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States wishing to retain territorial integrity in opposition to ethnic or indigenous demands for self-determination or independence sometimes offer or impose limited territorial autonomy.

Since World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, there has been an increasing impetus for colonial powers to create limited autonomous regions to change world perception of their exploitation and subjugation of the dominion territory. World pressure for liberation of such colonies has been a central theme with the Atlantic Charter
Atlantic Charter

The Atlantic Charter was the blueprint for the world after World War II, and is the foundation for many of the international treaties and organizations that currently shape the world....
, United Nations Charter
United Nations Charter

The United Nations Charter is the treaty that forms and establishes the international organization called the United Nations. It was signed at the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco, California, United States, on June 26, 1945, by 50 of the 51 original member countries ....
, and finally United Nations General Assembly
United Nations General Assembly

The United Nations General Assembly is one of the five principal United Nations System and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation....
 Resolutions 1514 and 1541 signed in December 1960.

The table below lists of territorial autonomies ( sub-regional territorial autonomies is not included ): width="100%" class="wikitable">
Nonincorporated territorial autonomies State

unorganized, unincorporated territory
overseas territory
autonomous regionKingdom 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....

overseas territory
overseas territory
overseas territory
overseas territory

spec.






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States wishing to retain territorial integrity in opposition to ethnic or indigenous demands for self-determination or independence sometimes offer or impose limited territorial autonomy.

Since World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, there has been an increasing impetus for colonial powers to create limited autonomous regions to change world perception of their exploitation and subjugation of the dominion territory. World pressure for liberation of such colonies has been a central theme with the Atlantic Charter
Atlantic Charter

The Atlantic Charter was the blueprint for the world after World War II, and is the foundation for many of the international treaties and organizations that currently shape the world....
, United Nations Charter
United Nations Charter

The United Nations Charter is the treaty that forms and establishes the international organization called the United Nations. It was signed at the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco, California, United States, on June 26, 1945, by 50 of the 51 original member countries ....
, and finally United Nations General Assembly
United Nations General Assembly

The United Nations General Assembly is one of the five principal United Nations System and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation....
 Resolutions 1514 and 1541 signed in December 1960.

The table below lists of territorial autonomies ( sub-regional territorial autonomies is not included ):
Autonomy State
autonomous Republic of
Aceh
Aceh

Aceh is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia, located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra. Its full name is Nanggr?e Aceh Darussalam....

special territory

autonomous Republic of

Republic of

autonomous province

autonomous region

Republic of

autonomous state

autonomous region
Mount Athos
Mount Athos

Mount Athos is a mountain on the peninsula of the same name in Macedonia , of northern Greece, called in Greek language Agion Oros , or in English, "Holy Mountain"....

autonomous Monastic state

autonomous community

autonomous community

Republic of
autonomous province

Republic of
Cabinda
Cabinda

Cabinda may refer to:*Cabinda , an exclave and Province of Angola*Cabinda , the administrative capital of Cabinda Province*Republic of Cabinda, government which claims sovereignty over Cabinda...

province

autonomous community

autonomous community

Republic of

territorial collectivity

Republic of

autonomous Republic of

Republic of

autonomous region

autonomous region

autonomous community
Guangxi
Guangxi

This article is about a region of China. For the sociological concept, see Guanxi.Guangxi is a Zhuang people autonomous region of China of the People's Republic of China....

autonomous region
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia

Inner Mongolia is the Mongols autonomous region of China of the People's Republic of China, located in the country's north.Inner Mongolia borders, from east to west, the provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, and Gansu, while to the north it borders Mongolia and Russia....

autonomous region
Republic of

autonomous region

autonomous region
Jeju-do
Jeju-do

Jeju-do is the only special autonomous province of South Korea, situated on and coterminous with the country's largest island. Jeju-do lies in the Korea Strait, southwest of Jeollanam-do Province, of which it was a part before it became a separate province in 1946....

autonomous province

Republic of

Republic of

Republic of

Republic of

Republic of
autonomous province

Republic of

Republic of

autonomous region

Republic of

Republic of
Muslim Mindanao
autonomous region
autonomous republic

autonomous island

province
Ningxia
Ningxia

Ningxia , full name Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region , is a Hui Chinese autonomous region of China of the People's Republic of China, located on the Northwestern China Loess Plateau, the Yellow River flows through a vast area of its land....

autonomous region
Nunavut
Nunavut

Nunavut is the largest and newest Provinces and territories of Canada of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993....

territory
North Atlantic Autonomous Region
autonomous region

Republic of
Oecussi-Ambeno
Oecussi-Ambeno

Oecussi-Ambeno is a district of East Timor. It is a coastal exclave in the western part of the island of Timor, separated from the rest of East Timor by West Timor, which is part of the province of Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia, and which surrounds Oecussi-Ambeno in all directions except the north, where it borders the Savu Sea....

special administrative region
Papua
Papua (Indonesian province)

Papua is the largest Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia, comprising a majority part of the western half of the island of New Guinea and nearby islands ....

special autonomous province
Príncipe
Príncipe

Pr?ncipe is the smaller of the two major islands of S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe lying off the west coast of Africa. It has an area of 136 km? and a population of around 5,000 people....

autonomous region
autonomous island

autonomous region

Republic of
Srpska
Republika Srpska

Republika Srpska is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina which represent a lower level of governance in the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina; the other entity is the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina....

Republic of

department

autonomous region
autonomous region

autonomous republic

autonomous region

Kingdom
Republic of
Tobago
Tobago

Tobago is the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the southern Caribbean Sea, northeast of the island of Trinidad and southeast of Grenada....

autonomous island

territorial autonomous unit

autonomous region
Tibet
Tibet

Tibet is a Tibetan Plateau in Asia, north of the Himalayas, and the home to the indigenous Tibetan people and its related ethnic groups. With an average elevation of 4,900 metres , it is the highest region on Earth and has in recent decades increasingly been referred to as the "Roof of the World"....

autonomous region
Republic of

Republic of

principality
special autonomous province
Xinjiang
Xinjiang

Xinjiang is an autonomous region of China of the People's Republic of China. It is a large, sparsely populated area, spanning over 1.6 million sq....

autonomous region
autonomous island
Nonincorporated territorial autonomies State

unorganized, unincorporated territory
overseas territory
autonomous regionKingdom 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....

overseas territory
overseas territory
overseas territory
overseas territory

spec. territory
overseas territory
autonomous region

overseas country

autonomous region

overseas territory
organized, unincorporated territory
bailiwick of
special administrative region
island
bailiwick of
departmental collectivity

territories

overseas territory
organized, unincorporated territory
special administrative region
till 2009Kingdom 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....

sui generis collectivity (overseas territory)

overseas territory

external territory

organized, unincorporated territory
overseas collectivity

overseas territory
overseas collectivity

overseas collectivity

territory

overseas territory

organized, unincorporated territory

overseas collectivity


External links


  • Tibet campaign may boil over after Dalai Lama - criticism of Tibet autonomy effort
  • East Timor Reject Proposed Special Autonomy
  • an overview
  • , Thomas Benedikter, Anthem Press, 2007
  • , report by Minority Rights Group, 2003
  • , study by Minority Rights Group, 2007