Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty
(As released by the Office of the Geographer and Global Issues,
November 20, 2000)
See also:
Independent
States in the World
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| Short-form name |
Long-form name |
Sovereignty |
FIPS Code
(see
note 1) |
Capital |
| American Samoa |
Territory of
American Samoa |
United States |
AQ |
Pago Pago |
| Anguilla |
(no long-form name) |
United Kingdom |
AV |
The Valley |
| Antarctica |
(no long-form name) |
None
(see
note 2) |
AY |
None |
| Aruba |
(no long-form name) |
Netherlands |
AA |
Oranjestad |
| Ashmore and Cartier Islands |
Territory of Ashmore
and Cartier Islands |
Australia |
AT |
Administered
from Canberra |
| Baker Island |
(no long-form name) |
United States |
FQ |
Administered from Washington, D.C. |
| Bermuda |
(no long-form name) |
United Kingdom |
BD |
Hamilton |
| Bouvet Island |
(no long-form name) |
Norway |
BV |
Admin. from Oslo |
British Indian
Ocean Territory
(see
note 3) |
British Indian
Ocean Territory |
United Kingdom |
IO |
None |
| Cayman Islands |
(no long-form name) |
United Kingdom |
CJ |
George Town |
| Christmas Island |
Territory of
Christmas Island |
Australia |
KT |
The Settlement
(Flying Fish Cove) |
| Clipperton Island |
(no long-form name) |
France |
IP |
Administered from
French Polynesia |
Cocos
(Keeling) Islands |
Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
Australia |
CK |
West Island |
| Cook Islands |
(no long-form name) |
New Zealand |
CW |
Avarua |
| Coral Sea Islands |
Coral Sea
Islands Territory |
Australia |
CR |
Administered
from Canberra |
| East Timor |
(no long-form name) |
Temporarily administered
by the United Nations |
TT |
Dili |
| Falkland Islands
(Islas Malvinas) |
Colony of the
Falkland Islands |
United
Kingdom
(see
note 4) |
FK |
Stanley |
| Faroe Islands |
(no long-form name) |
Denmark |
FO |
Tórshavn |
French Guiana
!(see
note 5) |
|
|
|
|
| French Polynesia |
Territory of
French Polynesia |
France |
FP |
Papeete |
French
Southern and
Antarctic Lands
(see
note 6) |
Territory of the
French Southern
and Antarctic Lands |
France |
FS |
Administered
from Paris |
| Gibraltar |
(no long-form name) |
United Kingdom |
GI |
Gibraltar |
| Greenland |
(no long-form name) |
Denmark |
GL |
Nuuk (Godthåb) |
Guadeloupe
!(see
note 5) |
|
|
|
|
| Guam |
Territory of Guam |
United States |
GQ |
Hagatna |
Guernsey
!(see
note 7) |
Bailiwick of Guernsey |
British Crown Dependency |
GK |
Saint Peter Port |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
Territory of
Heard Island
and McDonald Islands |
Australia |
HM |
Administered
from Canberra |
| Hong Kong |
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
China
(see
note 8) |
HK |
Hong Kong |
| Howland Island |
(no long-form name) |
United States |
HQ |
Administered from Washington, D.C. |
| Jan Mayen |
(no long-form name) |
Norway |
JN |
Administered
from Oslo
(see
note 9) |
| Jarvis Island |
(no long-form name) |
United States |
DQ |
Administered from Washington, D.C. |
| Jersey |
Bailiwick of Jersey |
British Crown Dependency |
JE |
Saint Helier |
| Johnston Atoll |
(no long-form name) |
United States |
JQ |
Administered from Washington, D.C. |
| Kingman Reef |
(no long-form name) |
United States |
KQ |
Administered from Washington, D.C. |
| Macau |
Macau Special Administrative Region |
China
(see
note 14) |
MC |
Macau |
| Man, Isle of |
(no long-form name) |
British
Crown Dependency |
IM |
Douglas |
Martinique
!(see
note 5) |
|
|
|
|
| Mayotte |
Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte |
France |
MF |
Mamoudzou |
| Midway Islands |
(no long-form name) |
United States |
MQ |
Administered from Washington, D.C. |
| Montserrat |
(no long-form name) |
United Kingdom |
MH |
Plymouth |
| Navassa Island |
(no long-form name) |
United States |
BQ |
Administered from Washington, D.C. |
Netherlands Antilles
(see
note 10) |
(no long-form name) |
Netherlands |
NT |
Willemstad |
| New Caledonia |
Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies |
France |
NC |
Nouméa |
| Niue |
(no long-form name) |
New Zealand |
NE |
Alofi |
| Norfolk Island |
Territory of
Norfolk Island |
Australia |
NF |
Kingston |
Northern
Mariana Islands |
Commonwealth
of the Northern
Mariana Islands |
United States |
CQ |
Saipan |
| Palmyra Atoll |
(no long-form name) |
United States |
LQ |
Administered from Washington, D.C. |
| Paracel Islands |
(no long-form name) |
undetermined (see
note 12) |
PF |
None |
| Pitcairn Islands |
Pitcairn,
Henderson, Ducie,
and Oeno Islands |
United Kingdom |
PC |
Adamstown |
| Puerto Rico |
Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico |
United States |
RQ |
San Juan |
Reunion
!(see
note 5) |
|
|
|
|
Saint Helena
(see
note 13) |
(no long-form name) |
United Kingdom |
SH |
Jamestown |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
Territorial
Collectivity of Saint
Pierre and Miquelon |
France |
SB |
Saint-Pierre |
South Georgia
and the South Sandwich Islands |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
United
Kingdom
(see
note 4) |
SX |
None |
| Spratly Islands |
(no long-form name) |
undetermined (see
note 14) |
PG |
None |
| Svalbard |
(no long-form name) |
Norway |
SV |
Longyearbyen |
| Tokelau |
(no long-form name) |
New Zealand |
TL |
None |
Turks and
Caicos Islands |
(no long-form name) |
United Kingdom |
TK |
Grand Turk |
| Virgin Islands, U.S. |
United States
Virgin Islands |
United States |
VQ |
Charlotte Amalie |
| Virgin Islands, British |
(no long-form name) |
United Kingdom |
VI |
Road Town |
| Wake Island |
(no long-form name) |
United States |
WQ |
Administered from Washington, D.C. |
| Wallis and Futuna |
Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands |
France |
WF |
Matâ'utu |
| West
Bank |
|
|
|
|
| Western Sahara |
(no long-form name) |
undetermined |
WI |
None |
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NOTES
Note 1: Federal
Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4 codes.
Note 2:
Antarctica consists of the territory south of 60 degrees south
latitude. This area includes claims by Argentina, Australia,
Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the
legal status of which remains in suspense under the terms of the
Antarctic Treaty of 1959. The United States recognizes no
claims to Antarctica.
Note 3: Chagos
Archipelago (including Diego Garcia).
Note 4:
Dependent territory of the United Kingdom (also claimed by
Argentina).
Note 5: French
Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Reunion are departments
(first-order administrative units) of France, and are therefore not
dependencies or areas of special sovereignty. They are included in
this list only for the convenience of the user. The Department of
Guadeloupe includes the nearby islands of Marie-Galante, La Desirade,
and Iles des Saintes, as well as Saint Barthelemy and the northern
three-fifths of Saint Martin (the rest of which belongs to
Netherlands Antilles). The islands of Bassas da India, Europa
Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island
are administered from Reunion; all these islands are claimed by
Madagascar, and Tromelin Island is claimed by Mauritius.
Note 6:
"French Southern and Antarctic Lands" includes Île
Amsterdam, Île Saint-Paul, Îles Crozet, and Îles Kerguelen in the
southern Indian Ocean, along with the French-claimed sector of
Antarctica, "Terre Adélie." The United States does
not recognize the French claim to "Terre Adélie" (see
note 2).
Note 7: The
Bailiwick of Guernsey includes the islands of Alderney, Guernsey,
Herm, Sark, and nearby smaller islands.
Note 8: Under a
Sino-British declaration of September 1984, Hong Kong reverted to
Chinese control on July 1, 1997. It is now a semi-autonomous entity
that exists pursuant to international agreement and maintains its
own government apart from the People's Republic of China.
Note 9:
Administered from Oslo, Norway, through a governor resident in
Longyearbyen, Svalbard.
Note 10: Under
the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration on the Question of Macau
signed in 1987, Macau reverted to Chinese control on December 20,
1999. It is now a semi-autonomous entity that exists pursuant
to international agreement and maintains its own government apart
from the People's Republic of China.
Note 11:
Netherlands Antilles comprises two groupings of islands: Curaçao
and Bonaire are located off the coast of Venezuela; Saba, Sint
Eustatius, and Sint Maarten (the Dutch two-fifths of the island of
Saint Martin) lie 800 km to the north.
Note 12: South
China Sea islands occupied by China but claimed by Vietnam.
Note 13: The
territory of Saint Helena includes the Island group of Tristan da
Cunha; Saint Helena also administers Ascension Island.
Note 14: South
China Sea islands claimed in entirety by China and Vietnam and in
part by the Philippines and Malaysia; each of these states occupies
some part of the islands.
Source: Office of The Geographer and
Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department
of State, Washington, D.C.
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