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List of dependent territories

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This is a list of dependent territories and other dependencies.

Contents

List of dependencies by country

Sovereign state Dependencies (native name) with information on status
Australia Ashmore and Cartier Islands: territory administered by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services
Christmas Island: territory administered by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: territory administered by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services
Coral Sea Islands: territory administered by the Department of the Environment, Sport, and Territories
Heard Island and McDonald Islands: territory administered by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of the Environment and Heritage
Norfolk Island: territory; Commonwealth responsibilities on Norfolk Island are administered through the Department of Environment, Sport, and Territories
China Hong Kong: special administrative region
Macau: special administrative region
Denmark Faroe Islands (Føroyar): self-governing overseas administrative division
Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat - Grønland): self-governing overseas administrative division
France All oversea possessions are under the supervision of the ministry for oversea possessions.
Clipperton Island (Île Clipperton): possession from French Polynesia by a high commissioner of the Republic
French Guiana (Guyane): overseas department and region
French Polynesia (Polynésie Française): overseas territory
French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Territoire des Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises): overseas territory administered from Paris by a high commissionner
Guadeloupe: overseas department and region
Martinique: overseas department and region
Mayotte: territorial collectivity
New Caledonia (Nouvelle-Calédonie): overseas country
Réunion: overseas department and region
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (Saint-Pierre et Miquelon): territorial collectivity
Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean (Îles éparses de l'océan indien, including Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island and Tromelin Island): possessions administered by the Réunion prefect
Wallis and Futuna (Wallis et Futuna): overseas territory
The Netherlands Aruba: part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs granted in 1954; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs
Netherlands Antilles (Nederlandse Antillen): part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs granted in 1954; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs
New Zealand Cook Islands: self-governing in free association with New Zealand; Cook Islands is fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs and defense, in consultation with the Cook Islands
Niue: self-governing in free association with New Zealand since 1974; Niue fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs and defense; however, these responsibilities confer no rights of control and are only exercised at the request of the Government of Niue
Tokelau: self-administering territory; note - Tokelauans are drafting a constitution and developing institutions and patterns of self-government as Tokelau moves toward free association with New Zealand
Norway Bouvet Island (Bouvetøya): territory administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice and Police from Oslo
Jan Mayen: territory administered through the county governor (fylkesmann) of Nordland; however, authority has been delegated to a station commander of the Norwegian Defense Communication Service
Svalbard: territory; administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice, through a governor (sysselmann) residing in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen; by treaty (9 February 1920) sovereignty was awarded to Norway
United Kingdom Anguilla: overseas territory
Bermuda: overseas territory
British Indian Ocean Territory: overseas territory administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London
British Virgin Islands: overseas territory
Cayman Islands: overseas territory
Falkland Islands: overseas territory, also claimed by Argentina
Gibraltar: overseas territory
Guernsey: crown dependency
Jersey: crown dependency
Man, Isle of: crown dependency
Montserrat: overseas territory
Pitcairn Islands: overseas territory of the UK
Saint Helena (with Ascension and Tristan da Cunha): overseas territory
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: overseas territory, also claimed by Argentina, administered from the Falkland Islands by a commissioner, who is concurrently governor of the Falkland Islands, representing Queen Elizabeth II; Grytviken, formerly a whaling station on South Georgia, is a scientific base
Turks and Caicos Islands: overseas territory
United States American Samoa: unincorporated and unorganized territory administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior
Baker Island: unincorporated territory administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system
Guam: organized, unincorporated territory US with policy relations between Guam and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior
Howland Island: unincorporated territory administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system
Jarvis Island: unincorporated territory administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system
Johnston Atoll: unincorporated territory administered from Honolulu, HI, by Pacific Air Forces, Hickam Air Force Base, and the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system
Kingman Reef: unincorporated territory administered of the US by the US Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior
Midway Islands: unincorporated territory administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system
Navassa Island: unincorporated territory administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior
Northern Mariana Islands: commonwealth in political union with the US; federal funds to the Commonwealth administered by the Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs
Palmyra Atoll: incorporated territory, privately owned, but administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior; the Office of Insular Affairs of the US Department of the Interior continues to administer nine excluded areas comprising certain tidal and submerged lands within the 12 NM territorial sea or within the lagoon
Puerto Rico: commonwealth associated with the US
U.S. Virgin Islands: organized, unincorporated territory with policy relations between the Virgin Islands and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior
Wake Island: unincorporated territory administered by the Department of the Interior; activities on the island are managed by the US Air Force
No sovereignty Antarctica: territory under no sovereign country under 60º latitude.
Paracel Islands: group of small islands and reefs in the South China Sea claimed by the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Vietnam.
Spratly Islands: group of reefs and islets in the South China Sea and claimed by the People's Republic of China , the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Vietnam and partially claimed by Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines.

Short alphabetical list of dependent territories

American Samoa - Anguilla - Antarctica - Aruba - Ashmore and Cartier Islands - Baker Island - Bassas da India - Bermuda - Bouvet Island - British Indian Ocean Territory - British Virgin Islands - Cayman Islands - Christmas Island - Clipperton Island - Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Cook Islands - Coral Sea Islands - Europa Island - Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) - Faroe Islands - French Guiana - French Polynesia - French Southern and Antarctic Lands - Gibraltar - Glorioso Islands - Greenland- Guadeloupe - Guam - Guernsey - Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Hong Kong - Howland Island - Jan Mayen - Jarvis Island - Jersey - Johnston Atoll - Juan de Nova Island - Kingman Reef - Macau - Isle of Man - Martinique - Mayotte - Midway Islands - Montserrat - Navassa Island - Netherlands Antilles - New Caledonia - Niue - Norfolk Island - Northern Mariana Islands - Palmyra Atoll - Paracel Islands - Pitcairn Islands - Puerto Rico - Réunion - Saint Helena - Saint-Pierre and Miquelon - South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands - Spratly Islands - Svalbard - Tokelau - Tromelin Island - Turks and Caicos Islands - U.S. Virgin Islands - Wake Island - Wallis and Futuna

Notes

France

France has not had colonies since the 1960s. All citizens of the listed territorial entities enjoy full French citizenship rights, including the right to vote for national elections. All the inhabited entities, whatever their status, are represented by deputies and senators to the national parliament.

Some former colonies chose tight association with the rest of France and were incorporated as overseas départements: Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, French Guiana, with much the same status as the départements of mainland France or Corsica. They consistute "ultra-peripheral" regions of the European Union. The statuses of Saint Pierre and Miquelon and the island of Mayotte (which insisted not to become independent as part of the now independent Comoros islands) are close.

The oversea territories of French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna enjoy some substantial legislative autonomy and have a separate currency (the CFP Franc). Whether they will choose independence in the future is an open question.

See also: Islands controlled by France in the Indian and Pacific oceans

United States

Citizens of U.S. oversea possessions, including Puerto Rico, do not have the right to vote in U.S. federal elections. The U.S. Department of State uses the term Insular areas to refer to the areas listed below (with the exception of Guantanamo Bay). Although the U.S. state of Hawaii is an island and is technically overseas from the rest of the U.S., it is fully a state of the Union and shares equal status under the U.S. constitution with all of the other states.

The U.S. does not claim sovereignty on Guantanamo Bay, but exercises permanent control and pays rent under terms of treaties with Cuba.

See also

External link

  • List of countries and dependencies in order of increasing population http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-B/peo_pop&int=-1 - Nationmaster



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