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This is an alphabetical
leet o
kintras
o the warld, wi baith
internationally recogneesed
an
for ordinar unrecogneesed
unthirlt
states
, dwalt in
dependent territories
, as weel as
auries o byordinar
sovereignty
. It covers aa auries unner the jurisdeection o the listit kintras, namely
territory
,
territorial waters
(wi internal watters an contiguous zones),
Exclusive Economic Zone
,
continental shelf
an
airspace
. For juist a leet o unthirlt states, see the
leet o sovereign states
.
The names o kintras in the leet is gien in Scots wi baith the cutty offeecial names (e.g.
Afghanistan
) an the (langer) offeecial name (e.g. The Islamic Republic o Afghanistan). The listin o ony name in this airticle isna ettelt tae implee an offeecial poseetion in ony namin tuilyie.
Types o politeecal entities includit
[
eedit
|
eedit soorce
]
On this leet are 245 entities o the follaein kynd:
- 194 kintras wi general internaitional kennin:
- 9 kintra athoot general internaitional kennin, nae o that are UN members, that micht be cryed as kintras in the body o
customary internaitional law
an drawing on the precedent o the
Montevideo Convention
:
- 1 kintra, nae a UN member syne 1971, cryed bi 23 UN member kintras an the
Holy See
(
Vatican Ceety
), an the nou wi
de facto
internaitional relations wi mony others, the
Republic o Cheenae
(for common cried as
Taiwan
).
- 1 kintra, member o the
Africae Union
an the Asie-Africae Strategic Partnership shaped at the 2005
Asie-Africae Conference
, cryed bi 46 UN member kintras but nae admeetit tae the UN itsel, wi
maist
o its
claimed territory
unner Moroccan de facto owerins, the
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
in
Western Sahara
.
- 1 proposed kintra, member o the
Arab League
an the
Organization of the Islamic Conference
, cryed bi mair as 100 UN member kintras but nae itsel a UN member, wi nae sovereignty ower its claimed territories, the
State o Palestine
.
- 1 de facto unthirlt kintra, diplomatically cryed bi nae UN member kintras but
Turkey
, the
Turkish Republic o Northren Cyprus
.
[1]
- 5 de facto unthirlt kintras,
Abkhazie
(
Georgie
)
,
[2]
Nagorno-Karabakh
(
Azerbaijan
)
,
[3]
Transnistrie
(
Moldovae
)
,
[4]
Somaliland
(
Somalie
)
,
[5]
an
Sooth Ossetie
(
Georgie
)
,
[6]
nane cryed bi ony UN member kintras.
- 38 inhabited dependent territories:
- 3 external territories o
Australie
(
Christmas Island
,
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
an
Norfolk Island
).
- 2 owerseas kintras in the
Kinrick o Denmark
(
Faroe Islands
an
Greenland
).
- 7 owerseas territories o
Fraunce
:
[7]
- 3 owerseas kintras in the
Kinrick o the Netherlands
(
Aruba
,
Curacao
an
Sint Maarten
).
- 3 dependent territories o
New Zealand
:
- 16 Breetish dependencies:
- 13
owerseas territories
o the Unitit Kinrick (
Anguilla
,
Bermuda
,
Breetish Virgin Islands
,
Cayman Islands
,
Falkland Islands
,
Gibraltar
,
Montserrat
,
Pitcairn Islands
,
Saunt Helena
(an its dependencies
Ascension Island
an
Tristan da Cunha
),
Turks an Caicos Islands
, an the
Sovereign Base Areas
o
Akrotiri an Dhekelia
).
- 3
Crown dependencies
(
Gansey
,
Jersey
an the
Isle o Man
).
- 5
unincorporated territories
o the
Unitit States
:
- 4 special entities cryed bi internaitional treaty or greeance]] (
Aland
in
Finland
,
Svalbard
in
Norrowey
, an aw the 2 special administrative regions of the
Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
-
Hong Kong
an
Macau
).
- Fiji
- Republic o Fiji
- Finland
- Republic o Finland
- Fraunce
? French Republic
- French Polynesie
(
French overseas collectivity
)
- New Caledon
- Territory o New Caledon an Dependencies (
French community sui generis
)
- Saunt-Barthelemy
? Collectivity o Saint-Barthelemy (
French owerseas collectivity
)
- Saunt Martin
? Collectivity o Saint Martin (
French owerseas collectivity
)
- Saunt Pierre an Miquelon
? Territorial Collectivity o Saint Pierre an Miquelon (
French owerseas collectivity
)
- Wallis an Futuna
? Territory o Wallis an Futuna Islands (
French owerseas collectivity
)
- Oman
? Sultanate o Oman
Kintras bi geographic locale
|
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|
Template:Leets o kintras
Template:Leets bi kintra
- ↑
a
b
The
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
is a
de facto
unthirlt kintra inower the
de jure
territory o the
Republic o Cyprus
, cryed bi nae UN member kintras but
Turkey
. But athoot universal diplomatic kennin, it wis admeetit as an observer kintra o the
Organization o the Islamic Conference
in the name of Turkish Cypriot State syne 1979. An aw, the
legislature
o the
Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic
regairds TRNC as sovereign but
Azerbaijan
, who has sovereignty ower Nakhichevan, did nae dae alike.
See
The World Factbook - Cyprus
Archived
2018-12-26 at the
Wayback Machine
(
10 January
,
2006
). Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved
January 17
,
2006
.
- ↑
a
b
Abkhazia
is a de facto unthirlt kintra inower the de jure territory o
Georgia
, diplomatically cryed bi nae UN member kintras.
See
Regions and territories: Abkhazia
(
14 December
2005
).
BBC News
. Retrieved
January 17
,
2006
.
- ↑
a
b
Nagorno-Karabakh
is a de facto unthirlt kintra inower the de jure territory o the
Republic o Azerbaijan
, diplomatically cryed bi nae UN member kintras.
See
Regions and territories: Nagorno-Karabakh
(
17 Januar
2006
). BBC News. Retrieved
January 17
,
2006
.
- ↑
a
b
Transnistria is a de facto unthirlt kintra inower the de jure territory o the
Republic of Moldova
, diplomatically cryed bi nae UN member kintra, for common ken an cryed internaitionally as Transnistria, but whiles cryed as "Pridnestrovie" (an aw the long-form name "Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic").
See
Regions and territories: Trans-Dniester
(
13 December
2005
). BBC News. Retrieved
January 17
,
2006
.
- ↑
a
b
Somaliland
is a de facto unthirlt kintra inower the de jure territory o the
Somali Republic
, diplomatically cryed bi nae UN member kintras.
See
Regions an territories: Somaliland
(
30 December
2005
). BBC News. Retrieved
January 17
,
2006
.
- ↑
a
b
South Ossetia
is a de facto unthirlt kintra inower the de jure territory o
Georgie
, diplomatically cryed bi nae UN member kintras.
See
Regions and territories: South Ossetia
(
14 December
2005
). BBC News. Retrieved
January 17
,
2006
.
- ↑
The owerseas regions/
owerseas departments
o
French Guiana
,
Guadeloupe
,
Martinique
an
Reunion
are part o Fraunce, and nae cryed.
- ↑
Argentina is also named Argentine Nation for purposes o legislation.
- ↑
See also
Nagorno-Karabakh
.
- ↑
See an aw entities
Federation o Bosnia an Herzegovina
an
Republika Srpska
.
- ↑
Canadae
is officially also (but infrequently) cryed as
Dominion o Canadae
.
- ↑
The
Central African Republic
is also infrequently cryed as Central Africa.
- ↑
Commonly known as
Cheenae
, the area under the domain o the
Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
is occasionally cryed as
mainland China
in the relationship wit its
special administrative regions
o
Hong Kong
and
Macao
as well as its relations wi the
Republic o Cheenae
.
- ↑
Hong Kong
is a
Special administrative region
o the
Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
. It is often diplomatically known as
Hong Kong, Cheenae
.
- ↑
Macao
is a
Special administrative region
o the
People's Republic o China
. It is diplomatically cryed as
Macao, China
.
- ↑
The
Democratic Republic o the Congo
is cryed as Congo-Kinshasa to distinguish it from the
Republic o the Congo
. It is also often cryed as
Zaire
, its official name from 1971 to 1997.
- ↑
The
Republic o the Congo
is cryed as Congo-Brazzaville to distinguish it from the
Democratic Republic o the Congo
.
- ↑
See also
Northern Cyprus
.
- ↑
See also
Abkhazia
and
South Ossetia
.
- ↑
Ireland
is often cryed as the Republic o Ireland as the official "description" o the kintra in order to distinguish it from the
island o Ireland
as a whole.
- ↑
The
Democratic People's Republic o Korea
is popularly cryed North Korea.
- ↑
The
Republic o Korea
is popularly cryed Sooth Korea.
- ↑
Kyrgyzstan
is also sometimes rendered as Kirghizia.
- ↑
See also
Transnistria
.
- ↑
See also
Western Sahara
.
- ↑
Legally the
Netherlands
cry to the European part o the
Kinrick o the Netherlands
, wi the hinder conseesting o the Netherlands and two owerseas kintras, namely
Aruba
and the
Netherlands Antilles
.
- ↑
Republic o Macedonie
is cryed by UN and a number o kintras and international organisations as [[Foreign relations o the Republic o Macedonie#Naming issue|the former Yugoslav Republic o Macedonie.
- ↑
Svalbard
is an owerseas territory o
Norrowey
recognized by international treaty.
- ↑
See
State o Palestine
for a list o states that recognize the State o Palestine.
- ↑
See also
Kosovo
- under
UN
administration.
- ↑
Somaliw
is presently fragmentit wi its
Transitional National Government
in exile. See also
Somaliland
.
- ↑
The
Republic o Cheenae
(ROC) is a state commonly cryed as
Taiwan
. It is also diplomatically cryed as
Chinese Taipei
. The ROC is no longer an United Nations member
since late 1971
and cryed by UN as
Taiwan, Province o China
and
Taiwan Province, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
). It is currently recognized by the
Holy See
and 23 UN member states and has de facto international relations with most others. The political status o the ROC and the legal status o Taiwan (alongside the territories currently under the ROC jurisdiction) are in dispute. The ROC should not be confused with the
Republic o Taiwan
proposed by supporters o
Taiwan unthirldom
.
- ↑
Falkland Islands
is also claimed by
Argentinae
as
Islas Malvinas
.
- ↑
The
Bailiwick o Gansey
includes its sel-governin dependencies
Alderney
,
Herm
an
Sark
.
- ↑
Vatican Ceety
is administered by a
Governor
appointed by the
Pape
, with the hinder being the head o the
Holy See
and that o the Vatican Ceety concurrently.