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This is a list of territory which has been purchased by a sovereign nation from another sovereign nation.

Territory Purchased by Purchased from Cost Year Area Cost/Area Agreement (article)
Isle of Man, Hebrides, Kintyre and islands of the Firth of Clyde[1][2] Scotland Norway 4,000 marks sterling, 100 mark annuity 1266 ~8,000 km² ~0.5 marks sterling/km² Treaty of Perth
Estonia, Livonia, Ingria, and Southeast Finland (Kexholmslän and part of Karelian Isthmus)[3][4]  Russia  Sweden 2,000,000 silver Swedish riksdaler 1721 ~100,000 km² ~2,000 Riksdaler/km² Treaty of Nystad
Saint Croix[5][6]  Denmark-Norway  France 750,000 livres 1733 210 km² 3571 livres/km²
Louisiana[7]  United States  France $15,000,000 USD 1803 2,140,000 km² 7 USD/km² Louisiana Purchase
Florida[8]  United States  Spain $5,000,000 USD 1819 ~200,000 km² ~5 USD/km² Adams–Onís Treaty
California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona  United States  Mexico $18,250,000 USD 1848 1,360,000 km² 13.4 USD/km² Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Arizona (southern)[9]  United States  Mexico $10,000,000 USD 1853 76,800 km² 130 USD/km² Gadsden Purchase
New Mexico (southwestern)[9]
Saxe-Lauenburg[10]  Prussia  Austria 2,500,000 Danish rigsdaler[11] 1865 1,000 km² 2,500 Rigsdaler/km² Gastein Convention
Alaska[12]  United States  Russia $7,200,000 USD 1867 1,717,856 km² 4 USD/km² Alaska Purchase
Saint-Barthélemy[13]  France  Sweden 320,000 French francs 1878 21,24 km² 15 Francs/km²
Philippines  United States  Spain $20,000,000 USD 1898 300,000 km² 20 USD/km² Treaty of Paris
Caroline Islands[14]  Germany  Spain 25,000,000 ESP 1899 1,160 km² 21,551 ESP/km² German–Spanish Treaty
Palau[14]
Mariana Islands[14]
Cagayan Sulu and Sibutu  United States  Spain $100,000 USD 1900 467 km² 214 USD/km² Treaty of Washington
Virgin Islands[15]  United States  Denmark $25,000,000 USD 1916 400 km² 62,500 USD/km² Treaty of the Danish West Indies
Jäniskoski-Niskakoski territory[16][17]  Soviet Union  Finland 700,000,000 FIM 1947 176 km² 700 FIM/km²
Gwadar[18][19]  Pakistan  Muscat and Oman 5,500,000,000 PKR 1958 265 km² 20,754,716 PKR/km²

References

  1. ^ Lustig, Richard I. (1979). "The Treaty of Perth: A Re-Examination". The Scottish Historical Review. 58 (165). jstor.org: 35–57. JSTOR 25529318.
  2. ^ "Agreement between Magnus IV and Alexander III, 1266". isle-of-man.com. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  3. ^ Russian: РГАДА. Рукописный отдел библиотеки Московской Синодальной типографии. Фонд 381, ед.хр.805. Л.6. Original handwritten text of the Treaty of Nystad in Russian
  4. ^ (in Russian) Ништадтский мирный договор между Россией и Швецией, 30 августа 1721 г. Text of the Treaty of Nystad in Russian
  5. ^ "Saint Croix, Virgin Islands: Facts & History". Vinow.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  6. ^ Westergaard, Waldemar (1917). The Danish West Indies Under Company Rule (1671–1754). New York: The Macmillan Company. pp. 206–209, 222–225, 235, 243.
  7. ^ "Louisiana Purchase, 1803". Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs.
  8. ^ "Acquisition of Florida: Treaty of Adams-Onis (1819) and Transcontinental Treaty (1821)". Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs.
  9. ^ a b "Gadsden Purchase, 1853–1854". Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs.
  10. ^ "Herzogtum Lauenburg County (Germany)". CRW flags.
  11. ^ Wolfgang Neugebauer (Hrsg.): Handbuch der preußischen Geschichte. Band 2: Das 19. Jahrhundert und große Themen der Geschichte Preußens. Verlag De Gruyter, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-11-008322-1, S. 340 books.google
  12. ^ "Purchase of Alaska, 1867". Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs.
  13. ^ "History of St. Barthelemy Island". Wimco. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  14. ^ a b c "Venta a Alemania "las islas Carolinas, las Palaos y Islas Marianas"". Contactar con el administrador de esta comunidad.
  15. ^ "Purchase of the United States Virgin Islands, 1917". U.S. Department of State. 2008-07-21.
  16. ^ Asetus Jäniskosken ja Niskakosken alueen liittämisestä Neuvostoliiton alueeseen sekä Suomessa olevien, Neuvostoliitolle siirtyneiden entisten saksalaisten rahavarojen käytöstä tehtyjen sopimusten voimaansaattamisesta. 9/1947, Valtiosopimukset, Finlex (in Finnish)
  17. ^ Kosonen, Matti & Pohjonen, Juha: Isänmaan portinvartijat: Suomen rajojen vartiointi 1918-1994, s. 343-345. Rajavartiolaitoksen julkaisu. Helsinki: Otava, 1994. ISBN 951-1-13106-0. (in Finnish)
  18. ^ "Gwadar Port finally becomes functional". The News.
  19. ^ "About Gwadar". Jamal City Gwadar.
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