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
American Samoa unincorparated territory	United States
American Virgin Islands unincorparated territory	United States
Anguilla overseas territory	United Kingdom
File:Flag of the Aosta Valley.png Aosta Valley autonomous region	Italy
Aruba autonomous region	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Azad Kashmir autonomous state	Pakistan
Azores autonomous region	Portugal
Bashkortostan republic	Russia
Basque Country autonomous community	Spain
Bougainville autonomous province	Papua New Guinea
Bermuda overseas territory	United Kingdom	full autonomy in internal affairs
British Virgin Islands overseas territory	United Kingdom
Buryatia republic	Russia	may be joint with "oblast" in 2008-2010
Canary Islands autonomous community	Spain
Catalonia autonomous community	Spain
Cayman Islands overseas territory	United Kingdom
Ceuta autonomous city	Spain	weak legislative power
Chechnya republic	Russia
Chuvashia republic	Russia
Cook Islands overseas territory	New Zealand	full autonomy in internal affairs
Corsica territorial collectivity	France	weak legislative power
Crimea autonomous republic	Ukraine	weak legislative power
Dagestan republic	Russia
Easter Island (Rapa Nui) special territory	Chile	new status from 06 June 2007
Faroe Islands autonomous region	Denmark
French Polynesia overseas collectivity	France
Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region	Italy
Gagauzia autonomous territorial unit	Moldova	weak legislative power
Galicia autonomous community	Spain
Gibraltar overseas territory	United Kingdom	full autonomy in internal affairs
Greenland automomous region	Denmark
Guam unincorparated territory	United States
Guangxi autonomous region	China	weak legislative power
Guernsey dependency	United Kingdom
Hong Kong special administrative region	China
Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol) autonomous region	China	weak legislative power
Ingushetia republic	Russia
Iraqi Kurdistan autonomous region	Iraq
Isle of Man dependency	United Kingdom
Jammu and Kashmir autonomous state	India
Jersey dependency	United Kingdom
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	weak legislative power, autonomy till 2010
Melilla autonomous city	Spain	weak legislative power
Montserrat overseas territory	United Kingdom
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	weak legislative power
Netherlands Antilles autonomous region	Kingdom of the Netherlands	dissolution of Netherlands Antilles is 15 December 2008.
New Caledonia overseas territory	France
Ningxia autonomous region	China	weak legislative power
Niue overeas territory	New Zealand	full autonomy in internal affairs
Norfolk Island external territory	Australia
North Ossetia-Alania republic	Russia
Northern Ireland province	United Kingdom
Northern Mariana Islands unincorparated territory	United States	territory of the U.S. with Commonwealth status
Palestine autonomous territories	Israel
Pitcairn Islands overseas territory	United Kingdom	weak legislative power
Príncipe autonomous region	São Tomé and Príncipe
Puerto Rico unincorparated territory	United States	territory of the U.S. with Commonwealth status
Rodrigues autonomous island region	Mauritius
Rotuma dependency	Fiji	weak legislative power
Saint-Barthélemy overseas collectivity	France
Saint Helena overseas territory	United Kingdom	full autonomy in internal afairs
Saint Martin overseas collectivity	France
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 Ossetia spec. territorial unit	Georgia	from 2007.05.01 transition period to autonomous Republic
Bolzano-Bozen autonomous province	Italy	autonomous province of Trentino-Alto Adige/Sudtirol region
Southern Sudan autonomous region	Sudan
Sovereign Military Order of Malta	Italy	mini-territorial and personal autonomy granted to "the Order" resident in Rome by Italy in 1971
Tatarstan republic	Russia
Tibet (Xizang) autonomous region	China	weak legislative power
Tokelau overseas territory	New Zealand
Transnistria territorial autonomous unit	Moldova	de jure autonomous, de facto declared independence but internationally not recognized
Turks and Caicos Islands overseas territory	United Kingdom
Tuva republic	Russia
Udmurtia republic	Russia
Vojvodina autonomous province	Serbia	multi-ethnic territorial autonomy
Wales principality	United Kingdom
Wallis and Futuna overseas collectivity	France	weak legislative power
Wallonia region	Belgium	weak legislative power
Xinjiang (Sinkiang) autonomous region	China	weak legislative power
Zanzibar state	Tanzania

Note

Territorial autonomies that are under formation: ARMM, Cabinda, Curacao, Nagorno-Karabakh, Quebec, Santa Cruz, Sint Maarten, Tobago.

See also

• Autonomous area
• List of sovereign states
• List of dependent territories

External links

• The working autonomies in Europe
• Territorial Autonomies in the world. Maria Ackren
• Implementation of autonomies