Autonomous administrative division#New Zealand overseas territories

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|Controlled by: {{Flag|Pakistan}}
Claimed by: {{Flag|India}}

|Azad Kashmir is a self-governing polity which has not been formally annexed by Pakistan. It was established after a rebellion against the Maharajah of Kashmir, and the subsequent First Kashmir War.{{Cite web |title= Azad Kashmir | Meaning, History, Population, & Government | Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Azad-Kashmir}} It is located within the historic Kashmir region, which is disputed between India, Pakistan and China.

• {{flagicon image|Flag placeholder.svg}} Northern Ireland
• {{flag|Scotland}}
• {{flag|Wales}}

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|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|Three of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, namely Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, each have an elected, devolved legislature which has the ability to legislate in devolved matters. The Parliament of the United Kingdom which retains sovereignty (the United Kingdom is a unitary state), can dissolve the devolved legislatures at any time, and legislates in matters that are not devolved, as well as having the capacity to legislate in areas that are devolved (by constitutional convention, without the agreement of the devolved legislature). Formerly, both Scotland and England were fully sovereign states.

• {{flag|Faroe Islands}}
• {{flag|Greenland}}

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|{{Flag|Denmark}}

|The two autonomous territories* {{Cite web|url=http://www.gfbv.it/3dossier/eu-min/autonomy.html|title=The working autonomies in Europe|last=Benedikter|first=Thomas|date=2006-06-19|publisher=Society for Threatened Peoples|quote=Denmark has established very specific territorial autonomies with its two island territories|access-date=2019-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309063149/http://www.gfbv.it/3dossier/eu-min/autonomy.html|archive-date=2008-03-09|url-status=dead}}

• {{Cite web|url=http://www.world-autonomies.info/tas/Greenland/Pages/default.aspx|title=Greenland|last=Ackrén|first=Maria|date=November 2017|publisher=Autonomy Arrangements in the World|quote=Faroese and Greenlandic are seen as official regional languages in the self-governing territories belonging to Denmark.|access-date=2019-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830110832/http://www.world-autonomies.info/tas/Greenland/Pages/default.aspx|archive-date=2019-08-30|url-status=dead}}
• {{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/countries/greenland_en|title=Greenland|date=2013-06-03|website=International Cooperation and Development|publisher=European Commission|language=en|access-date=2019-08-27|quote=Greenland [...] is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.norden.org/en/fakta-om-norden-1/the-nordic-countries-the-faroe-islands-greenland-and-aaland/facts-about-the-faroe-islands|title=Facts about the Faroe Islands|publisher=Nordic cooperation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423094907/http://www.norden.org/en/fakta-om-norden-1/the-nordic-countries-the-faroe-islands-greenland-and-aaland/facts-about-the-faroe-islands|archive-date=23 April 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=1 July 2015|quote=The Faroe Islands [...] is one of three autonomous territories in the Nordic Region|df=dmy-all}} ({{langx|da|rigsdel}}, {{langx|fo|land}}, {{langx|kl|nuna}}) of the realm of the Kingdom, the Faroe Islands and Greenland, each have an elected devolved legislature which has the ability to legislate in devolved matters. The Kingdom Parliament 'Folketinget' retains sovereignty (The Kingdom of Denmark is a unitary state) and legislates in matters that are not devolved, as well as having the capacity to legislate in areas that are devolved (this does not normally occur without the agreement of the devolved legislature).

| {{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}

| The Tobago House of Assembly is a devolved legislature that is responsible for the island of Tobago.[http://www.visittobago.gov.tt/load_page.asp?id=41 Tobago Division Of Tourism - About Tobago, Governance] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710212503/http://www.visittobago.gov.tt/load_page.asp?id=41 |date=2007-07-10 }}

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| Controlled by: {{flag|Kosovo}}
Claimed by: {{flag|Serbia}}

| In 2008, Kosovo unilaterally declared itself as an independent state. Its international recognition is split between those who recognize it as an independent state and those who view it as an autonomous province of Serbia under United Nations administration.

| {{flag|Finland}}

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• {{flag|Madeira}}

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| {{flag|Portugal}}

| Although Portugal is a unitary state, its two autonomous regions have elected, devolved legislatures (Regional Legislative Assemblies of the Azores and Madeira) and local government (Governments of the Azores and Madeira) which have the ability to legislate in devolved matters.

| {{flag|Philippines}}

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| {{flag|Papua New Guinea}}

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• {{flag|Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong SAR}}
• {{flag|Macau|name=Macao SAR}}
• {{flagicon image|Flag placeholder.svg}} Guangxi Zhuang AR
• {{flagicon image|Flag placeholder.svg}} Inner Mongolia AR
• {{flagicon image|Flag placeholder.svg}} Ningxia Hui AR
• {{flagicon image|Flag placeholder.svg}} Tibet AR
• {{flagicon image|Flag placeholder.svg}} Xinjiang Uygur AR

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| {{flag|People's Republic of China}}

| The special administrative regions have the highest degree of autonomy from the central government in Beijing. Autonomous regions contain a large minority ethnic group.

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{{flag|Jubaland}}
{{flagicon image|Hirshabeelle.png}} Hirshabelle
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{{flag|Somaliland}}
{{flagicon image|Flag of Southwestern Somalia.svg}} Koofur Orsi

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| {{flag|Somalia}}

| Somaliland is a self-declared independent state, although it is internationally considered an autonomous region in northwestern Somalia.

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| {{flag|Tanzania}}

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| {{flag|Azerbaijan}}

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| {{flag|Georgia}}

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| Claimed by: {{flag|Georgia}}
Controlled by: {{flag|Abkhazia}}

| In 1999, the Republic of Abkhazia declared its independence from Georgia after the 1992–1993 war. Georgia and most of the U.N. member states have not recognized Abkhazia's independence and still has an administrative apparatus for the claimed Autonomous Republic; its independence is recognized by Russia and three other U.N. member states.

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Controlled by: {{flag|Russia}}

| The 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia is not recognized by most countries, including Ukraine.

| {{flag|Uzbekistan}}

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| Claimed by: {{flag|Moldova}}
Controlled by: {{flag|Transnistria}}

| In 1990, the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR, commonly known as Transnistria) declared its independence from the Soviet Union. While Moldova has not formally recognized Transnistria's independence and still has an administrative apparatus for the claimed Autonomous Territorial Unit, its independence is recognized by 3 other non-UN member states.

• {{flag|Easter Island}}
• {{flagicon image|Bandera Juan Fernández.svg}} Juan Fernández Islands

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| {{flag|Chile}}

| In 2007, the Chamber of Deputies of Chile passed a law designating both as "special territories", granting them more autonomy.{{Cite web|url=https://en.mercopress.com/2007/06/07/easter-islands-now-a-special-territory-with-more-autonomy#:~:text=The%20Chamber%20of%20Deputies%20of,archipelago%20as%20%E2%80%9Cspecial%20territories.%E2%80%9D|title = Easter Islands now a "special territory" with more autonomy}} Additionally, the Juan Fernandez Islands archipelago is a commune, while Easter Island is both a commune and a province.

| {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}

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| {{flag|Fiji}}

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| {{flag|Iraq}}

| Semi-autonomous federal region of Iraq; the constitution of Iraq gives a degree of autonomy to administrative divisions, such as regions and provinces, in matters that are not within the exclusive remit of the federal government of Iraq. Regional law may take priority (in case of dispute) if the law falls within the remit of "shared authorities" and does not contradict with the provisions of the constitution of Iraq.{{cite web|url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Iraq_2005|title= Constitution of Iraq (Article 115)|publisher=Constitute}} The Federal Supreme Court of Iraq has the authority to repeal and amend regional law.{{cite web|url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Iraq_2005|title= Constitution of Iraq (Article 93)|publisher=Constitute}}{{efn|In a verdict issued in February 2024, the Supreme Court of Iraq simultaneously revoked as well as amended Kurdistan Region's legislation, setting a legal precedent for the latter.{{cite web|url=https://www.iraqfsc.iq/news.5121/|title=The Federal Court issues a verdict revoking and amending some of the articles of the Kurdistan Parliament Election Law|publisher=Federal Supreme Court of Iraq|language=ar}}}}

| {{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}

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| {{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}

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| {{flag|Norway}}

| Although it does not fit the definition of autonomous area (not possessing partial internal sovereignty), Svalbard has the sovereignty of Norway limited by the Spitsbergen Treaty of 1920 and therefore is considered as having special status (as it is considered fully integrated with Norway, and not a dependency, it is a sui generis case).

| rowspan=2 | {{flag|Germany}}

| Heligoland, Germany: Although it is part of a German state, Schleswig-Holstein, it has been excluded of some European Union normatives, such as customs union and the Value Added Tax Area.

| rowspan=2| Despite being integral parts of their respective countries, these two enclaves of Switzerland predominantly use the Swiss franc as currency and are in customs union with Switzerland.

| {{flag|Italy}}

|{{Flag|Mexico}}

|a de facto autonomous region controlled or partially controlled by neo-Zapatista support bases in the Mexican state of Chiapas since the Zapatista uprising in 1994 and during the wider Chiapas conflict.{{Cite web |last=Reyes Godelmann |first=Iker |date=30 July 2014 |title=The Zapatista Movement: The Fight for Indigenous Rights in Mexico |url=https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/news-item/the-zapatista-movement-the-fight-for-indigenous-rights-in-mexico/ |access-date=2020-06-16 |website=Australian Institute of International Affairs}}

• {{flag|Adygea}}
• {{flag|Altai Republic|Altai}}
• {{flag|Bashkortostan}}
• {{flag|Buryatia}}
• {{flag|Chechnya}}
• {{flag|Chuvashia}}
• {{flag|Dagestan}}
• {{flag|Ingushetia}}
• {{flag|Kabardino-Balkaria}}
• {{flag|Kalmykia}}
• {{flag|Karachay-Cherkessia}}
• {{flag|Karelia}}
• {{flag|Khakassia}}
• {{flag|Komi}}
• {{flag|Mari El}}
• {{flag|Mordovia}}
• {{flag|North Ossetia-Alania}}
• {{flag|Sakha Republic}}
• {{flag|Tatarstan}}
• {{flag|Tuva}}
• {{flag|Udmurtia}}

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|{{flag|Russia}}

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|Controlled by: {{Flag|Russia}}
Claimed by: {{Flag|Ukraine}}

|Sovereignty disputed by Ukraine as Donetsk Oblast

|Controlled by: {{Flag|Russia}}
Claimed by: {{Flag|Ukraine}}

|Sovereignty disputed by Ukraine as Luhansk Oblast

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| The Cook Islands is a self-governing country in free association with New Zealand that maintains some international relationships in its own name.

| Niue is a self-governing country in free association with New Zealand that maintains some international relationships in its own name.

| Tokelau is an autonomous dependency of New Zealand.

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| Created by the Nisga'a Final Agreement in 2000. The Nisga'a Territory runs semi-autonomously from the rest of Canada. Located in Northwestern British Columbia, within kilometres of the Alaska Panhandle.

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