Mathias Brochhausen Katrina M. Donovan William R. Hogan Amanda Hicks production version 2016-03-266-03-266-03-266-03-266-03-266-03-26 Geographical Entity Ontology - Nation and dependency instances file This "ontology" is actually an inventory of instances that imports the Geographical Entity Ontology. US Territories US Incorporated Territories US Unincorporated Territories US Organized Territories US Unorganized Territories US Commonwealths 248 ALA AX Åland Islands Autonomous Territories of Finland 60 AS 01802701 016 ASM AS American Samoa 660 AIA AI Anguilla British Overseas Territories 533 ABW AW Aruba Countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands 060 BMU BM Bermuda 092 VGB VG British Virgin Islands 136 CYM KY Cayman Islands The Channel Islands are an aggregate of islands that ultimately are under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom. In terms of government, the Bailiwick of Guernsey controls all but one island, which is controlled by the Bailiwick of Jersey. Hence, the islands taken in toto are a geographical region, and not some subtype of governmental organization (or any other type of organization). For the governmental organizations, see the separate individuals for Jersey and Guernsey. Channel Islands 344 HKG HK China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Special Administrative Regions of China 446 MAC MO China, Macao Special Administrative Region 184 COK CK Cook Islands 531 CUW CW Curaçao 234 FRO FO Faeroe Islands Constituent Countries of the Kingdom of Denmark 238 FLK FK Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 254 GUF GF French Guiana French Overseas Regions 258 PYF PF French Polynesia French Overseas Collectivities 292 GIB GI Gibraltar 304 GRL GL Greenland 312 GLP GP Guadeloupe 66 GU 01802705 316 GUM GU Guam 831 GGY GG Guernsey Crown Dependencies 833 IMN IM Isle of Man 832 JEY JE Jersey 474 MTQ MQ Martinique 175 MYT YT Mayotte 500 MSR MS Montserrat 540 NCL NC New Caledonia French suis generis Collectivities 570 NIU NU Niue 574 NFK NF Norfolk Island Self-governing Territories of Australia 69 MP 01779809 580 MNP MP Northern Mariana Islands 275 PSE PS Occupied Palestinian Territory Israeli-occupied Territories 612 PCN PN Pitcairn 72 PR 01779808 630 PRI PR Puerto Rico 638 REU RE Réunion 652 BLM BL Saint-Barthélemy 654 SHN SH Saint Helena 663 MAF MF Saint-Martin (French part) 666 SPM PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon 534 SXM SX Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 744 SJM SJ Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Territories of Norway 772 TKL TK Tokelau Dependent Territories of New Zealand 796 TCA TC Turks and Caicos Islands 78 VI 01802710 850 VIR VI U.S. Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands 876 WLF WF Wallis and Futuna Islands 732 EH ESH It belongs under geographical region and not dependency because sovereignty over the entire area is not maintained by any single country, and few sovereign states recognize claims of sovereignity that are backed up by real control. Western Sahara is a geographical region in west Africa that is disputed by Morrocco and Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). The UN lists it as a non-self-governing territory. Morroco controls over 2/3 the territory and over 90% of the population. Western Sahara 74 UM 01878752 An aggregate of islands that are part of the territory of the United States of America, grouped together by the International Standards Organization for statistical purposes. It has as members eight United States insular areas in the Pacific Ocean: Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island; and one US insular area in the Caribbean Sea: Navassa Island. William R. Hogan Adapted from Wikipedia.org Despite having a unique two-digit state code and two-letter state abbreviation, this entity really just represents several, unihabited islands that are possessions of the United States and thus make up part of the United States geographical region. They do not have any government with the exception of Palmyra Atoll. U.S. Minor Outlying Islands Zanzibar 166 CCK CC Cocos Islands Keeling Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands Easter Island