Editing Dependent territory (section)

==={{Anchor|United States}} United States===
{{Main|Territories of the United States}}
{{Further|Insular area|United States Minor Outlying Islands}}

The [[United States]] has 13 "[[Territories of the United States#Incorporated versus unincorporated territories|unincorporated]]" dependent territories under its administration and two claimed territories outside its control.<ref name="GAO">{{cite web |url=https://www.gao.gov/archive/1998/og98005.pdf |title=U.S. Insular Areas Application of the U.S. Constitution |publisher=United States General Accounting Office |date=November 1997 |access-date=24 November 2020 |archive-date=29 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229153648/https://www.gao.gov/archive/1998/og98005.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The uninhabited [[Palmyra Atoll]] is administered similarly to some of these territories, and is usually included on lists of U.S. overseas territories, but it is excluded from this list because it is classified in U.S. law as an incorporated territory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.doi.gov/oia/islands/politicatypes |title=Definitions of Insular Area Political Organizations |date=12 June 2015 |publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior |access-date=6 April 2019}}</ref> The [[Constitution of the United States|U.S. Constitution]] does not apply in full to the insular areas.<ref name="GAO hrd 91-18">{{cite web |url=https://www.gao.gov/assets/hrd-91-18.pdf |title=U.S. Insular Areas Applicability of Relevant Provisions of the U.S. Constitution  |publisher=United States General Accounting Office |location=Washington, D.C. |page=4|date=June 20, 1991 |access-date=August 14, 2021}}</ref>

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! Unincorporated organized territory !! Administration !! ISO 3166 country code
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| {{flag|Guam}} || [[Territories of the United States#Incorporated versus unincorporated territories|Unincorporated]] [[Territories of the United States#Organized vs. unorganized territories|organized territory]] of the U.S.; policy relations conducted through the [[Office of Insular Affairs]] of the [[United States Department of the Interior|Department of the Interior]]. Appears on the [[United Nations list of non-self-governing territories]] || [[ISO 3166-2:GU|GU]] ''or''
[[ISO 3166-2:US|US-GU]]
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| {{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}} || Unincorporated organized territory of the U.S. with [[Commonwealth (U.S. insular area)|Commonwealth]] status; federal funding administered by the Office of Insular Affairs of the Department of the Interior || [[ISO 3166-2:MP|MP]] ''or''
[[ISO 3166-2:US|US-MP]]
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| {{flag|Puerto Rico}} || Unincorporated organized territory of the U.S. with Commonwealth status; policy relations conducted through the [[Executive Office of the President of the United States|Executive Office of the President]] || [[ISO 3166-2:PR|PR]] ''or''
[[ISO 3166-2:US|US-PR]]
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| {{flag|U.S. Virgin Islands}} || Unincorporated organized territory of the U.S. Policy relations conducted by the Office of Insular Affairs of the Department of the Interior. Appears on the [[United States Department of the Interior|Department of the Interior]] || [[ISO 3166-2:VI|VI]] ''or''
[[ISO 3166-2:US|US-VI]]
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! Unincorporated unorganized territory !! Administration !! ISO 3166 country code
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| {{flag|American Samoa}} || Unincorporated unorganized territory administered by the Office of Insular Affairs of the Department of the Interior. Appears on the [[United Nations list of non-self-governing territories]] || [[ISO 3166-2:AS|AS]] ''or''
[[ISO 3166-2:US|US-AS]]
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! Unincorporated unorganized territory<br />(uninhabited){{refn|group=note|[[Midway Atoll]] and [[Wake Island]] have a few people, but these territories are not permanently inhabited.}} !! Administration !! ISO 3166 country code
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| {{flag|Baker Island}} || rowspan="6" | Unincorporated unorganized territories of the U.S. administered by the [[United States Fish and Wildlife Service|Fish and Wildlife Service]] of the Department of the Interior || [[ISO 3166-2:UM|UM-81]]
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| {{flag|Howland Island}}
| [[ISO 3166-2:UM|UM-84]]
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| {{flag|Jarvis Island}}
| [[ISO 3166-2:UM|UM-86]]
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| {{flag|Johnston Atoll}}
| [[ISO 3166-2:UM|UM-67]]
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| {{flag|Kingman Reef}}
| [[ISO 3166-2:UM|UM-89]]
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| {{flag|Midway Atoll}}
| [[ISO 3166-2:UM|UM-71]]
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| {{flag|Navassa Island}} || Unincorporated unorganized territory of the U.S. administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior from the [[Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge]] in [[Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico|Cabo Rojo]], [[Puerto Rico]]
| [[ISO 3166-2:UM|UM-76]]
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| {{flag|Wake Island|local}} || Unincorporated unorganized territory of the U.S. administered by the [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] under an agreement with the Department of the Interior
| [[ISO 3166-2:UM|UM-79]]
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! Unincorporated unorganized territory<br />(uninhabited, claimed) !! Administration !! ISO 3166 country code
|-
| {{noflag|''[[Bajo Nuevo Bank]]''}}
| Administered by [[Colombia]]. Claimed by the United States (under the Guano Islands Act) and [[Jamaica]]. A claim by [[Nicaragua]] was resolved in 2012 in favor of Colombia by the [[International Court of Justice]], although the U.S. was not a party to that case and does not recognize the court's compulsory jurisdiction.<ref name=ICJ/>
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| {{noflag|''[[Serranilla Bank]]''}}
| Administered by [[Colombia]]; site of a naval garrison. Claimed by the United States (since 1879 under the Guano Islands Act) and [[Jamaica]]. A claim by [[Nicaragua]] was resolved in 2012 in favor of Colombia by the International Court of Justice, although the United States was not a party to that case and does not recognize the court's compulsory jurisdiction.<ref name=ICJ>{{cite web | url=https://www.icj-cij.org/case/124 | title=Territorial and maritime dispute (Nicaragua vs Colombia) | year=2012 | access-date=May 27, 2023 | author=[[International Court of Justice]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501224316/http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/124/17162.pdf | archive-date=May 1, 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref> A claim by [[Honduras]] was settled in a 1986 treaty over maritime boundaries with Colombia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/TREATIES/COL-HND1986MD.PDF |title=Maritime Delimitation Treaty between Colombia and Honduras |date=August 2, 1986 |website=U.N. Delimitation Treaties InfoBase |access-date=May 27, 2023 |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523123750/https://www.un.org/Depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/TREATIES/COL-HND1986MD.PDF |url-status=live }}</ref>
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