States wishing to retain territorial integrity in opposition to ethnic or indigenous demands for self-determination or independence sometimes offer or impose limited territorial autonomy.

Since World War I, there has been an increasing impetus for colonial powers to create limited autonomous regions to change world perception of their exploitation and subjugation of the dominion territory. World pressure for liberation of such colonies has been a central theme with the Atlantic Charter, United Nations Charter, and finally United Nations General Assembly Resolutions 1514 and 1541 signed in December 1960.

The table below lists of territorial autonomies ( sub-regional territorial autonomies is not included ):

Autonomy	State
Abhazia autonomous Republic of
Aceh special territory
autonomous Republic of
Republic of
autonomous province
autonomous region
Republic of
autonomous state
autonomous region
Mount Athos autonomous Monastic state
autonomous community
autonomous community
Republic of
Bougainville autonomous province
Republic of
Cabinda province
autonomous community
autonomous community
Republic of
territorial collectivity
Republic of
autonomous Republic of
Republic of
autonomous region
autonomous region
autonomous community
Guangxi autonomous region
Inner Mongolia autonomous region
Republic of
autonomous region
autonomous region
Jeju-do autonomous province
Republic of
Republic of
Republic of
Republic of
Republic of
Kohistan-Badakhsan autonomous province
Republic of
Republic of
autonomous region
Republic of
Republic of
Muslim Mindanao autonomous region
Nakhchivan autonomous republic
autonomous island
province
Ningxia autonomous region
Nunavut territory
North Atlantic Autonomous Region autonomous region
Republic of
Oecussi-Ambeno special administrative region
Papua special autonomous province
Príncipe autonomous region
autonomous island
autonomous region
Republic of
Srpska Republic of
department
autonomous region
South Atlantic Autonomous Region autonomous region
autonomous republic
autonomous region
Kingdom
Republic of
Tobago autonomous island
territorial autonomous unit
autonomous region
Tibet autonomous region
Republic of
Republic of
principality
West Papua (Papua Barat) special autonomous province
Xinjiang autonomous region
autonomous island

References

• Territorial autonomies in the world.

External links

• Forms of Territorial Autonomy
• Globalization and Autonomy
• Ethnic and Special Autonomy in China
• The Buddhist Channel Tibet campaign may boil over after Dalai Lama - criticism of Tibet autonomy effort
• United Nations Information Service East Timor Reject Proposed Special Autonomy
• Special autonomy for Aceh and West Papua an overview
• Cantonisation: Historical Paths to Territorial Autonomy for Regional Cultural Communities
• The working autonomies in Europe
• The World's Working Regional Autonomies, Thomas Benedikter, Anthem Press, 2007
• Public Participation and Minorities, report by Minority Rights Group, 2003
• From Conflict to Autonomy in Nicaragua: Lessons Learnt, study by Minority Rights Group, 2007

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