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In international politics, a territory is usually a geographic area which has not been granted the powers of self-government, i.e. an area that is under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state.

As a subdivision, a territory in most countries is an organized division of an area that is controlled by a country but is not formally developed into, or incorporated into, a political unit of that country, which political units are of equal status to one another and are often referred to by words such as "provinces", "regions", or "states". In its narrower sense, it is "a geographic region, such as a colonial possession, that is dependent on an external government."

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Guernsey - Crown Dependency Author: Greg Loucks
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Synonyms: Guernesey, GuernΓ©si, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Bailliage de Guernesey, Bailliage dΓ© GuernΓ©si

Guernsey (officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey; French: Bailliage de Guernesey; GuernΓ©siais: Bailliage dΓ© GuernΓ©si) is a self-governing British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France, comprising several of the Channel Islands. It has a total land area of 78 square kilometres (30 mi2) and an estimated total population of 67,336.

Guam - Territory Author: Greg Loucks
Synonyms: GuΓ₯han

Guam (/ˈɑwɑːm/ β“˜ GWAHM; Chamorro: GuΓ₯han [ΛˆΙ‘Κ·Ι‘hΙ‘n]) is an island that is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. Guam's capital is HagΓ₯tΓ±a, and the most populous village is Dededo. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States, as measured from the geographic center of the U.S. with point Udall. In Oceania, Guam is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands and the largest island in Micronesia. In 2022, its population was 168,801. Chamorros are its largest ethnic group, but a minority on the multiethnic island. The territory spans 210 square miles (540 km2; 130,000 acres) and has a population density of 775 per square mile (299/km2).

Guadeloupe - Territory Author: Greg Loucks
Synonyms: Gwadloup, Karukera

Guadeloupe is an overseas department and region of the French Republic in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islandsβ€”Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La DΓ©sirade, and two Îles des Saintesβ€”as well as many uninhabited islands and outcroppings. It is south of Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat and north of Dominica. The capital city is Basse-Terre, on the southern west coast of Basse-Terre Island; the most populous city is Les Abymes and the main centre of business is neighbouring Pointe-Γ -Pitre, both on Grande-Terre Island. It had a population of 395,726 in 2024.

Greenland - Territory Author: Greg Loucks
Synonyms: GrΓΈnland, Kalaallit Nunaat

Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark and is the largest of the kingdom's three constituent parts by land area, the others being Denmark proper and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenland are citizens of Denmark. They are thus citizens of the European Union (EU), although Greenland is not part of the EU. It is the world's largest island[f] and lies between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It shares a small 1.2-kilometre (0.75 mi) border with Canada on Hans Island. The capital and largest city is Nuuk. Kaffeklubben Island off the northern coast is the world's northernmost undisputed point of land – Cape Morris Jesup on the main island was thought to be so until the 1960s. Economically, Greenland is heavily reliant on aid from Denmark, which has averaged 5.4 billion kr. (€724 million) annually in the period 2019–2023, amounting to more than 20% of the territory's gross domestic product.

Gibraltar - Territory Author: Greg Loucks
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Gibraltar (/dΚ’ΙͺˈbrɔːltΙ™r, -ˈbrΙ’l-/ β“˜ jih-BRAWL-tΙ™r, -⁠BROL-, Spanish: [xiΞ²ΙΎalˈtaΙΎ]) is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean (Strait of Gibraltar). It has an area of 6.8 km2 (2.6 sq mi) and is bordered to the north by Spain (Campo de Gibraltar). The landscape is dominated by the Rock of Gibraltar, at the foot of which is a densely populated town area. Gibraltar is home to around 34,000 people, primarily Gibraltarians.

GalΓ‘pagos Islands - Territory Author: Greg Loucks
Synonyms: Islas GalΓ‘pagos

The GalΓ‘pagos Islands (Spanish: Islas GalΓ‘pagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the equator, 485 nautical miles (898 km; 558 mi) west of the mainland of South America. They form the GalΓ‘pagos Province of the Republic of Ecuador, with a population of slightly over 33,000 (2020). The province is divided into the cantons of San CristΓ³bal, Santa Cruz, and Isabela, the three most populated islands in the chain. The GalΓ‘pagos are famous for their large number of endemic species, which were studied by Charles Darwin in the 1830s and inspired his theory of evolution by means of natural selection. All of these islands are protected as part of Ecuador's GalΓ‘pagos National Park and Marine Reserve.

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