas territories of the United Kingdom.... | British overseas territory administered by the Commander of British Forces, Cyprus. Note |
| Crown dependencies | Administration |
| Crown dependencies Crown dependency The Crown Dependencies are possessions of The Crown, as opposed to British overseas territory or colony of the United Kingdom. They comprise the Channel Islands bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.... | |
United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
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| Unincorporated Incorporated territory Territories of the United States are one type of political division of the United States, administered by the U.S. government but not any part of a U.S.... and unorganized territory administered by the Office of Insular Affairs Office of Insular Affairs The Office of Insular Affairs is a unit of the United States Department of the Interior that oversees federal administration of several United States possessions.... , U.S. Department of the Interior. Appears on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories The United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories documents countries that, according to the United Nations, are non-Decolonization. The list was initially prepared in 1946 pursuant to Article XI of the United Nations Charter, and has been updated by the United Nations General Assembly on recommendation of the Special Committee on Dec... . | |
| Bajo Nuevo Bank Bajo Nuevo Bank The Bajo Nuevo Bank is a small, uninhabited reef with some small islets, covered with grass, located in the western Caribbean Sea at , with a lighthouse on Low Cay at .... # | Disputed territories in the Caribbean Sea Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean situated in the mid-latitudes of the Western Hemisphere, bounded to the south and west by the Americas, with the North Atlantic Ocean proper to the northeast and the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest.... between the U.S., Colombia Colombia Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.... , Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is about south of Cuba, and west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated.... , and possibly Honduras Honduras Honduras is a democratic republic in Central America. It was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras .... . Often excluded in the list of United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Minor Outlying Islands The United States Minor Outlying Islands, a statistical designation defined by the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 3166-1 code, consists of nine United States insular areas.... . |
| Serranilla Bank Serranilla Bank Serranilla Bank is an uninhabited reef, with small islets, in the western Caribbean Sea, about 210 miles north-northeast of Nicaragua at .... # | |
| Unincorporated organized territory; policy relations between Guam and the U.S. conducted under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior. Appears on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories The United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories documents countries that, according to the United Nations, are non-Decolonization. The list was initially prepared in 1946 pursuant to Article XI of the United Nations Charter, and has been updated by the United Nations General Assembly on recommendation of the Special Committee on Dec... . | |
| Navassa Island Navassa Island Navassa Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea, and is an Incorporated territory of the United States, which administers it through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.... # | Unincorporated territory of the U.S. administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service United States Fish and Wildlife Service The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is the unit of the U.S. Department of the Interior dedicated to the management and preservation of wildlife.... of the U.S. Department of the Interior from the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge in Boqueron Boquerón Boquer?n may refer to:*Boquer?n, Cuba*Boquer?n, Puerto Rico*Boquer?n, Chiriqu?, Panama*Boquer?n Department, Paraguay*Boquer?n River, Honduras... , Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is a Autonomy Territories of the United States of the United States located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands.... . Claimed by Haiti Haiti Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Haitian Creole language- and French language-speaking Caribbean country. Along with the Dominican Republic, it occupies the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago.... and privately via the Guano Islands Act Guano Islands Act The Guano Islands Act is List of United States federal legislation passed by the Congress of the United States, on August 18, 1856. It enables citizens of the United States to take possession of islands containing guano deposits.... . |
| Commonwealth Commonwealth (United States insular area) In the terminology of the United States insular areas, a Commonwealth is a type of organized territory but Unincorporated territories of the United States dependent territory.... in political union with the U.S.; federal funding administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior. | |
| Unincorporated organized territory of the U.S. with commonwealth Commonwealth (United States insular area) In the terminology of the United States insular areas, a Commonwealth is a type of organized territory but Unincorporated territories of the United States dependent territory.... status; policy relations between Puerto Rico and the U.S. conducted under the jurisdiction of the Office of the President Executive Office of the President of the United States The Executive Office of the President consists of the immediate staff of the President of the United States, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the President.... . | |
| United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument is a group of unorganized, mostly unincorporated United States Pacific Island territories managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the Interior.... # | Baker Island Baker Island Baker Island is an uninhabited atoll located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean about 3,100 kilometers southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii.... , Howland Island Howland Island Howland Island is an uninhabited coral island located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, about 3,100 km southwest of Honolulu.... , Jarvis Island Jarvis Island Jarvis Island is an uninhabited 4.5 square kilometer coral island located in the South Pacific Ocean at , about halfway between Hawaii and the Cook Islands.... , Johnston Atoll Johnston Atoll Johnston Atoll is a 130 km? atoll in the Pacific Ocean at , about 1400 kilometers west of Hawaii. There are four islands located on the coral reef platform, two natural islands, Johnston Island and Sand Island, which have been expanded by coral dredging, as well as North Island and East Island , an additional two artificial islands... , Kingman Reef Kingman Reef Kingman Reef is a largely submerged uninhabited tropical atoll located in the North Pacific Ocean, roughly half way between the Hawaiian Islands and American Samoa at .... , Midway Island Midway Atoll Midway Atoll is a 2.4 square mile atoll located in the North Pacific Ocean , about one-third of the way between Honolulu and Tokyo. Midway Atoll is an unorganized territory, unincorporated territory of the United States.... , and Palmyra Atoll Palmyra Atoll Palmyra Atoll is an incorporated territory atoll administered by the Federal government of the United States. The atoll is 4.6 square miles , and it is located in the Northern Pacific Ocean at .... . Unorganized and unincorporated territories administered from Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790.... by the Fish and Wildlife Service United States Fish and Wildlife Service The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is the unit of the U.S. Department of the Interior dedicated to the management and preservation of wildlife.... of the United States Department of the Interior United States Department of the Interior The United States Department of the Interior , also called the Interior Department, is the United States federal executive departments of the Federal government of the United States responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans in the United States, A... . An exception includes Palmyra Atoll, which is incorporated, owned partly private and partly federal, and has nine excluded areas comprising certain tidal and submerged lands within the lagoon and 12 nm Nautical mile A nautical mile or sea mile is a unit of length. It corresponds approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian .It is a non-International System of Units unit used especially by navigators in the shipping and aviation industries.... of surrounding sea that are continued to be administered by the Office of Insular Affairs Office of Insular Affairs The Office of Insular Affairs is a unit of the United States Department of the Interior that oversees federal administration of several United States possessions.... of the U.S. Department of the Interior. |
| Unincorporated organized territory; policy relations between the Virgin Islands and the U.S. conducted under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs Office of Insular Affairs The Office of Insular Affairs is a unit of the United States Department of the Interior that oversees federal administration of several United States possessions.... , U.S. Department of the Interior. Appears on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories The United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories documents countries that, according to the United Nations, are non-Decolonization. The list was initially prepared in 1946 pursuant to Article XI of the United Nations Charter, and has been updated by the United Nations General Assembly on recommendation of the Special Committee on Dec... . | |
| Wake Island Wake Island Wake Island is a coral atoll having a coastline of 12 miles in the North Pacific Ocean, located about two-thirds of the way from Honolulu to Guam .... # | Unincorporated territory supervised by the U.S. Air Force United States Air Force The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the Military of the United States and one of the uniformed services of the United States.... and administered from Washington, D.C. by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Claimed by the Marshall Islands Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands , officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands , is a Micronesian island nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator.... . |
See also
- List of current heads of government of dependencies
- Associated stateAssociated state
An associated state is the minor partner in a formal, free relationship between a political territory with a degree of statehood and a nation, for which no other specific term, such as protectorate, is adopted....
- Asymmetric federation
- CondominiumCondominium (international law)
In international law, a condominium is a political territory in or over which two or more sovereign powers formally agree to share equally dominium and exercise their rights jointly, without dividing it up into 'national' zones....
, joint sovereignty over an area shared by two or more states. - FederacyFederacy
A federacy is a form of government where one or several substate units enjoy considerably more independence than the majority of the substate units.... - List of autonomous areas by countryList of autonomous areas by country
This list of autonomous areas arranged by country gives an overview of autonomous areas of the world. An autonomous area is defined as an area of a country that has a degree of autonomy, or has freedom from an external authority.... - List of sovereign statesList of sovereign states
:| #Internationally recognized sovereign states: #A #B #C #D #E #F #G #H #I #J #K #L #M #N #O #P #Q #R #S #T #U #V #W #Y #Z#Other states#Criteria for inclusion#See also#References#Footnotes |}... - List of subnational entities
- List of territorial disputesList of territorial disputes
This is a list of extant territorial disputes around the world. Bold indicates one claimant's full control; italics, one or more claimants' partial control.... - List of unrecognized countriesList of unrecognized countries
||}This list of states with limited recognition gives an overview of contemporary Geopolitics entities, that wish to be recognized as sovereign states under the Montevideo Convention, which do not enjoy worldwide diplomatic recognition.... - Special member state territories and their relations with the EU
- SuzeraintySuzerainty
Suzerainty is a situation in which a region or nation is a tributary state to a more powerful entity which allows the tributary some limited domestic Wiktionary:autonomy to control its foreign affairs.... - Unclaimed Antarctic territories
- ColonyColony
In politics and in history, a colony is a Territory under the immediate political control of a state. For colonies in antiquity, city-states would often found their own colonies.... - Settler colonialismSettler colonialism
Settler colonialism is a policy of conquering a land to send settlers in order to shape its demographic similarly as in the metropole. This practice contrasts with exploitation colonialism, a policy of conquering distant lands not with the intention to supplant its population, but rather to exploit its natural and human Factors of production...