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This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the geographical region of Oceania. Although it is mostly ocean and spans many tectonic plates, Oceania is occasionally listed as one of the continents. Most of this list follows the boundaries of geopolitical Oceania, which includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands (5 P) Alofi (1 C, 5 P) Apia (4 C, 7 P) Avarua (14 P)
The term Oceania is used because, unlike the other continental groupings, it is the ocean that links the parts of the region together. [30] John Eperjesi's 2005 book The Imperialist Imaginary says that it has "been used by Western cartographers since the mid-19th century to give order to the complexities of the Pacific area." [31]
Oceania: British Overseas Territory. Addis Ababa Ethiopia: Africa: Aden (de facto, temporary) Yemen: Asia: Yemen is in a state of civil war, and Sanaa has been occupied by Houthi rebels since September 2014. Aden, the former capital of South Yemen, is Yemen's acting capital. Sanaa (de jure) Episkopi Cantonment Akrotiri and Dhekelia: Asia ...
This is a list of cities in Oceania (including Australia) with a population of over 80,000. National and territorial capitals are shown in bold type. National and territorial capitals are shown in bold type.
United Nations geoscheme for Oceania. The United Nations geoscheme for Oceania is an internal tool created and used by the UN 's Statistics Division (UNSD) for the specific purpose of UN statistics. [1] The following is an alphabetical list of subregions as defined by the UNSD geoscheme. [1]
Below is a list of countries and dependencies in Oceania by area. [1] Australia is the largest country in Oceania while Nauru is the smallest. Country / dependency %
The umbrella term Pacific Islands has taken on several meanings. [1] Sometimes it is used to refer only to the islands defined as lying within Oceania. [2] [3] [4] At other times, it is used to refer to the islands of the Pacific Ocean that were previously colonized by the British, French, Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch, or Japanese, or by the United States.