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Field Listing :: Dependency status

This entry describes the formal relationship between a particular nonindependent entity and an independent state.

Country	Dependency status


Akrotiri	a special form of UK overseas territory; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus


American Samoa	unincorporated and unorganized territory of the US; administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior


Anguilla	overseas territory of the UK


Aruba	constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs obtained in 1986 upon separation from the Netherlands Antilles; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs


Ashmore and Cartier Islands	territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government


Bermuda	overseas territory of the UK


Bouvet Island	territory of Norway; administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice and Oslo Police


British Indian Ocean Territory	overseas territory of the UK; administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London


British Virgin Islands	overseas territory of the UK; internal self-governing


Cayman Islands	overseas territory of the UK


Christmas Island	non-self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government


Clipperton Island	possession of France; administered directly by the Minister of Overseas France


Cocos (Keeling) Islands	non-self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government


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


Coral Sea Islands	territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government


Curacao	constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs granted in 2010; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs


Dhekelia	a special form of UK overseas territory; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	overseas territory of the UK; also claimed by Argentina


Faroe Islands	part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark since 1948


French Polynesia	overseas lands of France; overseas territory of France from 1946-2003; overseas collectivity of France since 2003, though it is often referred to as an overseas country due to its degree of autonomy


French Southern and Antarctic Lands	overseas territory of France since 1955


Gibraltar	overseas territory of the UK


Greenland	part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark since 1979


Guam	organized, unincorporated territory of the US with policy relations between Guam and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior


Guernsey	British crown dependency


Heard Island and McDonald Islands	territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities


Hong Kong	special administrative region of China


Isle of Man	British crown dependency


Jan Mayen	territory of Norway; since August 1994, administered from Oslo through the county governor (fylkesmann) of Nordland; however, authority has been delegated to a station commander of the Norwegian Defense Communication Service


Jersey	British crown dependency


Macau	special administrative region of the Peaple's Republic of China


Montserrat	overseas territory of the UK

Navassa Island

unorganized, unincorporated territory of the US; administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior from the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge in Boqueron, Puerto Rico; in September 1996, the Coast Guard ceased operations and maintenance of Navassa Island Light, a 46-meter-tall lighthouse on the southern side of the island; there has also been a private claim advanced against the island


New Caledonia	territorial collectivity (or a sui generis collectivity) of France since 1998


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


Norfolk Island	self-governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government


Northern Mariana Islands	commonwealth in political union with the US; federal funds to the Commonwealth administered by the US Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs


Pitcairn Islands	overseas territory of the UK


Puerto Rico	unincorporated, organized territory of the US with commonwealth status; policy relations between Puerto Rico and the US conducted under the jurisdiction of the Office of the President


Saint Barthelemy	overseas collectivity of France


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	overseas territory of the UK


Saint Martin	overseas collectivity of France


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France


Sint Maarten	constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs granted in 2010; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs


South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	overseas territory of the UK, also claimed by Argentina; administered from the Falkland Islands by a commissioner, who is concurrently governor of the Falkland Islands, representing Queen ELIZABETH II


Svalbard	territory of Norway; 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


Tokelau	self-administering territory of New Zealand; note - Tokelau and New Zealand have agreed to a draft constitution as Tokelau moves toward free association with New Zealand; a UN-sponsored referendum on self governance in October 2007 did not produce the two-thirds majority vote necessary for changing the political status


Turks and Caicos Islands	overseas territory of the UK

United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

unincorporated territories of the US; administered from Washington, DC by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system
note on Palmyra Atoll: incorporated Territory of the US; partly privately owned and partly federally owned; administered from Washington, DC 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


Virgin Islands	organized, unincorporated territory of the US 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	unorganized, unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC by the Department of the Interior; activities in the atoll are currently conducted by the US Air Force


Wallis and Futuna	overseas territory of France

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