United States territories

E30797

political territorial entity territory of a country

United States territories are regions under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United States that are not part of any state, such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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All labels observed (25)

Label	Occurrences
U.S. territories	44
United States territories canonical	17
United States and its territories	8
United States insular areas	6
United States unincorporated territory	4
United States overseas territories	2
United States unincorporated territories	2
Territories of the United States	1
U.S. Insular Areas	1
U.S. insular areas	1
U.S. outlying territories	1
United States (territorial constitution)	1
United States Minor Outlying and Insular Areas (broad classification)	1
United States Minor Outlying and Territorial areas (statistical grouping)	1
United States and U.S. territories	1
United States and territories	1
United States insular area	1
United States insular areas (geographical grouping)	1
United States insular territories	1
United States territorial holdings	1
United States territorial status of Puerto Rico	1
United States territories with coastal zones	1
United States territory	1
United States unincorporated territory of Puerto Rico	1
territory of Puerto Rico	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political territorial entity ⓘ territory of a country ⓘ
citizenshipStatusVariesByTerritory	true ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Article IV Section 3 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
currentInhabitedTerritories	American Samoa ⓘ Guam ⓘ Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ Puerto Rico ⓘ U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: United States Virgin Islands
federalRepresentation	non-voting delegate or resident commissioner in U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
governedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
governedUnder	Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Territorial Clause of the U.S. Constitution
hasPart	American Samoa ⓘ Baker Island ⓘ Guam ⓘ U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ surface form: Guantánamo Bay Naval Base Howland Island ⓘ Jarvis Island ⓘ Johnston Atoll ⓘ Kingman Reef ⓘ Midway Atoll ⓘ Navassa Island ⓘ Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ Palmyra Atoll ⓘ Puerto Rico ⓘ U.S. Pacific unorganized territories ⓘ surface form: U.S. Minor Outlying Islands U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: United States Virgin Islands Wake Island ⓘ
historicallyIncluded	Alaska ⓘ surface form: Alaska Territory Arizona Territory ⓘ Dakota Territory ⓘ Hawaii ⓘ surface form: Hawaii Territory New Mexico Territory ⓘ Oklahoma Territory ⓘ Panama Canal Zone (historical) ⓘ surface form: Panama Canal Zone Philippines ⓘ surface form: Philippine Islands Puerto Rico ⓘ surface form: Puerto Rico Territory (before commonwealth status)
includesOfficialLanguagesBeyondEnglish	Carolinian in Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ Chamorro in Guam ⓘ Samoan in American Samoa ⓘ Puerto Rican Spanish ⓘ surface form: Spanish in Puerto Rico
includesType	incorporated territory ⓘ inhabited territory ⓘ organized territory ⓘ unincorporated territory ⓘ uninhabited territory ⓘ unorganized territory ⓘ
jurisdictionOf	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
legalStatus	not part of any U.S. state ⓘ
partOf	United States of America ⓘ
presidentialVote	no electoral votes for U.S. president except via absentee voting from a state ⓘ
primaryLanguage	English ⓘ
relatedConcept	insular area of the United States ⓘ overseas territory ⓘ
sovereignState	United States of America ⓘ
sovereignty	United States of America ⓘ
usesCurrency	US dollar ⓘ surface form: United States dollar

Referenced by (101)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Postal Service → serviceArea → United States territories ⓘ

National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled → serviceArea → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. territories

United States Department of Veterans Affairs → serviceArea → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. territories

Marine Corps Recruiting Command → operatesIn → United States territories ⓘ

Merchant Marine Act of 1936 → geographicScope → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States and its territories

Civil Rights Division → appliesToJurisdiction → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. territories

Fundamentals of Engineering exam → region → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States and U.S. territories

Pago Pago → belongsTo → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Minor Outlying and Territorial areas (statistical grouping)

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families → implementedBy → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. territories

PBS → areaServed → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. territories

National Drug Threat Assessment → geographicFocus → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States and its territories

NHL → geographicCoverage → United States territories ⓘ

subject surface form: National Historic Landmark

this entity surface form: U.S. territories

U.S. consulates → locatedOutsideJurisdiction → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States territory

Municipality of Culebra → partOf → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States unincorporated territories

NLS → serviceArea → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. territories

United States territorial courts → appliesToJurisdiction → United States territories ⓘ

U.S. Pacific territories → partOf → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States insular areas

Food and Nutrition Service → appliesToJurisdiction → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. territories

veterans benefits regional offices → locatedIn → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. territories

District of Alaska → partOf → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States insular areas

National Industrial Security Program → appliesIn → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States and its territories

Veterans Health Administration → operatesIn → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. territories

Public Law 74-292 → geographicCoverage → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States and its territories

United States Volunteers → recruitmentArea → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. territories

Judicial Branch of Puerto Rico → appliesJurisdiction → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: territory of Puerto Rico

United States diaspora → formsCommunityIn → United States territories ⓘ

U.S. Caribbean territories → partOf → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States insular areas

Migratory Bird Treaty Act → region → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States and its territories

Water Island → belongsTo → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Minor Outlying and Insular Areas (broad classification)

Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act → appliesTo → United States territories ⓘ

Puerto Rican independence movement → opposes → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States territorial status of Puerto Rico

Title 48 of the United States Code → governs → United States territories ⓘ

Panama Canal Zone (historical) → partOf → United States territories ⓘ

subject surface form: Panama Canal Zone

this entity surface form: United States overseas territories

Wild West → politicalStatus → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. territories

National Council of Architectural Registration Boards → regionServed → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. territories

National Spatial Reference System → scope → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. territories

Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program → eligibleRecipients → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. territories

NATA → geographicCoverage → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. territories

National Water Information System → dataCoverage → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States and territories

Vaitogi → locatedIn → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States unincorporated territory

Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution → jurisdiction → United States territories ⓘ

USGS topographic maps → coverage → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. territories

insular cases doctrine → appliesTo → United States territories ⓘ

subject surface form: Insular Cases doctrine

Piumafua → locatedIn → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States unincorporated territory

United States territorial law → appliesTo → United States territories ⓘ

Militia Act of 1903 → appliesTo → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territories of the United States

United States residents → canResideIn → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. territories

Cruz Bay → locatedIn → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States insular area

TEFAP → implementedThrough → United States territories ⓘ

subject surface form: The Emergency Food Assistance Program

this entity surface form: U.S. territories

Article VII of the Constitution of Puerto Rico → country → United States territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States (territorial constitution)