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Revision as of 11:56, 19 June 2007
Territorial autonomy is a territorial unit that is granted a special status in the state, typically authorized for an internal cultural indentity (ethnic, religious, linguistic) and its social and economic regulations (legislative, administrative and political structures of self-government).
The table below list of territorial autonomies.
Territorial Autonomies | State | Autonomy Notes |
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Abkhazia autonomous republic |
Georgia | de jure autonomous, de facto declared independence but internationally not recognized |
Adjara autonomous republic |
Georgia | |
Adygea republic |
Russia | may be joint with "oblast" in 2008-2010 |
Åland autonomous province |
Finland | |
Altai republic |
Russia | may be joint with "oblast" in 2008-2010 |
File:Flag of the Aosta Valley.png Aosta Valley autonomous region |
Italy | |
File:Ph seal armm.png ARMM autonomous region in Muslim Mindanao |
Philippines | |
Aruba self-governing territory |
Netherlands | internationally recognized as dependency |
Azad Kashmir republic |
Pakistan | |
Azores autonomous region |
Portugal | |
Bashkortostan republic |
Russia | |
Basque Country autonomous community |
Spain | |
Bougainville autonomous province |
Papua New Guinea | |
Buryatia republic |
Russia | may be joint with "oblast" in 2008-2010 |
Canary Islands autonomous community |
Spain | |
Catalonia autonomous community |
Spain | |
Ceuta autonomous city |
Spain | mini-territorial autonomy |
Chechnya republic |
Russia | |
Chuvashia republic |
Russia | |
Corsica territorial collectivity |
France | semi-territorial autonomy |
Crimea autonomous republic |
Ukraine | |
Dagestan republic |
Russia | |
Faroe Islands self-governing territory |
Denmark | internationally recognized as dependency |
French Polynesia overseas collectivity |
France | semi-territorial autonomy, internationally recognized as dependency |
Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region |
Italy | |
Gagauzia autonomous territorial unit |
Moldova | |
Galicia autonomous community |
Spain | |
Greenland self-governing territory |
Denmark | internacionally recognized as dependency |
Guangxi autonomous region |
China | semi-territorial autonomy |
Guernsey dependency |
United Kingdom | U.K. Crown dependency |
Hong Kong special administrative region |
China | |
Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol) autonomous region |
China | semi-territorial autonomy |
Ingushetia republic |
Russia | |
Iraqi Kurdistan autonomous region |
Iraq | |
Isle of Man dependency |
United Kingdom | U.K. Crown dependency |
Jammu and Kashmir autonomous state |
India | |
Jersey dependency |
United Kingdom | U.K. Crown dependency |
Kabardino-Balkaria republic |
Russia | |
Kalmykia republic |
Russia | may be joint with "oblast" in 2008-2010 |
Karachay-Cherkessia republic |
Russia | |
Karakalpakstan republic |
Uzbekistan | |
Karelia republic |
Russia | |
Khakassia republic |
Russia | |
Komi republic |
Russia | may be joint with "oblast" in 2008-2010, into new republic or "kray" |
Kosovo autonomous province |
Serbia | currently under U.N. administration |
Macau special administrative region |
China | |
Madeira autonomous region |
Portugal | |
Mari El republic |
Russia | |
Mayotte overseas collectivity |
France | semi-teritorial autonomy, internationally recognized as dependency, autonomy till 2010 |
Melilla autonomous city |
Spain | mini-territorial autonomy |
Mordovia republic |
Russia | |
File:Flag of the Byzantine Empire.svg Mount Athos autonomous Monastic state |
Greece | mini-territorial autonomy |
Nakhchivan autonomous republic |
Azerbaijan | |
Netherlands Antilles self-governing territory |
Netherlands | dissolution of Netherlands Antilles is 15 December 2008. |
Ningxia autonomous region |
China | semi-territorial autonomy |
Norfolk Island external territory |
Australia | internationally recognized as dependency |
North Atlantic autonomous region |
Nicaragua | semi-territorial autonomy |
North Ossetia-Alania republic |
Russia | |
Northern Ireland province |
United Kingdom | |
Príncipe autonomous region |
São Tomé and Príncipe | |
Puerto Rico territory of the U.S. with Commonwealth status |
United States | internationally recognized as dependency |
Rodrigues autonomous region |
Mauritius | the government members are in the process of moving to Rodrigues from Mauritius |
Rotuma dependency |
Fiji | |
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon overseas collectivity |
France | internationally recognized as dependency |
Sakha republic |
Russia | |
Sardinia autonomous region |
Italy | |
Scotland Kingdom |
United Kingdom | |
Serb (Srpska) republic |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Sicily autonomous region |
Italy | |
South Atlantic autonomous region |
Nicaragua | semi-territorial autonomy |
South Ossetia spec. territorial unit |
Georgia | from 2007.05.01 transition period to autonomous Republic |
South Tyrol autonomous province |
Italy | autonomous province of Trentino-Alto Adige/Sudtirol region |
Southern Sudan autonomous region |
Sudan | |
Sovereign Military Order of Malta |
Italy | mini-territorial autonomy granted to "the Order" resident in Rome by Italy in 1971 |
Tatarstan republic |
Russia | |
Tibet (Xizang) autonomous region |
China | semi-territorial autonomy |
Transnistria territorial autonomous unit |
Moldova | de jure autonomous, de facto declared independence but internationally not recognized |
Tuva republic |
Russia | |
Udmurtia republic |
Russia | |
Vojvodina autonomous province |
Serbia | multi-ethnic territorial autonomy |
Wales principality |
United Kingdom | |
Wallis and Futuna overseas collectivity |
France | internationally recognized as dependency |
Wallonia region |
Belgium | |
Xinjiang (Sinkiang) autonomous region |
China | semi-territorial autonomy |
Zanzibar state |
Tanzania |
Note
Territorial autonomies that are under formation: Cabinda, Curacao, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Nagorno-Karabakh, Quebec, Saint Barthelemy, Saint-Martin, Santa Cruz, Sint Maarten.
See also
- Autonomous area
- List of sovereign states
- List of dependent territories
- United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories
- autonomous communities of Spain