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A territory (from the word 'terra', meaning 'land') is a defined area (including land and waters), considered to be a possession of a person, organization, institution, animal, state
State

A state is a political Social contract with effective sovereignty over a geographic area and representing a population. These may be nation states, State or multinational states....
 or country subdivision
Country subdivision

Country subdivision refers to the division of a country's territory for the sake of its local government, description or other such purpose. The resulting units of division are known generically as "country subdivisions"....
. The word can mean:








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A territory (from the word 'terra', meaning 'land') is a defined area (including land and waters), considered to be a possession of a person, organization, institution, animal, state
State

A state is a political Social contract with effective sovereignty over a geographic area and representing a population. These may be nation states, State or multinational states....
 or country subdivision
Country subdivision

Country subdivision refers to the division of a country's territory for the sake of its local government, description or other such purpose. The resulting units of division are known generically as "country subdivisions"....
. The word can mean:

  • Territory (administrative division) a legally administered territory, which is a non-sovereign geographic area which has come under the authority of another government; which has not been granted the powers of self-government normally devolved to secondary territorial divisions; or both.
    • Territories of Canada, administrative subdivisions of Canada
      Canada

      Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
       with fewer powers of self-government than provinces
    • Territories of Australia, administrative subdivisions of Australia
      Australia

      Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
       constitutionally similar to Canadian territories
    • Union Territory
      Union Territory

      A Union Territory is a sub-national administrative division of India, in the Federal republic framework of governance. Unlike the States and territories of India, which have their own elected governments, union territories are ruled directly by the federal Government of India; the President of India appoints an Administrator of the Governmen...
      , similar administrative subdivisions in India
      India

      India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
    • Territories as administrative subdivisions of the United States:
      • Unorganized territory
        Unorganized territory

        An unorganized territory is a region of land, generally with less self-governmental powers than other regions, controlled by a specific government....
         (in USA and Canada)
      • Organized territory
      • Incorporated territory
        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....
    • British overseas territory
    • Overseas territory (France)
    • Territory of Belfort, a French département which retains its historical name from 1871-1919
  • Territory (animal)
    Territory (animal)

    In ethology, sociobiology and behavioral ecology, the term territory refers to any sociographical area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against conspecifics ....
     a geographical area defended by an animal against others of the same species (and occasionally of other species)
  • Territory (traditional) a geographical area occupied and used by an aboriginal people prior to colonization
  • Territorial Army
    Territorial Army

    The Territorial Army is the volunteer Military reserve force of the British Army, the army of the United Kingdom, and composed mostly of part-time soldiers paid at a similar rate, while engaged on military activities, as their Regular equivalents....
    , UK auxiliary or reservist force
  • Territorialist School
    Territorialist School

    The so-called Territorialist School is a contemporary approach to urban and regional planning & design grown out from the work of a number of Italian scholars, among those Alberto Magnaghi , is the most prominent figure....
    , an Italian school of land use planning
  • Territorialism
    Territorialism

    Territorialism was a Jewish political movement calling for creation of a sufficiently large and compact Jewish territory , not necessarily in the Land of Israel and not necessarily fully autonomous....
    , a Jewish political movement