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    What current terriories are still formally called 'colonies'?

    Question #88647. Asked by author. (Nov 17 07 10:36 AM)


    robraw

    		The UN in 2002 listed 14 countries existing as colonies
    Western Sahara ? Spain but in distpute as to whether independent or not
    ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN
    Anguilla United Kingdom
    Bermuda United Kingdom
    British Virgin Islands United Kingdom
    Cayman Islands United Kingdom
    Falkland Islands (Malvinas) United Kingdom Montserrat United Kingdom
    St. Helena United Kingdom
    Turks and Caicos Islands United Kingdom
    United States Virgin Islands
    EUROPE
    Gibraltar United Kingdom
    PACIFIC AND INDIAN OCEANS
    American Samoa United States
    Guam United States
    New Caledonia France
    Pitcairn United Kingdom
    Tokelau New Zealand
    http://www.un.org/Depts/dpi/decolonization/trust3.htm#note2


    Nov 17 07, 8:28 PM
    author

    		The British dependencies are not called colonies or crown colonies anymore. I suspect that none of the other dependencies are called so officially either.

    Quote:
    The name "British Overseas Territory" was introduced by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002, and replaced the name British dependent territory which was introduced by the British Nationality Act 1981. Before that, the territories were known as colonies or Crown colonies.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_overseas_territories



    Nov 18 07, 10:28 AM
    author

    		The official status of New Caledonia is a 'sui generis collectivity', not a colony.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_overseas_departments_and_territories#Sui_Generis_Collectivity

    Nov 18 07, 11:03 AM
    author

    		The official status of Guam is an 'organized unincorporated territory', not a colony.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guam

    Nov 18 07, 11:08 AM
    author

    		The official status of American Samoa is an 'unincorporated territory', not a colony.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_samoa

    Nov 18 07, 11:13 AM
    author

    		The official status of Tokelau is a 'Non-Self-Governing-Territory', not a colony.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokelau

    Nov 18 07, 11:16 AM

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