colonial territory
C5628
concept
A colonial territory is a geographic area under the political control and administration of a distant foreign power, typically exploited for economic, strategic, or settlement purposes.
Aliases (9)
- extraterritorial enclave ×4
- Crown colony ×2
- colonial administrative unit ×2
- British East India Company territory ×1
- Caribbean colony ×1
- colonial empire segment ×1
- colonial possession in Africa ×1
- territory of British North America ×1
- type of British colony ×1
Instances (20)
- French West Africa
- Straits Settlements ("colonial administrative unit")
- British Guiana
- Spanish America
- Crown colony ("type of British colony")
- French colony of Saint-Domingue ("Caribbean colony")
- British Gold Coast
- Caribbean colonies of the Dutch West India Company ("colonial empire segment")
- French Algeria ("colonial possession in Africa")
- British Western Pacific Territories
- French Territory of the Afars and the Issas
- Hong Kong under British rule ("Crown colony")
- Shanghai International Settlement (British participation) ("extraterritorial enclave")
- British concession in Hankow ("extraterritorial enclave")
- British concession in Amoy ("extraterritorial enclave")
- British concession in Canton ("extraterritorial enclave")
- Rupert's Land ("territory of British North America")
- French Ubangi-Shari ("colonial administrative unit")
- British East India Company administration of Saint Helena ("British East India Company territory")