Dependent territory

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World map of dependent territories. Template:Col-begin

A dependent territory, dependent area or dependency is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a State.

There are varying degrees and forms of dependence, commonly distinguished from other subnational entities in that they are not considered to be part of the motherland or mainland of the governing State. In most cases they also represent a different order of separation. A subnational entity typically represents a division of the State proper, while a dependent territory might be an overseas territory that enjoys a greater degree of autonomy. For instance, many of them have more or less separate legal systems from the governing States. Varies among different legal and constitutional traditions, these territories may or may not be considered part of the States.

The areas separately referred to as non-independent are territories that are disputed, are occupied, have a government in exile or have a non-negligible independence movement.

1 Lists of dependent territories
2 See also
3 External links

[edit] Lists of dependent territories

Currently there are 58 dependencies on this list. Out of the list below, Australian, British and New Zealand territories are part of the Commonwealth realm - their governing States are personal union under the same British monarch. As a result of the Antarctic Treaty, all claims south of 60 degrees south are not recognised or disputed. They are italicised. Uninhabited territories or territories with no permanent population are marked with hash keys/number symbols (#).

The list includes several territories that are not included in the list of non-self-governing territories [1] listed by the General Assembly of the United Nations (which also includes Western Sahara, since 1990, the General Assembly reaffirmed that the question of Western Sahara was a question of decolonization which remained to be completed by the people of Western Sahara).

A number of political entities have a special position recognized by international treaty or agreement (i.e. Åland in Finland, Hong Kong & Macau in the Peoples Republic of China, and Svalbard in Norway). These are not dependent territories in the strict sense of the meaning, but have in some way a similar position. See List of special entities recognized by international treaty or agreement for more information.

Kosovo is an international protectorate within a sovereign state Serbia. It is not a dependent territory in the strict sense of the meaning, but is in some way similar.

[edit] Australia

See also: States and territories of Australia

External territory	Administration
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Ashmore and Cartier Islands #	From Canberra by the Department of Transport and Regional Services.
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australian Antarctic Territory #	From Canberra by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of the Environment and Heritage.
Image:Flag of Christmas Island.svg Christmas Island	From Canberra by the Department of Transport and Regional Services.
Template:Country data Cocos (Keeling) Islands	From Canberra by the Department of Transport and Regional Services.
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Coral Sea Islands #	From Canberra by the Department of Transport and Regional Services.
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Heard Island and McDonald Islands #	From Canberra by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of the Environment and Heritage.
Template:Country data Norfolk Island	Commonwealth responsibilities administered from Canberra through the Department of Transport and Regional Services.

[edit] Denmark

Division	Administration
Template:Country data Faroe Islands	Self-governing overseas administrative division since 1948. Part of the Kingdom of Denmark but not of the European Union.
Template:Country data Greenland	Self-governing overseas administrative division since 1979. Part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Left the European Union in 1986.

[edit] France

See also: Overseas departments and territories of France

The Overseas regions of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Réunion are integral parts of the French Republic, and are therefore not dependencies.

Territory	Administration
Template:Country data France Clipperton Island#	Atoll administered by the Minister for Overseas Territories. No permanent population.
Template:Country data French Polynesia	Overseas collectivity since 2003; Overseas country since 2004.
REDIRECT Template:Country data French Southern and Antarctic Lands #	Overseas territory since 1955, administered from Paris by an Administrateur Superieur (since May 2000, François Garde assisted by Secretary General Jean-Yves Hermoso). Includes Île Amsterdam, Île Saint-Paul, Îles Crozet and the Îles Kerguelen in the southern Indian Ocean, five islands in the Mozambique Channel and Indian Ocean, plus Adélie Land, the French-claimed sector of Antarctica. No permanent population.
Image:Flag of Mayotte (local).svg Mayotte	Departmental collectivity since 2001; overseas collectivity since 2003.
Template:Country data New Caledonia	"Sui generis" collectivity since 1999; appears on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories.
Template:Country data Saint Barthélemy	overseas collectivity since 2007.
Template:Country data France Saint Martin	overseas collectivity since 2007.
Template:Country data Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Territorial collectivity since 1985; overseas collectivity since 2003.
Template:Country data Wallis and Futuna	Overseas territory since 1961; overseas collectivity since 2003.

[edit] Netherlands

See also: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Country	Administration
Image:Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba	Full autonomy in internal affairs obtained upon separation from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986; Government of the Netherlands responsible for defense and foreign affairs. Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands but not of the European Union.
Template:Country data Netherlands Antilles	Full autonomy in internal affairs granted in 1954; Government of the Netherlands responsible for defense and foreign affairs. Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but not of the European Union. The Netherlands Antilles will be dissolved on 15 December 2008. Template:Country data Curaçao and Template:Country data Sint Maarten will become autonomous regions in their own right. Template:Country data Bonaire, Template:Country data Saba and Template:Country data Sint Eustatius will become special municipalities of the Netherlands.

[edit] New Zealand

See also: Realm of New Zealand

In free association	Administration
Image:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands	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.
Template:Country data Niue	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
Template:Country data Tokelau	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 necessary for changing the current political status. Another one was in October 2007, which failed to reach the 2/3 margin.
Template:Country data New Zealand Ross Dependency #	New Zealand's Antarctic claim.

[edit] Norway

See also: Possessions of Norway

Dependency	Administration
Bouvet Island #	Dependency administered from Oslo by the Polar Affairs Department of the Ministry of Justice and the Police.
Peter I Island #	Dependency (subject to the ATS) administered from Oslo by the Polar Affairs Department of the Ministry of Justice and the Police.
Queen Maud Land #	Dependency (subject to the ATS) administered from Oslo by the Polar Affairs Department of the Ministry of Justice and the Police.

[edit] United Kingdom

See also: British overseas territories

See also: Crown dependency

See also: Sovereign Base Areas

Overseas territories	Administration
Image:Flag of Anguilla.svg Anguilla	British overseas territory.
Image:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda	British overseas territory or self-governing territory as defined by the UK.
Image:Flag of the British Antarctic Territory.svg British Antarctic Territory #	The UK's Antarctic claim.
Image:Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory.svg British Indian Ocean Territory #	British overseas territory administered by a commissioner resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London.
Template:Country data British Virgin Islands	British overseas territory with internal self-government.
Image:Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands	British overseas territory.
Template:Country data Falkland Islands	British overseas territory, also claimed by Argentina.
Template:Country data Gibraltar	British overseas territory, also claimed by Spain.
Image:Flag of Montserrat.svg Montserrat	British overseas territory.
Template:Country data Pitcairn Islands	British overseas territory.
Template:Country data Saint Helena	British overseas territory. Saint Helena also administers Ascension Island and the island group of Tristan da Cunha.
Template:Country data South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands #	British overseas territory, also claimed by Argentina. Administered from the Falkland Islands by the Governor of the Falkland Islands as representative of the British monarch.
Template:Country data Turks and Caicos Islands	British overseas territory.
Sovereign Base Areas	Administration
Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Akrotiri and Dhekelia	British overseas territory administered by the Commander of British Forces, Cyprus. Note SBAs are primarily required as military bases and not ordinary dependent territories
Crown dependency	Administration
Template:Country data Guernsey	Crown dependency.
Template:Country data Jersey	Crown dependency.
Template:Country data Isle of Man	Crown dependency.

[edit] United States

See also: Insular area

See also: Territories of the United States

Under terms of treaties with Cuba, the United States leases Guantanamo Bay. Thus it's not a dependent territory under the sovereignty of the United States.

Territory	Administration
Image:Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa	Unincorporated and unorganized territory administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior. Appears on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories.
Baker Island #	Unincorporated territory of the U.S. administered from Washington, D.C. as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Howland Island #	Unincorporated territory of the U.S. administered from Washington, D.C. as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Jarvis Island #	Unincorporated territory of the U.S. administered from Washington, D.C. as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Johnston Atoll #	Unincorporated territory of the U.S. administered from Washington, D.C. as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Kingman Reef #	Unincorporated territory of the U.S. administered from Washington, D.C. as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Midway Atoll #	Unincorporated territory of the U.S. administered from Washington, D.C. as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Template:Country data Guam	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.
Navassa Island #	Unincorporated territory of the U.S. administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior from the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge in Boqueron, Puerto Rico. Also claimed by Haiti and privately via the Guano Islands Act.
Template:Country data Northern Mariana Islands	Commonwealth in political union with the U.S.; federal funding administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior.
Palmyra Atoll #	Incorporated territory of the U.S., partly privately and partly federally owned. Administered from Washington, D.C. by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior; the Office of Insular Affairs of the U.S. Department of the Interior continues to administer nine excluded areas comprising certain tidal and submerged lands within the lagoon and 12 nm of surrounding sea.
Template:Country data Puerto Rico	Unincorporated organized territory of the U.S. with commonwealth status; policy relations between Puerto Rico and the U.S. conducted under the jurisdiction of the Office of the President.
Template:Country data U.S. Virgin Islands	Unincorporated organized territory; policy relations between the Virgin Islands 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.
Wake Island #	Unincorporated territory supervised by the U.S. Air Force and administered from Washington, D.C. by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Also claimed by the Marshall Islands.