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<h2 id="list-of-major-autonomous-areas">List of major autonomous areas</h2> <p class="note">See also: <a href="/facts/List_of_autonomous_areas_by_country/daBY70kS">List of autonomous areas by country</a></p> List Of Major Autonomous Areas<table><tbody><tr><th>Division</th><th>State</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Azad_Kashmir/WSsgCgRd"></a> <a href="/facts/Azad_Kashmir/WSsgCgRd">Azad Kashmir</a></td><td>Controlled by: <a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1">Pakistan</a>Claimed by: <a href="/facts/India/QW4TV4sy">India</a></td><td>Azad Kashmir is part of a self-governing polity which has not been formally annexed by Sumesh koodali. <a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1">Pakistan</a> was established after a <a href="/facts/1947_Poonch_rebellion/2NgjNjg6">rebellion against the Maharajah of Kashmir</a>, and the subsequent <a href="/facts/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1947%25E2%2580%25931948/QP0jUU0w">First Kashmir War</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> It Located within the historic <a href="/facts/Kashmir/Rok34JM5">Kashmir</a> region, which is <a href="/facts/Kashmir_conflict/zJAJRyth">disputed</a> between <a href="/facts/India/QW4TV4sy">India</a>, <a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1">Pakistan</a> and <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a> and is claimed by India as part of the <a href="/facts/Union_Territory_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir/F1FbqQpw">Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir</a>.</td></tr><tr><td><ul><li> <a href="/facts/Northern_Ireland/Jmr0NRyl">Northern Ireland</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Scotland/VGwbbxB2">Scotland</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Wales/xa3W6PHH">Wales</a></li></ul></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a></td><td>Three of the four constituent <a href="/facts/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom/4tMbqgXp">countries of the United Kingdom</a>, namely <a href="/facts/Scotland/VGwbbxB2">Scotland</a>, <a href="/facts/Wales/xa3W6PHH">Wales</a> and <a href="/facts/Northern_Ireland/Jmr0NRyl">Northern Ireland</a>, each have an elected, <a href="/facts/Devolution/SB1q2IVU">devolved</a> legislature which has the ability to legislate in devolved matters. The <a href="/facts/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom/7bFbPI9g">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> which retains sovereignty (the United Kingdom is a <a href="/facts/Unitary_state/HAxK1eMM">unitary state</a>), can dissolve the devolved legislatures at any time, and legislates in matters that are not devolved, as well as having the capacity to legislate in areas that are devolved (by <a href="/facts/Constitutional_convention_(political_custom)/rMJxcPGU">constitutional convention</a>, without the agreement of the devolved legislature). Formerly, both Scotland and England were fully sovereign states.</td></tr><tr><td><ul><li> <a href="/facts/Faroe_Islands/HMJ3bfmN">Faroe Islands</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Greenland/aagXRTB7">Greenland</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li></ul></td><td> <a href="/facts/Denmark/KVtykzsw">Denmark</a></td><td>The two autonomous territories<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> (<a href="/facts/Danish_language/sTcGXTMJ">Danish</a>: <i>rigsdel</i>, <a href="/facts/Faroese_language/1nf145FG">Faroese</a>: <i>land</i>, <a href="/facts/Greenlandic_language/JN1qPJ4K">Greenlandic</a>: <i>nuna</i>) of the <a href="/facts/The_unity_of_the_Realm/SErkFD5m">realm</a> of the Kingdom, the <a href="/facts/Faroe_Islands/HMJ3bfmN">Faroe Islands</a> and <a href="/facts/Greenland/aagXRTB7">Greenland</a>, each have an elected devolved legislature which has the ability to legislate in devolved matters. The <a href="/facts/Parliament_of_Denmark/pl9IymIc">Kingdom Parliament 'Folketinget'</a> retains sovereignty (The Kingdom of Denmark is a <a href="/facts/Unitary_state/HAxK1eMM">unitary state</a>) and legislates in matters that are not devolved, as well as having the capacity to legislate in areas that are devolved (this does not normally occur without the agreement of the devolved legislature).</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tobago/AceVKHRo">Tobago</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Trinidad_and_Tobago/jTXQP4Fe">Trinidad and Tobago</a></td><td>The <a href="/facts/Tobago_House_of_Assembly/KHzbwCS4">Tobago House of Assembly</a> is a devolved legislature that is responsible for the island of <a href="/facts/Tobago/AceVKHRo">Tobago</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Vojvodina/xQLNdfCn">Vojvodina</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Serbia/U0LVzPdI">Serbia</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Autonomous_Province_of_Kosovo_and_Metohija/uWmBFeDk">Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija</a></td><td>Controlled by: <a href="/facts/Kosovo/lbyzI6UW">Kosovo</a>Claimed by: <a href="/facts/Serbia/U0LVzPdI">Serbia</a></td><td>In 2008, <a href="/facts/Kosovo/lbyzI6UW">Kosovo</a> <a href="/facts/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition/CgR9Rny1">unilaterally declared</a> itself as an independent state. Its international <a href="/facts/International_recognition_of_Kosovo/F3d2BxfB">recognition</a> is split between those who recognize it as an independent state and those who view it as an autonomous province of <a href="/facts/Serbia/U0LVzPdI">Serbia</a> under <a href="/facts/United_Nations/fgXLnmgT">United Nations</a> administration.</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/%25C3%2585land/Czpngkbn">Åland</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Finland/G5Ak6T91">Finland</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li> <a href="/facts/Azores/yWF1EGs8">Azores</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Madeira/HRlYxvhe">Madeira</a></li></ul></td><td> <a href="/facts/Portugal/lYzwDQ63">Portugal</a></td><td>Although Portugal is an unitary state, its two autonomous regions have elected, <a href="/facts/Devolution/SB1q2IVU">devolved</a> legislatures (<a href="/facts/Legislative_Assembly_of_the_Azores/tstRFrao">Regional Legislative Assemblies of the Azores</a> and <a href="/facts/Legislative_Assembly_of_Madeira/LngTc6wP">Madeira</a>) and local government (<a href="/facts/Presidents_of_the_Regional_Government_of_the_Azores/uvzArB5B">Governments of the Azores</a> and <a href="/facts/Presidents_of_the_Regional_Government_of_Madeira/M5pqKSpa">Madeira</a>) which have the ability to legislate in devolved matters.</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Bangsamoro/rces69DH">Bangsamoro</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Philippines/ARpmxXQV">Philippines</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Autonomous_Region_of_Bougainville/Mc5fttWP">Bougainville</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Papua_New_Guinea/RLaVlhFC">Papua New Guinea</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li> <a href="/facts/Hong_Kong/4nAf3mqQ">Hong Kong SAR</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Macau/klWBBy2L">Macao SAR</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Guangxi/1BIHzs3q">Guangxi Zhuang AR</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Inner_Mongolia/6nlXuwM9">Inner Mongolia AR</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Ningxia/LqnNPNIU">Ningxia Hui AR</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Tibet_AR/IqQyXKT8">Tibet AR</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Xinjiang/f3jxW5Sq">Xinjiang Uygur AR</a></li></ul></td><td> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">People's Republic of China</a></td><td>The <a href="/facts/Special_administrative_regions_of_China/PjIuCTrs">special administrative regions</a> have the highest degree of autonomy from the central government in Beijing. <a href="/facts/Autonomous_regions_of_China/Sg8QebcG">Autonomous regions</a> contain a large minority ethnic group.</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Puntland/L7TXNWU3">Puntland</a> <a href="/facts/Jubaland/wuH2cK8B">Jubaland</a> <a href="/facts/Hirshabelle_State/ajByjRw0">Hirshabelle</a> <a href="/facts/Galmudug/MWKAog88">Galmudug</a> <a href="/facts/Somaliland/5sSah01x">Somaliland</a> <a href="/facts/South_West_State_of_Somalia/rVjG02bg">Koofur Orsi</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Somalia/3wQYwIdS">Somalia</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Somaliland/5sSah01x">Somaliland</a> is a <a href="/facts/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition/CgR9Rny1">self-declared independent state</a>, although it is internationally considered an autonomous region in northwestern <a href="/facts/Somalia/3wQYwIdS">Somalia</a>.</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/North_Caribbean_Coast_Autonomous_Region/5ArdFz0H">North Caribbean Coast</a></td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Nicaragua/PsyPGXxm">Nicaragua</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/South_Caribbean_Coast_Autonomous_Region/bmTQXnED">South Caribbean Coast</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Rodrigues/oF8Co0LI">Rodrigues</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Mauritius/lVUARna5">Mauritius</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Autonomous_Administration_of_North_and_East_Syria/YEoQU4YH">Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Syria/7pDXGzq8">Syria</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Zanzibar/Nj7CFq9B">Zanzibar</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Tanzania/MJueJ7E4">Tanzania</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Nakhchivan_Autonomous_Republic/JwaGw17x">Nakhchivan</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Azerbaijan/Ho5joRTJ">Azerbaijan</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Adjara/x8ew2wDs">Adjara</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Georgia_(country)/ccBF8bBE">Georgia</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Government_of_the_Autonomous_Republic_of_Abkhazia/NaBpc6D6">Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia</a></td><td>Claimed by: <a href="/facts/Georgia_(country)/ccBF8bBE">Georgia</a>Controlled by: <a href="/facts/Abkhazia/7to1809j">Abkhazia</a></td><td>In 1999, the <a href="/facts/Abkhazia/7to1809j">Republic of Abkhazia</a> declared its independence from Georgia after the <a href="/facts/War_in_Abkhazia_(1992%25E2%2580%259393)/98An59Ix">1992–1993 war</a>. Georgia and most of the U.N. member states have not recognized Abkhazia's independence and still has an administrative apparatus for the claimed Autonomous Republic; its independence is <a href="/facts/International_recognition_of_Abkhazia_and_South_Ossetia/05SJGtGr">recognized by Russia and three other</a> U.N. member states.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gorno-Badakhshan/TelbvRgn">Gorno-Badakhshan</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Tajikistan/xLLXqHEJ">Tajikistan</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Republic_of_Crimea_(Russia)/ImNh7YXf">Republic of Crimea</a> / <a href="/facts/Autonomous_Republic_of_Crimea/HDkxKjUg">Autonomous Republic of Crimea</a></td><td>De jure: <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj">Ukraine</a>Controlled by: <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>The <a href="/facts/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation/8r8zGRyf">2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia</a> is <a href="/facts/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_68%2f262/uR5oof8z">not recognized</a> by most countries, including Ukraine.</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Karakalpakstan/okp4nAkN">Karakalpakstan</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Uzbekistan/o8wfw2xR">Uzbekistan</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Gagauzia/SQmeCugj">Gagauzia</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Moldova/qGBNGewt">Moldova</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Administrative-Territorial_Units_of_the_Left_Bank_of_the_Dniester/Mqla3DWW">Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester</a></td><td>Claimed by: <a href="/facts/Moldova/qGBNGewt">Moldova</a>Controlled by: <a href="/facts/Transnistria/uSqmpMAd">Transnistria</a></td><td>In 1990, the <a href="/facts/Transnistria/uSqmpMAd">Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic</a> (PMR, commonly known as Transnistria) declared its independence from the <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet Union</a>. While Moldova has not formally recognized Transnistria's independence and still has an administrative apparatus for the claimed Autonomous Territorial Unit, its independence is <a href="/facts/International_recognition_of_Transnistria/kkCABoMe">recognized by 3 other</a> non-UN member states.</td></tr><tr><td><ul><li> <a href="/facts/Easter_Island/JqNucnh7">Easter Island</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Juan_Fern%25C3%25A1ndez_Islands/LGrDoWau">Juan Fernández Islands</a></li></ul></td><td> <a href="/facts/Chile/uEyTfEcx">Chile</a></td><td>In 2007, the <a href="/facts/Chamber_of_Deputies_of_Chile/yIvYzzK3">Chamber of Deputies of Chile</a> passed a law designating both as "special territories", granting them more <a href="/facts/Autonomy/5ne4C7N8">autonomy</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> Additionally, the Juan Fernandez Islands archipelago is a <a href="/facts/Communes_of_Chile/G1xTr791">commune</a>, while Easter Island is both a commune and a <a href="/facts/Provinces_of_Chile/jNTUh3be">province</a>.</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Barbuda/BPf04dyB">Barbuda</a> (1976)</td><td> <a href="/facts/Antigua_and_Barbuda/DXQrHm3x">Antigua and Barbuda</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Rotuma/bFXUDB44">Rotuma</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Fiji/JU8Hs8WH">Fiji</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kurdistan_Region/zk6GP3bG"></a> <a href="/facts/Kurdistan_Region/zk6GP3bG">Kurdistan Region</a> (2005)</td><td> <a href="/facts/Iraq/pqYSFJw8">Iraq</a></td><td>Semi-autonomous <a href="/facts/Federal_regions_of_Iraq/7wugh5Hz">federal region of Iraq</a>; the constitution of Iraq gives a degree of autonomy to administrative divisions, such as regions and <a href="/facts/Governorates_of_Iraq/Mm6JLoua">provinces</a>, in matters that are not within the exclusive remit of the federal government of Iraq. Regional law may take priority (in case of dispute) if the law falls within the remit of "shared authorities" and does not contradict with the provisions of the constitution of Iraq.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> The <a href="/facts/Federal_Supreme_Court_of_Iraq/AHrG52dT">Federal Supreme Court of Iraq</a> has the authority to repeal and amend regional law.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Nevis/rnmqb4AE">Nevis</a> (1967)</td><td> <a href="/facts/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis/SMPo2Ybr">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Autonomous_Region_of_Pr%25C3%25ADncipe/a5tTzVXm">Autonomous Region of Príncipe</a> (1995)</td><td> <a href="/facts/S%25C3%25A3o_Tom%25C3%25A9_and_Pr%25C3%25ADncipe/7EbNfgsJ">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Svalbard/7Q2MHDKp">Svalbard</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR">Norway</a></td><td>Although it does not fit the definition of autonomous area (not possessing partial internal sovereignty), Svalbard has the sovereignty of Norway limited by the <a href="/facts/Svalbard_Treaty/JJ2H3l8D">Spitsbergen Treaty of 1920</a> and therefore is considered as having special status (as it is considered fully integrated with Norway, and not a dependency, it is a <a href="/facts/Sui_generis/m7We0L7z">sui generis</a> case).</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Heligoland/UJ5qgc0g">Heligoland</a></td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a></td><td>Heligoland, Germany: Although it is part of a German state, <a href="/facts/Schleswig-Holstein/FIFpSySG">Schleswig-Holstein</a>, it has been excluded of some European Union normatives, such as customs union and the <a href="/facts/European_Union_value_added_tax/6b71cTe2">Value Added Tax Area</a>.</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/B%25C3%25BCsingen_am_Hochrhein/KGuINyov">Büsingen am Hochrhein</a></td><td rowspan="2">Despite being integral parts of their respective countries, these two enclaves of Switzerland predominantly use the <a href="/facts/Swiss_franc/W7XSc3UQ">Swiss franc</a> as currency and are in customs union with Switzerland.</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Campione_d%2527Italia/yowuNnaN">Campione d'Italia</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Zapatista_territories/CLwHW0w5">Zapatista Territories</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh">Mexico</a></td><td>a <i>de facto</i> <a href="/facts/Autonomous_territory/JnUkBUJc">autonomous region</a> controlled or partially controlled by <a href="/facts/Neozapatismo/gA6bnH01">neo-Zapatista</a> support bases in the <a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh">Mexican</a> state of <a href="/facts/Chiapas/VS9UF8pw">Chiapas</a> since the <a href="/facts/Zapatista_uprising/3z2xvNYb">Zapatista uprising</a> in 1994 and during the wider <a href="/facts/Chiapas_conflict/NlFxALXX">Chiapas conflict</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li> <a href="/facts/Adygea/rY4sQHDE">Adygea</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Altai_Republic/AglKpnbY">Altai Republic</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Bashkortostan/3FrBVIMP">Bashkortostan</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Buryatia/LgQT37xU">Buryatia</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Chechnya/mjpuy4nm">Chechnya</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Chuvashia/VJmdRhJY">Chuvashia</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Dagestan/luq7F4vT">Dagestan</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Ingushetia/pEDo7uYn">Ingushetia</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Kabardino-Balkaria/GBTkxU2w">Kabardino-Balkaria</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Kalmykia/HPWAsdpW">Kalmykia</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Karachay-Cherkessia/MSsCpD8Y">Karachay-Cherkessia</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Republic_of_Karelia/ezHh8yJS">Karelia</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Khakassia/3wkdVFTf">Khakassia</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Komi_Republic/QJMLcYwC">Komi</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Mari_El/lMIJTxJY">Mari El</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Mordovia/3vrJwYP8">Mordovia</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/North_Ossetia%25E2%2580%2593Alania/7w9mvFry">North Ossetia-Alania</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Yakutia/vlM5gM10">Sakha Republic</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Tatarstan/axUuuoe5">Tatarstan</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Tuva/PNR0xpI9">Tuva</a></li><li> <a href="/facts/Udmurtia/Llgh73Np">Udmurtia</a></li></ul></td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Donetsk_People%2527s_Republic/zVB41kKB">Donetsk People's Republic</a></td><td>Controlled by: <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a>Claimed by: <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj">Ukraine</a></td><td>Sovereignty disputed by Ukraine as <a href="/facts/Donetsk_Oblast/nWobxgIe">Donetsk Oblast</a></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Luhansk_People%2527s_Republic/yq9VSTMm">Luhansk People's Republic</a></td><td>Controlled by: <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a>Claimed by: <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj">Ukraine</a></td><td>Sovereignty disputed by Ukraine as <a href="/facts/Luhansk_Oblast/Gg2uedj1">Luhansk Oblast</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="other-territories-considered-autonomous">Other territories considered autonomous</h2> <h3>British Crown Dependencies</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Division</th><th><i>State</i></th><th><i>Notes</i></th></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Guernsey/CwEjEkm2">Guernsey</a></td><td rowspan="3"> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a></td><td rowspan="3"><a href="/facts/Bailiwick_of_Guernsey/PwKg43uI">Guernsey</a>, the <a href="/facts/Isle_of_Man/HG7bYyA8">Isle of Man</a>, and <a href="/facts/Jersey/3lBLWgpg">Jersey</a> are self-governing <a href="/facts/Crown_Dependencies/2jUeeK21">Crown Dependencies</a> which are not part of the United Kingdom; however, the UK is responsible for their defence and international affairs.</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Isle_of_Man/HG7bYyA8">Isle of Man</a></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Jersey/3lBLWgpg">Jersey</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p class="note">Main articles: <a href="/facts/British_Overseas_Territories/fUjVAy3E">British Overseas Territories</a>, <a href="/facts/Crown_Dependencies/2jUeeK21">Crown Dependencies</a>, and <a href="/facts/British_Islands/4fBquvMU">British Islands</a></p> <h3>British Overseas Territories</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Division</th><th><i>State</i></th><th><i>Notes</i></th></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Anguilla/FUQnwcFa">Anguilla</a></td><td rowspan="12"> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Bermuda/dYgp0TF4">Bermuda</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/British_Virgin_Islands/Wl66NGLT">British Virgin Islands</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Cayman_Islands/exXQq3xA">Cayman Islands</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Falkland_Islands/a6FdpUEA">Falkland Islands</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Gibraltar/ja2yukgq">Gibraltar</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Gibraltar/ja2yukgq">Gibraltar</a> is a self-governing <a href="/facts/British_Overseas_Territories/fUjVAy3E">overseas territory of the UK</a></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Montserrat/J9PjQ974">Montserrat</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Pitcairn_Islands/E80BNrBB">Pitcairn</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Saint_Helena%2c_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha/GoWKDWHk">Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands/LsEcDYXp">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Dutch constituent countries</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Division</th><th><i>State</i></th><th><i>Notes</i></th></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Aruba/zvI1fUg1">Aruba</a></td><td rowspan="4"> <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands/q08uRoR9">Kingdom of the Netherlands</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Cura%25C3%25A7ao/upV1jGtJ">Curaçao</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Sint_Maarten/MUFmDfD5">Sint Maarten</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">Netherlands</a></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/facts/Aruba/zvI1fUg1">Aruba</a>, <a href="/facts/Cura%25C3%25A7ao/upV1jGtJ">Curaçao</a>, and <a href="/facts/Sint_Maarten/MUFmDfD5">Sint Maarten</a> are autonomous countries within the <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands/q08uRoR9">Kingdom of the Netherlands</a>, each with their own parliament. In addition they enjoy autonomy in taxation matters as well as having their own currencies. </p> <h3>French overseas collectivities, New Caledonia, and Corsica</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Division</th><th><i>State</i></th><th><i>Notes</i></th></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/European_Collectivity_of_Alsace/e2AmMMjy">Alsace</a> (2021)</td><td rowspan="15"> <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a></td><td>single territorial collectivity</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Corsica/6xJ6aREr">Corsica</a> (2018)</td><td>single territorial collectivity</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/French_Guiana/aFSETEKm">French Guiana</a></td><td>overseas region and department and single territorial collectivity</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Guadeloupe/vwgVTYPm">Guadeloupe</a></td><td>overseas region and department</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Martinique/HTwzANWx">Martinique</a></td><td>overseas region and department and single territorial collectivity</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Mayotte/pyNqs696">Mayotte</a></td><td>overseas region and department</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/R%25C3%25A9union/8088YvSY">Réunion</a></td><td>overseas region and department</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/French_Polynesia/cMytpeeC">French Polynesia</a></td><td>overseas collectivity</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Saint_Barth%25C3%25A9lemy/8sWqsl5c">Saint-Barthélemy</a></td><td>overseas collectivity</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Collectivity_of_Saint_Martin/o44Cjp0h">Saint-Martin</a></td><td>overseas collectivity</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon/X4lY6aCY">Saint-Pierre and Miquelon</a></td><td>overseas collectivity</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Wallis_and_Futuna/3b890xXA">Wallis and Futuna</a></td><td>overseas collectivity</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/New_Caledonia/VI15kA61">New Caledonia</a></td><td>sui generis collectivity</td></tr></tbody></table> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Overseas_collectivity/2sYLElGE">Overseas collectivity</a></p> <p>The <a href="/facts/French_Constitution_of_1958/lwRDwhRm">French Constitution</a> recognises three autonomous jurisdictions. <a href="/facts/Corsica/6xJ6aREr">Corsica</a>, a <a href="/facts/Regions_of_France/ovVDJLnK">region of France</a>, enjoys a greater degree of autonomy on matters such as tax and education compared to mainland regions. <a href="/facts/New_Caledonia/VI15kA61">New Caledonia</a>, a <i>sui generis</i> collectivity, and <a href="/facts/French_Polynesia/cMytpeeC">French Polynesia</a>, an <a href="/facts/Overseas_collectivity/2sYLElGE">overseas collectivity</a>, are highly autonomous territories with their own government, legislature, currency, and constitution. They do not, however, have legislative powers for policy areas relating to law and order, defense, border control or university education. Other smaller overseas collectivities have a lesser degree of autonomy through local legislatures. The five overseas regions, <a href="/facts/French_Guiana/aFSETEKm">French Guiana</a>, <a href="/facts/Guadeloupe/vwgVTYPm">Guadeloupe</a>, <a href="/facts/Martinique/HTwzANWx">Martinique</a>, <a href="/facts/Mayotte/pyNqs696">Mayotte</a>, and <a href="/facts/R%25C3%25A9union/8088YvSY">Réunion</a>, are generally governed the same as mainland regions; however, they enjoy some additional powers, including certain legislative powers for devolved areas. </p> <h3>New Zealand overseas territories</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Division</th><th><i>State</i></th><th><i>Notes</i></th></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Cook_Islands/kmvk0Yed">Cook Islands</a></td><td rowspan="3"> <a href="/facts/New_Zealand/4mpSlJdg">New Zealand</a></td><td>The Cook Islands is a self-governing country in <a href="/facts/Associated_state/obXhQqNH">free association</a> with New Zealand that maintains some international relationships in its own name.</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Niue/BV3kv4ug">Niue</a></td><td>Niue is a self-governing country in <a href="/facts/Associated_state/obXhQqNH">free association</a> with New Zealand that maintains some international relationships in its own name.</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Tokelau/J0Y8gvgx">Tokelau</a></td><td>Tokelau is an autonomous dependency of New Zealand.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/facts/New_Zealand/4mpSlJdg">New Zealand</a> maintains nominal sovereignty over <a href="/facts/List_of_islands_in_the_Pacific_Ocean/AxJ5sXWp">three Pacific Island</a> nations, the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau. The <a href="/facts/Chatham_Islands/rrjd670d">Chatham Islands</a>—despite having the designation of <i>Territory</i>—is an integral part of the country, situated within the New Zealand archipelago; its council is not autonomous and has broadly the same powers as other local councils, although notably it can also charge levies on goods entering or leaving the islands.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="ethnic-autonomous-territories">Ethnic autonomous territories</h2> <h3>Areas designated for indigenous peoples</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Division</th><th><i>State</i></th><th><i>Notes</i></th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Nisga%2527a/0yUQ2M68">Nisga'a</a></td><td rowspan="11"> <a href="/facts/Canada/D5P9yqs6">Canada</a></td><td>Created by the <a href="/facts/Nisga%2527a_Final_Agreement/V3X9vsUR">Nisga'a Final Agreement</a> in 2000. The Nisga'a Territory runs semi-autonomously from the rest of Canada. Located in Northwestern <a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a>, within kilometres of the <a href="/facts/Alaska_Panhandle/RDR8nnur">Alaska Panhandle</a>.</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Nunatsiavut/zxzWMwfQ">Nunatsiavut</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/T%25C5%2582%25C4%25B1%25CC%25A8ch%25C7%25AB/4E1lAnxE">Tłı̨chǫ</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Council_of_the_Haida_Nation/drHeS8IJ">Haida Nation</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Toquaht_First_Nation/EvwPpNym">Toquaht</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ucluelet_First_Nation/bsVLycUz">Ucluelet</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tsawwassen_First_Nation/xyw0Dsoc">Tsawwassen</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tla%2527amin_Nation/BTYYkv5T">Tla'amin Nation</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Huu-ay-aht_First_Nations/o06RqSqP">Huu-ay-aht</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kyuquot%2fCheklesahht_First_Nation/4b0YYTzX">Kyuquot/Cheklesahht</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Uchucklesaht_First_Nation/bPKgBsgB">Uchucklesaht</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Hopi_Reservation/QKXXIddW">Hopi Reservation</a></td><td rowspan="8"> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Cherokee_Nation/fxz8l6jn">Cherokee Nation</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Sac_and_Fox_Nation/D883EWav">Sac and Fox Nation</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Choctaw_Nation/heIMc5fG">Choctaw Nation</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Pine_Ridge_Indian_Reservation/aWXQvGcl">Pine Ridge Indian Reservation</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Navajo_Nation/YQ3R7k1o">Navajo Nation</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Iroquois/PnYFTuIP">Haudenosaunee</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Colorado_River_Indian_Tribes/twd6RL6g">Colorado River Indian Tribes</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Comarca_Ember%25C3%25A1-Wounaan/33FyFGC7">Emberá-Wounaan</a></td><td rowspan="6"> <a href="/facts/Panama/GckVVhnp">Panama</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kuna_de_Madugand%25C3%25AD/6ThfghbW">Kuna de Madugandí</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kuna_de_Wargand%25C3%25AD/0VeJF2jr">Kuna de Wargandí</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Guna_Yala/Hb4V37UY">Guna Yala</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Ng%25C3%25B6be-Bugl%25C3%25A9/Ma95nf66">Ngöbe-Buglé</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Naso_Tj%25C3%25ABr_Di_Comarca/VMUzM1sV">Naso Tjër Di Comarca</a></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Other areas that are autonomous in nature but not in name are areas designated for <a href="/facts/Indigenous_peoples/zyzBMXBS">indigenous peoples</a>, such as <a href="/facts/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas/LG2r6wXm">those of the Americas</a>: </p> <ul><li>Aboriginal (<a href="/facts/First_Nations_in_Canada/ccqhx22M">First Nation</a> or <a href="/facts/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States/lr8Qmd6N">Native American</a> or Indian) <a href="/facts/Indian_reserve/II8PpMF4">Indian reserve</a> and <a href="/facts/Indian_reservation/Y52l5YFG">Indian reservation</a>, in, respectively, <a href="/facts/Canada/D5P9yqs6">Canada</a> and the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>.[<i>discuss</i>]</li> <li>the five <i><a href="/facts/Provinces_of_Panama/stTEl7Lx">comarcas indígenas</a></i> ("indigenous regions") of <a href="/facts/Panama/GckVVhnp">Panama</a>.</li></ul> <h3>Ethiopian special woredas</h3> <p>In <a href="/facts/Ethiopia/LVujNp5v">Ethiopia</a>, "special woredas" are a subgroup of <i><a href="/facts/Woreda/9IzXIMDQ">woredas</a></i> (districts) that are organized around the traditional homelands of <a href="/facts/Demographics_of_Ethiopia/2LCl2soz">specific ethnic minorities</a>, and are outside the usual hierarchy of a <i><a href="/facts/Regions_of_Ethiopia/aEeAfjr3">kilil</a></i>, or region. These <i>woredas</i> have many similarities to autonomous areas in other countries. </p> <h2 id="proposed-autonomous-administrative-divisions">Proposed autonomous administrative divisions</h2> <h3>Formal proposals</h3> <p>The following autonomous regions have been proposed but not implemented following unsuccessful referendums: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Cordillera_Administrative_Region/bg2LpPC9"> Cordillera Autonomous Region</a> within the <a href="/facts/Philippines/ARpmxXQV">Philippines</a> (<a href="/facts/1990_Cordillera_autonomy_plebiscite/FN1aUKSP">1990</a>, <a href="/facts/1998_Cordillera_autonomy_plebiscite/WF7d4dGu">1998</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Special_Autonomous_Region_of_East_Timor/e99Bgl1s">Special Autonomous Region of East Timor</a> within <a href="/facts/Indonesia/vQnWU3IW">Indonesia</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Corsican_autonomy/cGe8MF0z">Corsica</a> within <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a> (<a href="/facts/2003_Corsican_autonomy_referendum/BJWYvSel">2003</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/North_East_England/wp7aCxxx">North East England</a> within the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a> (<a href="/facts/2004_North_East_England_devolution_referendum/XAQespbg">2004</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Darfur_Region/g6NlXSgc">Darfur Region</a> within <a href="/facts/Sudan/yGeaNdvS">Sudan</a> (<a href="/facts/2016_Darfurian_status_referendum/JK3jJWtJ">2016</a>)</li></ul> <p>The following autonomous regions have been proposed as part of peace agreements: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Rambouillet_Agreement/MyKjczjn">Kosovo</a> within the <a href="/facts/Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia/FR15c0Jn">Federal Republic of Yugoslavia</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Western_Sahara_Authority/UKq8SvYW">Western Sahara Authority</a> within <a href="/facts/Morocco/6ly8170M">Morocco</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sahara_Autonomous_Region/7x4v4bvq">Sahara Autonomous Region</a> within <a href="/facts/Morocco/6ly8170M">Morocco</a> (2007)</li></ul> <h3>Campaigns</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Cornish_Assembly/sa6zTW76">Cornwall</a> within the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Devolved_English_Parliament/1lrg8zM1">England</a> within the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hungarian_Regional_Autonomy/673HGCJS">Hungarian Regional Autonomy</a> within <a href="/facts/Serbia/U0LVzPdI">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Silesian_Autonomy_Movement/RsVNQDCk">Silesian Autonomy Movement</a> within <a href="/facts/Poland/eXJ7fd0D">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sz%25C3%25A9kely_autonomy_movement/cgHaFI9I">Székely autonomy movement</a> within <a href="/facts/Romania/yolzk5cN">Romania</a></li></ul> <h2 id="historical-autonomous-administrative-divisions">Historical autonomous administrative divisions</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Autonomous_Region_of_Catalonia_(1931-1939)/JapmeIEN">Autonomous Region of Catalonia</a> within the <a href="/facts/Second_Spanish_Republic/KruSyR1g">Spanish Republic</a> (1932–1939)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Autonomous_Silesian_Voivodeship/4JV27JUL">Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship</a> (1920–1939)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Autonomous_Region_in_Muslim_Mindanao/WDEw7c71">Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao</a> in the <a href="/facts/Philippines/ARpmxXQV">Philippines</a> (1989–2019)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Autonomous_Republic_of_Northern_Epirus/CjxHDkSY">Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus</a> in <a href="/facts/Principality_of_Albania/KYWDsu8W">Albania</a> (1914)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Autonomous_republics_of_the_Soviet_Union/sN1X58zM">ASSRs of the Soviet Union</a> (1922–1990)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bantustans/Y7Xeuj3U">Bantustans</a> in <a href="/facts/South_West_Africa/xoeFfUSf">South West Africa</a> (1968–1990) and <a href="/facts/South_Africa/vvXQpLgq">South Africa</a> (1956–1994)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Carpathian_Ruthenia/rCWLraVf">Carpathian Ruthenia</a> and <a href="/facts/Autonomous_Slovakia_(1938-1939)/lWK1rSlM">Slovakia</a> within <a href="/facts/Second_Czechoslovak_Republic/MmBzcrmG">Czechoslovakia</a> (1938–1939)</li> <li>Eritrea within the <a href="/facts/Federation_of_Ethiopia_and_Eritrea/tBhyY8yo">Federation of Ethiopia and Eritrea</a> (1952–1962)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grand_Duchy_of_Finland/0g4EIAN9">Grand Duchy of Finland</a> existed as an autonomous state under the rule of the <a href="/facts/Russian_Empire/hg1g5SpV">Russian Empire</a> (1809–1917)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Magyar_Autonomous_Region/JgKxpULk">Magyar Autonomous Region</a> of <a href="/facts/Socialist_Republic_of_Romania/sIqLNfBy">Socialist Republic of Romania</a> (1952–1968)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Southern_Ireland_(1921%25E2%2580%259322)/7u12oeYg">Southern Ireland (1921–22)</a> within the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland/yw0GUkge">United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Southern_Sudan_Autonomous_Region_(1972%25E2%2580%25931983)/u1fbTFa7">Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (1972–1983)</a> and <a href="/facts/Southern_Sudan_Autonomous_Region_(2005%25E2%2580%25932011)/pnLHPdwz">Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (2005–2011)</a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Devolution/SB1q2IVU">Devolution</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Regional_autonomy/tRqo4jtk">Regional autonomy</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_autonomous_areas_by_country/daBY70kS">List of autonomous areas by country</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Autonomous_administrative_divisions_of_the_People%2527s_Republic_of_China/ekjdYeyq">Autonomous administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Autonomous_administrative_divisions_of_India/K8C3n6mN">Autonomous administrative divisions of India</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Autonomous_administrative_divisions_of_Russia/UAnXoTRk">Autonomous administrative divisions of Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Autonomous_administrative_divisions_of_Spain/tkAEH5bh">Autonomous administrative divisions of Spain</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_leaders_of_dependent_territories/YLkakrok">List of autonomous regions leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Personal_union/cBjL324v">Personal union</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Region_(administrative)/CdM1oaR3">Region (administrative)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Regional_state/bBvvzDR0">Regional state</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Imperial_immediacy/9AUKKuz7">Imperial immediacy</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dependent_territory/n2XWkq20">Dependent territory</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Vassal_state/k9usEEMA">Vassal state</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Protectorate/TEBGopb9">Protectorate</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom/4tMbqgXp">Countries of the United Kingdom</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h3>Works cited</h3> <ul><li>M. Weller and S. Wolff (eds), Autonomy, Self-governance and Conflict Resolution: Innovative Approaches to Institutional Design in Divided Societies. Abingdon, Routledge, 2005</li> <li><a href="http://www.minorityrights.org/admin/Download/pdf/NicaraguaMicro2007.pdf">From Conflict to Autonomy in Nicaragua: Lessons Learnt</a>[<i>permanent dead link</i>], report by Minority Rights Group International</li> <li>P.M. Olausson, Autonomy and Islands, A Global Study of the Factors that determine Island Autonomy. 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