territory

political unit

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In international law: Territory
The sovereignty of a state is confined to a defined piece of territory, which is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and is protected by international law from violation by other states. Although frontier disputes do not detract from the sovereignty or…
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In list of the populations of the world’s countries, dependencies, and territories
…the smallest political dependencies and territories. It is ordered alphabetically by the names of the countries, dependencies, and territories. The populations are estimates calculated by Encyclopædia Britannica’s World Data editors using a combination of statistical sources that include national sources (print and online), United Nations World Population Prospects,
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