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This list of autonomous areas arranged by country gives an overview of autonomous areas of the world. An autonomous area is defined as an area of a country that has a degree of autonomy, or has freedom from an external authority. It is typical for it to be geographically distant from the country, or to be populated by a national minority.
Compared to other developed and developing countries, Albania has a relatively low rate of obesity, probably thanks to the Mediterranean diet. [262] [263] According to 2016 WHO data, 21.7% of adults in the country are clinically overweight, with a Body mass index (BMI) score of 25 or more. [264]
Albania – Republic of Albania UN member state None Andorra – Principality of Andorra UN member state None Andorra is a co-principality in which the office of head of state is jointly held ex officio by the French president and the bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Urgell, [51] who himself is appointed with approval from the Holy See.
[c] In the spring of 1914, the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus was proclaimed by ethnic Greeks in the territory and recognized by the Albanian government, though it proved short-lived as Albania collapsed with the onset of World War I. Greece held the area between 1914 and 1916 and unsuccessfully tried to annex it in March 1916.
The list below includes all entities falling even partially under any of the various common definitions of Europe, geographical or political.Fifty generally recognised sovereign states, Kosovo with limited, but substantial, international recognition, and four largely unrecognised de facto states with limited to no recognition have territory in Europe and/or membership in international European ...
Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus in Albania (1914). ASSRs of the Soviet Union (1922–1990) Bantustans in South West Africa (1968–1990) and South Africa (1956–1994) Carpathian Ruthenia and Slovakia within Czechoslovakia (1938–1939). Grand Duchy of Finland existed as an autonomous state under the rule of the Russian Empire (1809–1917).
Argentina – Argentine Republic [a] Capital: Buenos Aires Widely recognized UN member state. Argentina was a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city.It had a claim over Argentine Antarctica, which was suspended under the Antarctic Treaty.
This is one of a series of comprehensive lists of continents, countries, and first level administrative country subdivisions such as states, provinces, and territories, as well as certain political and geographic features of substantial area. [1]