The Breetish Owerseas Territories is fowerteen Stewartries that the Unitit Kinrick haes unner its sovereignty, but's no pairt o the Unitit Kinrick itsel[1].
The name "British Overseas Territory" wis brocht in bi the British Overseas Territories Act 2002, an replaced the name "British dependent territory" that wis brocht in bi the British Nationality Act 1981. Afore that, the territories wis kent as the colonies or the Croun colonies. The Breetish Owerseas Territories is referred tae as owerseas territories o the Unitit Kinrick an aw[2], UK owerseas territories[3], or whan the context is clear, juist the Owerseas Territories[1].
The territories o Jersay, Guernsey an the Isle o Mann, tho unner the sovereignty o the Breetish Croun an aw, haes a sicht different constitutional relationship wi the Unitit Kinrick, an sae is clessed as Croun dependencies raither nor Owerseas Territories. Territories an dependencies is distinct frae the Commonweel o Nations, a voluntar associe o umwhile Breetish colonies an syne ither nations sic as Mozambique that haes jyned acause o the benefits it gies.
Current Overseas Territories
Banner | Airms | Territory | Location | Mottae | Area | Population | Caipital | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anguilla | Caribbean | Strength and Endurance | 39.4 sq mi | 102.0 km2 | 12,800 | The Valley | ||
Bermuda | North Atlantic Ocean | Quo fata ferunt (Latin: "Whither the Fates carry [us]") | 20.6 sq mi | 53.4 km2 | 64,482 | Hamilton | ||
British Antarctic Territory | Antarctica | Research and discovery | 666,000 sq mi | 1,724,900 km2 | 200 staff | Rothera (main base) | ||
British Indian Ocean Territory | Indian Ocean | In tutela nostra Limuria (Latin: "Limuria is in our charge") | 23 sq mi | 60 km2 | 3,200 military and staff | Diego Garcia (base) | ||
British Virgin Islands | Caribbean | Vigilate (Latin: "Be watchful") | 59 sq mi | 153 km2 | 21,730 | Road Town | ||
Cayman Islands | Caribbean | He hath founded it upon the seas | 100.4 sq mi | 260.0 km2 | 46,600 | George Town | ||
Falkland Islands | South Atlantic Ocean | Desire the right | 4,702 sq mi | 12,178 km2 | 2,967 | Stanley | ||
Gibraltar | Iberian Peninsula | Nulli expugnabilis hosti (Latin: "No enemy shall expel us") | 2.5 sq mi | 6.5 km2 | 27,776 | Gibraltar | ||
Montserrat | Caribbean | 39 sq mi | 101 km2 | 9,000 | Plymouth (abandoned due tae volcanae—de facto caipital is Brades) | |||
Pitcairn Islands | Pacific Ocean | Nane | 17 sq mi | 44 km2 (aw islands) |
67 | Adamstown | ||
Saint Helena (includin Ascension, Tristan da Cunha) | South Atlantic Ocean | Loyal and unshakeable | 158 sq mi | 409 km2 (aw islands) |
6,563 | Jamestown | ||
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | South Atlantic Ocean | Leo terram propriam protegat (Latin: "Let the lion protect his own land") | 1,508 sq mi | 3,906 km2 | 11-26 staff | King Edward Point/Grytviken | ||
Sovereign Base Areas o Akrotiri and Dhekelia | Mediterranean (Cyprus) | Dieu et mon droit (French: "God and my right") | 98 sq mi | 254 km2 | 15,000 (awmaist hauf British military and staff) | Episkopi Cantonment | ||
Turks and Caicos Islands | Caribbean | 166 sq mi | 430 km2 | 21,500 | Cockburn Town |
See also
References
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