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City status is granted by the monarch on advice from government ministers, which since 2022 has been Charles III. British overseas cities on British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies are remaining key places of the former far-reaching British Empire, which was a vast holding of many regions, countries, protectorates and territories.
The British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies do not form part of the United Kingdom but are part of its sovereign territory. Association of city status with cathedrals ended in 1865. [114] There are presently five cities in Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. [115]
The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) or alternatively referred to as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs) [1] [2] 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.
As of 2022, the city had a population of 40,957, [1] making it the largest city (by population) of all the British Overseas Territories. [2] George Town is the heart of the Cayman Islands financial services industry (there are close to 600 Bank and Trust companies in the Cayman Islands). The Caymanian government offices are located in the city.
List of major towns and cities in British Overseas Territories. Ranked by population: George Town, Cayman Islands (35,600) Gibraltar (29,431) Hamilton, Bermuda (13,500)
British Overseas Territory and city-state. Gitega (de jure) Burundi: Africa: Bujumbura was the capital from 1962 to 2018. Bujumbura (de facto) Guatemala City Guatemala: North America: Gustavia Saint Barthélemy: Overseas collectivity of France. Hagåtña Guam: Oceania: Territory of the United States. Hamilton Bermuda: North America: British ...
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands known as the South Sandwich Islands. South Georgia is 165 kilometres (103 mi) long and 35 kilometres (22 mi) wide ...
Since the year 2000, the UK government has arranged competitions to grant city status to settlements. In 2021, submissions for city status were invited to mark the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II, with Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories being allowed to take part for the first time. [25]