In the law of the United States, an insular area is a U.S.-associated jurisdiction that is not part of a U.S. state or the District of Columbia. This includes...
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be unilaterally withdrawn by the U.S. Congress." Of the current U.S. insular areas, the term was first used by Puerto Rico in 1952 as its formal name in...
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U.S. insular areas are American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Unincorporated insular areas can be...
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The insular cortex (also insula and insular lobe) is a portion of the cerebral cortex folded deep within the lateral sulcus (the fissure separating the...
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Insular Italy Insular Portugal, comprises the Madeira and Azores Autonomous Regions Insular Southeast Asia Insular areas of the United States Insular...
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The Insular Cases are a series of opinions by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1901 about the status of U.S. territories acquired in the Spanish–American...
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Territories of the United States (redirect from Territories and insular posessions of the United States)
2022. Retrieved May 27, 2023. "Definitions of insular area political organizations". Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior. June...
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States, including places that serve or have served as federal, state, insular area, territorial, colonial and Native American capitals. Washington, D.C...
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Department of transportation (redirect from List of U.S. state and insular area departments of transportation)
A department of transportation (DOT or DoT) is a government agency responsible for managing transportation. The term is primarily used in the United States...
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of Insular Areas". Office of Insular Affairs. Archived from the original on April 14, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2013. "Definitions of Insular Area Political...
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Antarctic and subantarctic islands List of countries and dependencies by area List of countries by largest island List of divided islands List of islands...
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The Insular Government of the Philippine Islands (Spanish: Gobierno Insular de las Islas Filipinas) was an unincorporated territory of the United States...
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administration of several United States insular areas. It is the successor to the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War Department, which administered...
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Mariana Islands (Northern Marianas College) have one college each. The US insular areas under the Compact of Free Association, namely Palau (Palau Community...
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(ANSI) established alphabetic and numeric codes for each state and outlying areas in ANSI standard INCITS 38:2009. ANSI standard INCITS 38:2009 replaced the...
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Wake Island (redirect from Wake Island Naval Defensive Sea Area)
Morning Herald, Monday, January 23, 1871, p. 4 "GAO/OGC-98-5 – U.S. Insular Areas: Application of the U.S. Constitution". U.S. Government Printing Office...
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Tokyo Islands (redirect from Insular Tokyo Metropolis)
The Islands of Tokyo (東京諸島, Tokyo-shotō), also known as the Insular Area of Tokyo Metropolis (東京都島嶼部, Tōkyō-to-tōshobu) or Izu-Ogasawara islands (伊豆・小笠原諸島...
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Guard). It is divided into subordinate units stationed in each state or insular area, responsible to their respective governors or other head-of-government...
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States, including U.S. States, the national capital of Washington, D.C., insular areas, and outlying islands. Links to more detailed state lists are shown...
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Guam (category Insular areas of the United States)
DOI Office of Insular Affairs. Archived from the original on February 9, 2007. Retrieved February 9, 2007. "Definitions of Insular Area Political Organizations"...
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United States Minor Outlying Islands (category Insular areas of the United States)
outlying islands and groups of islands comprise eight United States insular areas in the Pacific Ocean (Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston...
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1976–1994 Northern Mariana Islands (US insular area) – with other color symbol Northern Mariana Islands (US insular area), 1976–1981 Valle del Cauca, Colombia...
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The Lists of rivers of U.S. insular areas include: List of rivers of Guam List of rivers of Hawaii List of rivers of Puerto Rico List of rivers of the...
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Kingman Reef (redirect from Kingman Reef Naval Defensive Sea Area)
of the islands by the Fish and Wildlife Service. Dependent territory Insular area List of Guano Island claims Britannica.com. Kingman Reef. Retrieved September...
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Midway Atoll (category Insular areas of the United States)
4 sq mi (6.2 km2) atoll in the North Pacific Ocean. Midway Atoll is an insular area of the United States and is an unorganized and unincorporated territory...
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American countries by the United Nations Statistics Division: Chile (Insular Chile) and Ecuador (Galápagos Islands). For a table of sovereign states...
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Dependent territory (redirect from Dependent area)
incorporated territory. The U.S. Constitution does not apply in full to the insular areas. The following entities are, according to the law of their state, integral...
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U.S. territorial sovereignty (category Insular areas of the United States)
of Insular Affairs". Archived from the original on June 17, 2007. Retrieved June 17, 2007. Department of the Interior Definitions of Insular Area Political...
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This is a list of convention centers in the United States by state or insular area. Bald Rock Lodge (Cheaha State Park) Bessemer Civic Center Birmingham–Jefferson...
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Santos, São Paulo (section Insular area)
region of Baixada Santista. The population is 433,656 (2020 est.) in an area of 280.67 km2 (108.37 sq mi). The city is home to the Coffee Museum, where...
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