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be unilaterally withdrawn by the U.S. Congress."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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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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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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by Census Region, as well as lists of institutions in United States insular areas and of American institutions located outside the United States and its...
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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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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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of the islands over 1,000 km2 (390 sq mi), sorted in descending order by area. For size and location reference, four very large continental landmasses...
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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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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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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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Insular Celtic languages are the group of Celtic languages spoken in Brittany, Great Britain, Ireland, and the Isle of Man. All surviving Celtic languages...
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U.S. territorial sovereignty (section Insular areas)
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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Micronesia 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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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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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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the "Insular Region" Insular Italy, otherwise known as the "Insular Regions" Insular Region (Colombia) Insular Region (Equatorial Guinea) Insular Region...
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Insular dwarfism, a form of phyletic dwarfism, is the process and condition of large animals evolving or having a reduced body size when their population's...
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Wake Island (redirect from Wake Island Naval Defensive Sea Area)
unorganized and unincorporated territory, and it is one of the nine insular areas that comprise the United States Minor Outlying Islands. The Marshall...
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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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United States Minor Outlying Islands (category Insular areas of the United States)
outlying islands and groups of islands consist of eight United States insular areas in the Pacific Ocean (Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston...
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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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List of Superfund sites (section Insular areas)
Nature centers Electricity (Renewable) Superfund sites Wilderness areas Geography Area Bays Beaches Coastline Elevation Extreme points Forest Geographic...
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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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List of Guano Island claims (category Insular areas of the United States-related lists)
A number of islands were claimed as insular areas on behalf of the United States under the Guano Islands Act of 1856. These claims were made by private...
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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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