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Map from National Atlas of the United States. Kwajalein is the 14th largest coral atoll as measured by area of enclosed water. Comprising 97 islands and islets, it has a land area of 16.4 km 2 (6.3 sq mi) and surrounds one of the largest lagoons in the world, with an area of 2,174 km 2 (839 sq mi).
In the early the 19th century, Portuguese overseas territories were referred to as "overseas dominions", but administrative reforms made the term "overseas provinces" begin to be used. That was in keeping with the idea of pluricontinentalism , or the idea that Portugal existed as a transcontinental country and that its territories were integral ...
Administrative divisions of continental Portugal, including districts, NUTS and historical provinces. This is the list of the municipalities of Portugal under the NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 format. The NUTS 3 regions were revised in 2015; since then, the subregions (NUTS 3) coincide with the intermunicipal communities. [1]
When Kwajalein island started to be used as a support base for the nuclear tests conducted at Bikini Atoll and Enewetak Atoll, Marshallese residents of Kwajalein were relocated by U.S. authorities to a small, planned community constructed on Ebeye, which was largely unpopulated and had served as a Japanese seaplane base before the Pacific War.
Disputed island in the Caribbean claimed by the United States, Nicaragua and Jamaica, and administered by Colombia. Lowther Island: 145: Island part of the Arctic Archipelago. Nukufetau (total area) 145: Atoll of Tuvalu. North Caicos: 144.9: Second largest administrative district of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Middle Caicos: 144.2
Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions and dependent territories overseen by the federal government of the United States. The American territories differ from the U.S. states and Indian reservations in that they are not sovereign entities .
The first provinces, instituted during the Roman occupation of the Iberian peninsula, divided the peninsula into three areas: Tarraconensis, Lusitania and Baetica, established by Roman Emperor Augustus between 27 and 13 B.C. [1] Emperor Diocletian reordered these territories in the third century, dividing Tarraconesis into three separate territories: Tarraconensis, Carthaginensis and Gallaecia.
Country in Organized unincorporated territory of the USA. Phuket Province: 543: Second smallest province of Thailand. Guam: 541: Territory of the United States. Daejeon: 540: Second smallest metropolitan city of South Korea. Saint Lucia: 539: Country in the Caribbean. Biliran: 536.01: Province of the Philippines. Sanana Island: 532.3: Island ...