Examples are Åland (Finland), Hong Kong (China), and Macau (China).

Politics The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory.

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean.

In 1902 Henderson was annexed to the Pitcairn Islands colony, now a South Pacific British Overseas Territory.

Kingston (Norf'k laengwij Daun a'Taun ) is the capital of the Australian South Pacific Territory of Norfolk Island.

BOTC, however, does not confer any right to live in any British Overseas Territory, including the territory from which it is derived.

As a British overseas territory, the Falklands have internal self governance, and the United Kingdom takes responsibility for their defence and foreign affairs.

Tristan da Cunha is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

Jamestown is the capital of both the island of Saint Helena and the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

Montserrat () is an island which is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, specifically in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain known as the Lesser Antilles, in the West Indies.

The British government has stated its willingness to assist any Overseas Territory that wishes to proceed to independence, where that is an option.

As a British overseas territory, Gibraltar has, until now, enjoyed a privileged position within the European Union, exempt from certain taxes, responsibilities and legislation.

Location On the northern side of the Strait are Spain and Gibraltar (a British overseas territory in the Iberian Peninsula), while on the southern side are Morocco and Ceuta (a Spanish exclave in North Africa).

During the Second World War, the island was the site of the Battle of Madagascar between the Vichy government and the British.

For a more general history of currency in the South Atlantic region, see The Sterling Currency in the South Atlantic and the Antarctic.

When the Bahamas gained independence in 1973, the islands received their own governor and have remained a separate autonomous British Overseas Territory since.

The islands continued to be governed as part of the Colony of Jamaica until 1962, when they became a separate Crown colony while Jamaica became an independent Commonwealth realm.

It is governed as part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, of which the main island, Saint Helena, is around to the southeast.

Rise of FRELIMO Portugal designated Mozambique an overseas territory in 1951 in order to show to the world that the colony had a greater autonomy.

In 1946, the colony of Guadeloupe became an overseas department of France.

Portugal, like the rest of Philip's kingdoms, was on the verge of rebellion.

Citizenship Because the Turks and Caicos is a British Overseas Territory and not an independent country, they, at one time, could not confer citizenship.

Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean.

It is surrounded by Fiji and Wallis and Futuna (France) to the northwest, Samoa to the northeast, Niue to the east, Kermadec (part of New Zealand) to the southwest, and New Caledonia (France) and Vanuatu to the farther west.

To have one's portrait commissioned and painted with ultramarine blue was considered a great luxury.

The New Zealand dollar (sign code NZD) is the currency of the Realm of New Zealand (including New Zealand proper and the territories of the Cook Islands, Niue, the Ross Dependency, and Tokelau), as well as a single British Overseas Territory, the Pitcairn Islands.

The Pitcairn Islands ( Pitkern '), officially named the Pitcairn Group of Islands' , are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the last British Overseas Territory in the Pacific.

When Van Eyck used lapis, he never blended it with other colors.

During his previous time as Minister of State in the government of Estanislao Figueras, Castelar promoted and achieved the approval of the abolition of slavery in the overseas territory of Puerto Rico, although not in Cuba because of the continuing war situation.

Flemish painter Jan van Eyck, working in the 15th century, did not ordinarily include blue in his paintings.

Cayenne ( ) is the capital of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America.

The United States surrendered a significant portion of the Missouri Territory to Spain in exchange for Spanish Florida.

The eastern part of Michigan was added to the Indiana Territory at that time.

The city of Lubango, Angola, was called Sá de Bandeira when the Angolan territory was under Portuguese rule.

British Antarctic Territory

The only way to achieve a deep rich blue was by using a semi precious stone, lapis lazuli, to produce a pigment known as ultramarine, and the best sources of lapis were remote.

Saint Laurent du Maroni is one of the two sub prefectures of French Guiana and the seat of the Arrondissement of Saint Laurent du Maroni.

Banco Nacional Ultramarino ( ) was a Portuguese bank with operations throughout the world, especially in Portugal's former overseas provinces.

2001 BNU and Caixa Geral de Depósitos merged through incorporation of BNU into Caixa Geral de Depósitos Banque Franco Portugaise d Outre Mer became a branch of Caixa Geral on July 1, 2000, the Macau branch of Banco Nacional Ultramarino became a bank incorporated in Macau SAR under the name Banco Nacional Ultramarino S.A., but remained wholly owned subsidiary of Caixa Geral de Depósitos, retaining until 2010 its functions as a note issuer and Agent of the Treasury.

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On July 4, 1803, the treaty reached Washington, D.C..

The Territory of Dakota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until November 2, 1889, when the final extent of the reduced territory was split and admitted to the Union as the states of North and South Dakota.

institutions located in the territory , including subsidiaries of parent companies located outside that territory , and

Gibraltar Although the British overseas territory of Gibraltar changed to driving on the right on 16 June 1929 to avoid accidents involving vehicles from Spain, some public buses until recently were RHD, with a special door allowing passengers to enter on the right hand side.