List of autonomous territories

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 Autonomy	State	Autonomy Note
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
Aruba self-governing territory	Netherlands
Azad Kashmir autonomous state	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
French Polynesia overseas collectivity	France	semi-territorial autonomy
Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region	Italy
Gagauzia autonomous territorial unit	Moldova
Galicia autonomous community	Spain
Greenland self-governing territory	Denmark
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, autonomy till 2010
Melilla autonomous city	Spain	mini-territorial autonomy
Mordovia republic	Russia
File:Flag of the Byzantine Empire.svg Mount Athos (Holy Mountain) 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
North Atlantic autonomous region	Nicaragua	semi-territorial autonomy
North Ossetia-Alania republic	Russia
Northern Ireland province	United Kingdom
Palestine autonomous territories	Israel	transition period to independence
Príncipe autonomous region	São Tomé and Príncipe
Puerto Rico territory of the U.S. with Commonwealth status	United States
Rodrigues autonomous region	Mauritius	the government members are in the process of moving to Rodrigues from Mauritius
Rotuma dependency	Fiji	semi-territorial autonomy
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon overseas collectivity	France
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	semi-territorial autonomy
Wallonia region	Belgium
Xinjiang (Sinkiang) autonomous region	China	semi-territorial autonomy
Zanzibar state	Tanzania

Note

Territorial autonomies that are under formation: ARMM, 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

External links

• The working autonomies in Europe
• Implementation of autonomies