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Dependent territory
Y 100%
82nd percentile in Places
Territory that does not possess full political independence as a sovereign state
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Instances
5
Influencing rating
Y 100%
British Overseas Territories
Territories under United Kingdom sovereignty
Hong Kong
Special administrative region of China
Ottoman Palestine
Palestine under the Ottoman Empire
Greenland
Autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark in North America
New Caledonia
French special collectivity in the southwest Pacific Ocean
Subclasses
7
Influencing rating
Y 100%
Colony
Territory governed by another country
British Overseas Territories
Territories under United Kingdom sovereignty
Dominion
Self-governing countries of the British Empire
Unincorporated territories of the United States
U.S. territory to which limited constitutional rights are available
Insular area
U.S. territory that is neither a state nor the District of Columbia
European colonies in Africa
period of African history
Occupied territory
territory under military occupation
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A dependent territory, dependent area, or dependency (sometimes referred as an external territory) is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a sovereign state but remains politically outside the controlling state's integral area.

Instance of
Geographical feature
territory
Subclass of
Administrative division
political territorial entity
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