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    British Overseas Territories - Wikipedia

    • The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) or alternatively referred to as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are the fourteen territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, while not forming part of the United Kingdom itself, are part of its sovereign territory. The permanently inhabited territories are delegated v… See more

    Population

    Most of the territories retain permanent civilian populations, with the exceptions of the British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (which host only officials and research station staff) and the … See more

    History

    Early colonies, in the sense of English subjects residing in lands hitherto outside the control of the English government, were generally known as plantations.
    The first, unofficial, colony was Newfoundland Colony, … See more

    The Overseas Territories: An introduction and relations with the UK
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    UK Overseas Territories - House of Commons Library
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    Government

    The head of state in the overseas territories is the British monarch, currently King Charles III. The monarch appoints a representative in each territory to exercise the executive power of the monarch. In territories w… See more

    Disputed sovereignty

    The British Antarctic Territory overlaps with territory claims by both Argentina and Chile. However, territorial claims on the continent may not currently be advanced, under the holding measures of the Antarctic Treaty System… See more

    United Nations list of non-self-governing territories

    Of the eleven territories with a permanent population, all except the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus continue to be listed by the UN Special Committee on Decolonization as non-self-governing t… See more

    Relations with the United Kingdom

    Historically the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Colonial Office were responsible for overseeing all British Colonies, but today the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) ha… See more

    City status and cities

    As overseas territories were added to the land conquered by the British, a number of towns and villages began to request formal recognition to validate their importance, and would be accorded a status if deemed to be deserving s… See more

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