self-governing territory

C2839 concept

A self-governing territory is a geographically defined area that exercises autonomous control over its internal affairs under its own local government, while remaining formally subject to a larger sovereign state.

Observed surface forms (20)

  • autonomous territory ×5
  • de facto state ×5
  • autonomous region of Italy ×3
  • autonomous administrative territory ×2
  • Inuit self-governing region ×1
  • autonomous oblast of Russia ×1
  • autonomous political entity ×1
  • autonomous province ×1
  • autonomous regional authority ×1
  • autonomous republic ×1

Instances (34)