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In British administrative history, subnational enclaves were usually called detachments or detached parts, and national enclaves as detached districts or detached dominions. [10] In British ecclesiastic history, subnational enclaves were known as peculiars (see also royal peculiar). The word exclave [3] is a logically extended back-formation of ...
In political geography, an enclave is a piece of land belonging to one country (or region etc.) that is totally surrounded by another country (or region). An exclave is a piece of land that is politically attached to a larger piece but not physically contiguous with it (connected to it) because they are completely separated by a surrounding foreign territory or territories.
Subnational enclaves and exclaves [ edit ] In political geography , an enclave is a territory or part of a territory lying wholly within the boundaries of another, and an exclave is one which is politically attached to a larger piece but not actually contiguous with it.
The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), also known as Rojava, [b] is a de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria. [12] [13] It consists of self-governing sub-regions in the areas of Jazira, Euphrates, Raqqa, Tabqa, and Deir Ez-Zor.
Administrative divisions [1] (also administrative units, [2] [3] [4] administrative regions, [5] #-level subdivisions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divided. Such a unit usually has an administrative authority with ...
Subnational flag [note 1] Coat of arms/seal [note 2] Common name [note 3] Capital Largest city Sovereign state Area Population Rank within sovereign state Population density Map 1 Sakha: Yakutsk Russia: 3,083,523 km 2: 996,243 [1] 1st 0.32/km 2: 2 Western Australia: Perth Australia: 2,527,013 km 2: 2,685,165 [2] 1st 1/km 2: 3 Krasnoyarsk Krai ...
The "Type" column indicates a federation (which includes lower-level units that exercise some sovereignty), unitary state (where the highest-level entity is the only sovereign), or regional state (unitary with substantial delegation of power)
An autonomous administrative division (also referred to as an autonomous area, zone, entity, unit, region, subdivision, province, or territory) is a subnational administrative division or internal territory of a sovereign state that has a degree of autonomy — self-governance — under the national government.