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Territories of the United States

Territories of the United States are subnational geographical and political areas governed as administrative divisions and dependent territories under the sovereignty of the United States. Although all are subject to the constitutional and territorial jurisdiction of the U.S. federal government, territories differ from states and Indian reservations in…

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Currency
United States dollar
Date format
mm/dd/yyyy (AD)
Demonym
American
Languages
English · Spanish · Samoan · Chamorro · Carolinian
Territories
American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States Virgin Islands
• 2020 census
3,623,895

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Organized vs. unorganized territories

Permanently inhabited territories

Minor Outlying Islands

Incorporated vs. unincorporated territories

U.S.-administered areas

Former unincorporated territories and administered areas

Flora and fauna

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More detail on all current territories

  • AS American Samoa's at-large congressional district
  • GU Guam's at-large congressional district
  • MP Northern Mariana Islands's at-large congressional district
  • PR Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district
  • VI United States Virgin Islands's at-large congressional district
  • AS Geography of American Samoa
  • GU Geography of Guam
  • MP Geography of the Northern Mariana Islands
  • PR Geography of Puerto Rico
  • VI Geography of the United States Virgin Islands
  • AS Geology of American Samoa
  • GU Geology of Guam
  • MP Geology of the Northern Mariana Islands
  • PR Geology of Puerto Rico
  • VI Geology of the United States Virgin Islands
  • Territories of the United States on stamps
  • U.S. National Historic Places United States National Register of Historic Places listings
  • AS National Register of Historic Places listings in American Samoa
  • GU National Register of Historic Places listings in Guam
  • MP National Register of Historic Places listings in the Northern Mariana Islands
  • PR National Register of Historic Places listings in Puerto Rico
  • VI National Register of Historic Places listings in the United States Virgin Islands
  • UM National Register of Historic Places listings in the United States Minor Outlying Islands

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Territories of the United States

Nodes397
Edges396
Triples61
Avg. degree2
Density0.005038
Components1

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Territories of the United States

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related to More detail on all current territories · 17
Territories of the United States → Article, AS, GU, MP, National Historic Landmarks, National Historic Places, PR, UM, United States, United StatesList, VI, VICongressional, VIGeography, VIGeology, VIList, VIPer, VITerritories
Territories · 16
Territories of the United States → American Samoa, Bajo Nuevo Bank, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Navassa Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Puerto Rico, Serranilla Bank, United States Virgin Islands, Wake Island
related to Related topics · 12
Territories of the United States → British Overseas TerritoriesDanish RealmOverseas, Caribbean, Enabling, FranceKingdom, Historic, Netherlands, United States, United StatesInsular, United StatesList, United StatesOrganic, United StatesTerritorial, United StatesU
Languages · 5
Territories of the United States → Carolinian, Chamorro, English, Samoan, Spanish
related to Flora and fauna · 3
Territories of the United States → All, The, United States
Currency · 1
Territories of the United States → United States dollar
Date format · 1
Territories of the United States → mm/dd/yyyy (AD)
Demonym · 1
Territories of the United States → American
• 2020 census · 1
Territories of the United States → 3,623,895
• Governors · 1
Territories of the United States → List

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territories states united american islands puerto rico territory guam samoa court northern unincorporated mariana virgin incorporated territorial congress unorganized organized

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Territories of the United StatesCurrencyUnited States dollar1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesDate formatmm/dd/yyyy (AD)1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesDemonymAmerican1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesLanguagesEnglish1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesLanguagesSpanish1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesLanguagesSamoan1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesLanguagesChamorro1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesLanguagesCarolinian1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesTerritoriesAmerican Samoa1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesTerritoriesGuam1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesTerritoriesNorthern Mariana Islands1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesTerritoriesPuerto Rico1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesTerritoriesUnited States Virgin Islands1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesTerritoriesBaker Island1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesTerritoriesHowland Island1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesTerritoriesJarvis Island1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesTerritoriesJohnston Atoll1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesTerritoriesKingman Reef1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesTerritoriesMidway Atoll1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesTerritoriesNavassa Island1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesTerritoriesPalmyra Atoll1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesTerritoriesWake Island1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesTerritoriesBajo Nuevo Bank1.00infobox
Territories of the United StatesTerritoriesSerranilla Bank1.00infobox
Territories of the United States• 2020 census3,623,8951.00infobox
Territories of the United States• GovernorsList1.00infobox
Territories of the United States• Head of stateDonald Trump1.00infobox
Territories of the United States• Total22,294.19 km2 (8,607.83 sq mi)1.00infobox

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