wiktionary A territory from the word terra , meaning land is a defined area, including land and waters, considered to be a possession of a person, organization, institution, animal, Sovereign state state or country subdivision . The word can also mean Territory administrative division a legally administered territory, which is a non sovereign geographic area which has come under the authority of another government which has not been granted the powers of self government normally devolved to secondary territorial divisions or both. Provinces and territories of Canada , administrative subdivisions of Canada with fewer powers of self government than provinces Sales operations Sales territory Sales territory States and territories of Australia , administrative subdivisions of Australia constitutionally similar to Canadian territories Union Territory , similar administrative subdivisions in India Territories as administrative subdivisions of the United States Unorganized territory in USA and Canada Territories of the United States British overseas territories Overseas territory France Territoire de Belfort , a French d partement that retains its historical name from 1871 1919 Territory animal , a geographical area defended by an animal against others of the same species and occasionally of other species International taxation Territorial Territorial tax systems vs. residency based or hybrid Territoriality nonverbal communication , a term associated with nonverbal communication that refers to how people use space to communicate ownership occupancy of areas and possessions Spraying animal behavior territorial marking Territorialist School , an Italian school of land use planning Territory song Territory song , a song by Sepultura The Territory , a 1981 Portuguese film Territory album Territory album , a 2009 album by Two Hours Traffic Territory Ronnie Montrose album Territory ... article to link to Traditional territory , a geographical area occupied and used by an aboriginal ... more details
Infobox film name The Territory image image size caption director Ra l Ruiz producer Paulo Branco br Roger Corman writer Ra l Ruiz br Gilbert Adair starring Isabelle Weingarten music cinematography Henri Alekan br Ac cio de Almeida editing Claudio Martinez br Valeria Sarmiento distributor released 1981 runtime 100 minutes country Film Portugal language English br French budget The Territory lang pt O Territ rio is a 1981 in film 1981 cinema of Portugal Portuguese drama film directed by Ra l Ruiz . ref name lecinemaderaoulruiz.com cite web url http www.lecinemaderaoulruiz.com raoul ruiz cineaste le territoire title Le Cin ma de Raoul Ruiz Territory accessdate 2009 10 27 work lecinemaderaoulruiz.com ref ref name NY Times.com cite web url http movies.nytimes.com movie 49109 The Territory details title NY Times Territory accessdate 2009 10 27 work NY Times.com ref Cast Isabelle Weingarten Fran oise Rebecca Pauly Barbara Geoffrey Carey Peter Jeffrey Kime Paul Getty Jr. Guide Shila Turna Linda Artur Semedo Indefinite man Camila Mora Young girl Ethan Stone Young boy Jos Nascimento Prawler Duarte de Almeida Indefinite man s friend Rita Nascimento Linda s daughter References reflist External links imdb title id 0083183 title The Territory CinemaofPortugal DEFAULTSORT Territory, The Category 1981 films Category Portuguese films Category English language films Category French language films Category 1980s drama films Category Films directed by Ra l Ruiz Portugal film stub ... more details
Enemy Territory may refer to Wolfenstein Enemy Territory , a 2003 sequel to the video game Return to Castle Wolfenstein Enemy Territory Quake Wars , a 2007 video game, part of the same franchise as above Enemy Territory film Enemy Territory film , a 1987 action film, starring Gary Frank and Ray Parker Jr. disambig es Enemy Territory de Enemy Territory fr Enemy Territory it Enemy Territory nl Enemy Territory fi Enemy Territory ... more details
A federal territory is one ruled directly by any central government within a federation, including Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria Federal Territory Malaysia United States territory Union Territory India Territories of Australia, part of the States and territories of Australia See also Federal district Disambig ... more details
A capital territory is normally a specially designated Territory administrative division territory where a country s seat of government is located. As such, in the Federation federal model of government, no one Federated state state or territory takes pre eminence because the Capital city capital lies within its border s. A capital territory can be one specific form of federal district . In Australia , the capital Canberra lies within the Australian Capital Territory . The National Capital Territory of Delhi National Capital Territory is where New Delhi , the capital of India is located. Nigeria has its capital Abuja in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria Federal Capital Territory . See also Federal district Types of country subdivision Category Types of country subdivisions ... more details
A customs territory is a territory with individual customs regulations. The most common type of customs territory is the sovereign state and the others are the Trade bloc that has a customs union ref As of 2010 ... customs territory and instead they operate as a multiple separate customs territories that have ... autonomous or dependent territory dependent territory that has independence or is subject to specific ... customs territory . http www.tulli.fi en 09 Information for Businesses 01 Customs and fiscal territories ... EUcustoms Livigno ref name EUcustoms Campione d Italia ref name EUcustoms American Samoa US territory Anguilla British Overseas Territory Antarctica territory covered by the Antarctic Treaty System Aruba Netherlands territory Bermuda British Overseas Territory Bouvet Island Norway territory British Indian Ocean Territory British Overseas Territory Cayman Islands British Overseas Territory Ceuta Spanish territory Christmas Island Australian territory Cocos Keeling Islands Australian territory Falkland Islands British Overseas Territory Faroe Islands Danish territory French Polynesia French territory French Southern and Antarctic Lands French territory Gibraltar British Overseas Territory Greenland Danish territory Guam US territory Heard and McDonald Islands Australian territory Hong Kong , autonomous territory of PR China Macau , autonomous territory of PR China Mayotte French territory Melilla Spanish territory Montserrat British Overseas Territory Netherland Antilles Netherland territories New Caledonia French territory Norfolk Island Australian territory Northern Mariana Islands US territory Occupied Palestinian Territories Palestinian National Authority and Israel customs Pitcairn Islands British Overseas Territory Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha British Overseas Territory Saint Pierre and Miquelon French territory South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands British Overseas Territory Tokelau New Zealand territory Turks and Caicos Islands British Overseas Territory ... more details
Infobox Former Subdivision conventional long name Territory of Wisconsin common name Wisconsin Territory ... incorporated territory event start Organic Act effective date start July 3 year start 1836 event ... Iowa Territory split off date event1 July 4, 1838 p1 Michigan Territory flag p1 US flag 26 stars.svg s1 Wisconsin flag s1 Flag of Wisconsin.svg s2 Iowa Territory flag s2 US flag 30 stars.svg s3 Minnesota Territory flag s3 US flag 30 stars.svg image flag image coat symbol symbol type image map Wisconsinterritory.PNG image map caption Map of the Wisconsin Territory, 1836 1848 capital Madison, Wisconsin ... type Organized incorporated territory title leader List of Governors of Wisconsin Governors of Wisconsin Territory Governor leader1 Henry Dodge year leader1 1836 1841 leader2 James Duane Doty year ... 1845 1848 leader5 John Catlin acting year leader5 1848 legislature Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin The Territory of Wisconsin was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 3, 1836, until May 29, 1848, when an eastern portion of the territory ... was initially chosen as the capital of the territory, but this was changed in October 1836 to the current ...?action view&term id 583&keyword wisconsin Wisconsin territory Bot generated title ref Territorial area ... Territory was originally part of the Northwest Territory . It was later included with the Indiana Territory when this was formed in 1800 . In 1809 , it became part of the Illinois Territory then, when Illinois was about to become a state in 1818, this area was joined to the Michigan Territory . Then, the Wisconsin Territory was split off from Michigan Territory in 1836 as the state of Michigan prepared for statehood. However, the original Wisconsin Territory, as established in 1836, did not just include land from the original Northwest Territory. In 1833, Congress had annexed huge tracts of land west of the Mississippi to the then Michigan Territory. When the Wisconsin Territory ... more details
Infobox Former subdivision conventional long name Territory of Dakota common name Dakota Territory nation ... incorporated territory event pre date pre year pre event start Created from Nebraska Territory Nebraska & unorganized territories date start March 2 year start 1861 event1 Idaho Territory split off date event1 March 4 year event1 1863 event2 Land received from Idaho Territory date event2 May 28 year event2 1864 event3 Wyoming Territory split off date event3 July 25 year event3 1868 event end North Dakota & South Dakota statehood date end November 2 year end 1889 p1 Nebraska Territory flag p1 US flag 33 stars.svg p2 Unorganized territory flag p2 US flag 33 stars.svg s1 Idaho Territory flag s1 US flag 34 stars.svg s2 Wyoming Territory flag s2 US flag 45 stars.svg s3 North Dakota flag s3 Flag ... Bismarck, North Dakota Bismarck 1883 1889 government type Organized incorporated territory title leader Governor leader1 List of Governors of Dakota Territory List year leader1 leader2 year leader2 leader3 year leader3 leader4 year leader4 legislature The Territory of Dakota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until November 2, 1889, when the final extent of the reduced territory was split and admitted to the United States Union as the states of North Dakota North and South Dakota . The Dakota Territory consisted of the northernmost part ... branch of the Sioux tribes which occupied the area at the time. Most of Dakota Territory was formerly part of the Minnesota Territory Minnesota and Nebraska Territory Nebraska territories. When Minnesota ... government and unsuccessfully lobbied for United States territory status. However, it wasn t until ... in law, John Blair Smith Todd J.B.S. Todd , personally lobbied for territory status that Washington, D.C. Washington formally created Dakota Territory. It became an organized territory on March 2, 1861. Upon creation, Dakota Territory included much of present day Montana and Wyoming by 1868, creation ... more details
Infobox Former subdivision conventional long name Territory of Wyoming common name Wyoming Territory ... incorporated territory event pre date pre year pre event start Organic act date start July 25 year ... p1 Dakota Territory flag p1 US flag 37 stars.svg p2 Idaho Territory flag p2 US flag 37 stars.svg p3 Utah Territory flag p3 US flag 37 stars.svg s1 Wyoming flag s1 Flag of Wyoming.svg s2 flag s2 s3 flag s3 image flag image coat symbol type image map Wpdms idaho territory 1868.png image map caption ... incorporated territory title leader Governor leader1 List of Governors of Wyoming Governors of Wyoming Territory List year leader1 leader2 year leader2 leader3 year leader3 leader4 year leader4 legislature The Territory of Wyoming was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed ... Territory were identical to the modern State of Wyoming. Territory Because of Wyoming s location ... , the land which became Wyoming has a complicated history of territorial relationships. Portions of the territory ... with Washington U.S. state Washington , Oregon , Idaho , Dakota Territory Dakota , Nebraska and Utah ... , and Texas . The portion of the Wyoming Territory east of the continental divide was acquired by the U.S. in the 1803 Louisiana Purchase and organized into the Nebraska Territory in 1854 . In 1861 , the northern half of the Nebraska Territory, including the northeastern portion of future Wyoming Territory became part of the Dakota Territory small left small , while the southeastern portion remained ..., Wyoming Cheyenne . In 1863 , the Idaho Territory was formed it included the entirety of the modern ... of the Wyoming Territory west of the continental divide and north of the 42nd parallel was originally part of the Oregon Country , which was organized into the Oregon Territory in 1848 when Oregon entered ... Territory although its eastern part had been granted to the Nebraska Territory in 1854 small right small . The Idaho Territory subsumed this land as well in 1863 . The southwestern corner of what ... more details
Infobox Former Subdivision native name conventional long name Territory of Utah common name Utah Territory ... incorporated territory event pre State of Deseret date pre 1849 event start Utah Organic Act date start September 9 year start 1850 event1 Colorado Territory formed date event1 February 28 year event1 1861 event2 Nevada Territory formed date event2 March 2 year event2 1861 event3 Wyoming Territory ... end 1896 p1 Unorganized territory flag p1 US flag 30 stars.svg s1 Colorado Territory flag s1 US flag 33 stars.svg s2 Nevada Territory flag s2 US flag 33 stars.svg s3 Wyoming Territory flag s3 US flag ... coat symbol symbol type Flag image map Wpdms utah territory 1851 idx.png image map caption A map of the Utah Territory and its environs upon establishment, 1851. Modern state boundaries shown for clarity. capital Salt Lake City, Utah Salt Lake City government type Organized incorporated territory title leader List of Governors of Utah Governors of Utah Territory Governor leader1 Brigham Young year ... Utah Territorial Assembly Utah Territorial Assembly The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the United States Union as the State of Utah . The territory ... day that the State of California was admitted to the Union. The creation of the territory was part .... must check this California was admitted as free state, and the Utah Territory was organized as a slave territory. With the exception of a small area around the headwaters of the Colorado River in present ... States had acquired all the land of the territory from Mexico with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848 . The creation of the Utah Territory , albeit not as a slave territory, was partially the result ... Basin by the time of the creation of the Utah Territory. Following the organization of the territory ... by the General Assembly of the State of Deseret. Mormon governance in the territory was regarded ... more details
Infobox Former subdivision native name conventional long name Territory of Missouri common name Missouri ... incorporated territory event start Renaming of Louisiana Territory date start July 4, 1812 year start 1812 event1 Territory of Arkansaw created date event1 July 4, 1819 year event1 1819 event end Missouri statehood date end August 10, 1821 year end 1821 event pre date pre p1 Louisiana Territory flag p1 US flag 15 stars.svg p2 flag p2 p3 flag p3 s1 Territory of Arkansaw flag s1 US flag 21 stars.svg s2 Missouri flag s2 Flag of Missouri.svg s3 Unorganized territory flag s3 US flag 23 stars.svg ... of the Territory of Missouri in 1812 stat area1 stat pop1 stat year1 stat area2 stat pop2 stat year2 capital government type Organized incorporated territory title leader leader1 year leader1 leader2 year leader2 title deputy deputy1 year deputy1 The Territory of Missouri was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 4, 1812 until August 10, 1821, when the southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the United States Union as the State of Missouri . History The Missouri Territory was originally known as the Louisiana Territory and was renamed to avoid ... Territory with the British North America British territory of Rupert s Land at the 49th parallel north . This gave the Missouri Territory the Red River Valley south of the 49th parallel and gave ... established the southern and western boundaries of the territory with the Spanish territories ... of the Missouri Territory to Spain in exchange for Spanish Florida . The Convention of 1812 and the Adams Onis Treaty would be the last significant losses of United States territory from the contiguous United States . On March 2, 1819, all of the Missouri Territory south of the parallel 36 30 ... of the 36th parallel north , was designated the new Territory of Arkansaw . The spelling of Arkansaw ... until 1881 . The southeastern portion of the Missouri Territory was admitted to the Union as the State ... more details
FixBunching beg Infobox Former subdivision conventional long name Territory of Iowa common name Iowa Territory nation the United States subdivision Organized incorporated territories of the United States Organized incorporated territory event start Split from Wisconsin Territory date start July 4 year ... Territory created date end March 3 year end 1849 p1 Wisconsin Territory flag p1 US flag 26 stars.svg s1 Iowa flag s1 Flag of Iowa.svg s2 Minnesota Territory flag s2 US flag 30 stars.svg s3 flag s3 ... incorporated territory title leader List of Governors of Iowa Governor leader1 Robert Lucas governor ... Iowa territorial seal.jpg thumb center Iowa Territorial Seal. FixBunching end The Territory of Iowa was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1838, until December 28, 1846, when the southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the United States Union as the State of Iowa . History Most of the area comprising the territory was originally part of the Louisiana Purchase and was a part of the Missouri Territory . When Missouri became a state in 1821, this area along with the Dakotas effectively became unorganized territory . The area was closed ... Territory on June 28, 1834, and was split off with the Wisconsin Territory in 1836 when Michigan became a state. The Iowa Territory was the Iowa District of western Wisconsin Territory &mdash the region west of the Mississippi River . The original boundaries of the territory, as established in 1838 ... of Iowa Territory Robert Lucas governor Robert Lucas appointed 1838. John Chambers politician John Chambers appointed 1841. James Clarke Iowa James Clarke appointed 1845. Secretaries of Iowa Territory ... States History of Iowa Territorial evolution of the United States Territory of France that encompassed land that would later become part of the Territory of Iowa Louisiana New France Louisiane , 1682 1764 and 1803 Territory of Spain that would later be returned to France Louisiana New Spain Luisiana ... more details
Infobox Former subdivision conventional long name Territory of Washington common name Washington Territory ... incorporated territory event pre date pre year pre event start Split from Oregon Territory date start February 8 year start 1853 event1 Idaho Territory split off date event1 March 4 year event1 1863 event end Washington U.S. state Statehood date end November 11 year end 1889 p1 Oregon Territory flag p1 US flag 31 stars.svg s1 Nebraska Territory flag s1 US flag 34 stars.svg s2 Idaho Territory ... Organized incorporated territory title leader List of Governors of Washington Governor leader1 year leader1 leader2 year leader2 leader3 year leader3 leader4 year leader4 legislature The Territory of Washington was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from February 8, 1853, until November 11, 1889, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the United States Union as the Washington U.S. state State of Washington . The Washington Territory was created from the portion of the Oregon Territory north of the lower Columbia River and north of the 46th ... , to draft a petition to the District of Columbia calling for a separate territory north of the Columbia River. Three months later the United States Congress formed Columbia Territory, which was later known as Washington Territory. A first draft of the bill named the area Columbia Territory, but the name ... Fort Nisqually and the territory s first governor was Isaac Stevens . The original boundaries of the territory ... to the union in 1859, the eastern portions of the Oregon Territory, including southern Idaho, portions of Wyoming west of the continental divide then Nebraska Territory , and a small portion of present day Ravalli County, Montana were annexed to the Washington Territory. In 1863, the area of Washington Territory east of the Snake River and the 117th meridian west 117th meridian was reorganized as part of the newly created Idaho Territory , leaving the territory within the current boundaries ... more details
About the film Montana Territory film Infobox Former subdivision conventional long name Territory of Montana common name Montana Territory nation the United States subdivision Organized incorporated territories of the United States Organized incorporated territory event pre date pre year pre event start Split from Idaho Territory date start May 28 year start 1864 event1 date event1 year event1 event end Montana Statehood date end November 8 year end 1889 p1 Idaho Territory flag p1 US flag 35 stars.svg ... symbol type image map MontanaTerritory1879.jpg image map caption Montana Territory, 1879 capital Helena, Montana Helena 1875 1889 government type Organized incorporated territory title leader List of Governors ... year leader4 legislature The Territory of Montana was an organized incorporated territory of the United ... States Union as the State of Montana . History The Montana Territory was organized out of the existing Idaho Territory by Act of United States Congress Congress and signed into law by Abraham Lincoln ... part of the Nebraska Territory and Dakota Territory and had been acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase . The territory also included a portion of the Idaho Territory west of the continental ... in the Oregon Treaty , and originally included in the Oregon Territory . The part of the Oregon Territory that became part of Montana had been split off as part of the Washington Territory . The boundary between the Washington Territory and Dakota Territory was the Continental Divide as shown on the 1861 map , however the boundary between the Idaho Territory and the Montana Territory followed ... Act of the Territory of Montana ref name MontanaTerritory cite web url http courts.mt.gov library organic.pdf title An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Montana format ... possessions. The boundaries of the territory did not change during its existence. It was admitted ... dakota territories 1861.idx.png Image Wpdms idaho territory 1863 idx.png Image Wpdms idaho territory ... more details
Igua u Territory Territ rio Federal do Igua u was a federal territory of Brazil from 1943 to 1946. It was located in the south. See also Igua u coord missing Brazil Category Subdivisions of Brazil es Territorio del Iguaz pt Territ rio Federal do Igua u ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 National Territory is translated from Territorio nacional , a term used for territories in Argentina. The last national territory was the Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina Tierra del Fuego Province , which was given the status of a province in 1990. Types of administrative country subdivision DEFAULTSORT National Territory Category Administrative divisions ... more details
File Map of New Granada Terr Caqueta 1855 .png 300px right Caquet Territory lang es Territorio del Caquet was a territory of the United States of Colombia . In the North it bordered San Mart n Territory . In the 1863 constitution it was part of Cauca State . gallery File Estado del Cauca Territorio del Caquet .jpg gallery See also Caquet Department coord missing Colombia Category Former subdivisions of Colombia es Territorio Nacional del Caquet ... more details
400px thumb Map of Jefferson Territory The Provisional Government of the Territory of Jefferson was an extralegal and unrecognized United States territory that existed from October 24, 1859 until the Organic Act creation of the Colorado Territory on February 28, 1861. The Jefferson Territory included land officially part of the Kansas Territory , the Nebraska Territory , the New Mexico Territory , the Utah Territory , and the Washington Territory , but remote from the governments of those five territories. The government of the Jefferson Territory, while democratically elected, was never legally recognized by the United States Government , although it managed the territory with relatively ... 25, 1855, the Kansas Territory created Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory Arapahoe County , a huge county that included the entire western portion of the territory. The boundaries of Arapahoe County were defined as quotation Beginning at the northeast corner of New Mexico Territory New Mexico , running thence north to the south line of Nebraska Territory Nebraska and north line of Kansas Territory Kansas thence along said line to the east line of Utah Territory thence along said line between ... said New Mexico and the territory of Kansas to the place of beginning. Since Arapahoe County was occupied ... Dry Creek Diggings in Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory now Englewood, Colorado Englewood in Arapahoe ... to the area known as the Pike s Peak Country , which included Arapahoe County in the Kansas Territory and the unorganized southwestern corner of the Nebraska Territory . The leaders of the Kansas Territory ... of the territory, so little time or attention was available to attend to the needs of the far western portion of the territory. The United States Congress was likewise preoccupied with threats of secession ... determined to hold another convention on October 3, and drafted a provisional constitution for the Territory ... authorized the 1803 Louisiana Purchase that included much of this territory. The proposed Territory ... more details
dablink Not to be confused with the Territory of Orleans , the organized incorporated territory that became ... Territory of Louisiana common name Louisiana Territory nation the United States subdivision Organized incorporated territories of the United States Organized incorporated territory largest ever event ... stars.svg p2 flag p2 p3 flag p3 s1 Missouri Territory flag s1 US flag 15 stars.svg s2 flag s2 s3 flag ... map caption A map of the Territory of Louisiana stat area1 stat pop1 stat year1 stat area2 stat pop2 stat year2 capital government type Organized incorporated territory title leader Governor leader1 ... 1813 1820 title deputy deputy1 year deputy1 The Territory of Louisiana was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1805 until June 4, 1812, when it was renamed the Territory of Missouri . It was formed out of part of the lands acquired by the United States ... established Territory of Orleans and the civil District of Louisiana . This act, effective October 1, 1804, expanded the authority of the Governor and Judges of Indiana Territory in order to provide ... organizing the District of Louisiana into the Louisiana Territory, effective July 4, 1805. This territorial government was organized similarly to that of the Indiana Territory. ref http rs6.loc.gov ... 1875 . accessed December 14, 2008 ref The Louisiana Territory included everything in the Louisiana Purchase ... governors of the Louisiana Territory. Citation needed date December 2008 The Louisiana Territory ... Territory . Citation needed date December 2008 On October 1, 1812, Governor Clark organized the five administrative districts of Upper Louisiana Territory into counties, which later became the first five U.S. counties counties of Missouri Territory. In 1818 , Franklin County, Missouri Franklin ... Twelfth U.S. Congress enacted legislation that renamed the Louisiana Territory as the Territory ... of the territory of Missouri . United States Statutes at Large . Twelfth Congress, Session I, Chapter ... more details
Infobox Former subdivision native name conventional long name Territory of Alabama common name Alabama Territory width 270px nation the United States subdivision Organized incorporated territories of the United States Organized incorporated territory event start date start August 15, 1817 small ref name ... small year end 1819 event pre date pre p1 Mississippi Territory flag p1 US flag 15 stars.svg s1 Alabama ... map Mississippi Territory dark.gif image map caption stat area1 stat pop1 stat year1 stat area2 stat ... territory title leader List of Governors of Alabama Governor leader1 William Wyatt Bibb year leader1 1817 1819 The Territory of Alabama sometimes Alabama Territory Notes sup n sup was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 15, 1817, until December 14, 1819 ... to Congress Alabama Territory 1817 , The Intruders , TNGenNet Inc., 2001, quick webpage http www.tngenweb.org ... 50s statehood . ref History Although the Alabama Territory was designated by an Act of Congress ... place on 15 August 1817, small ref name TN small with Mississippi Territory becoming the State of Mississippi on December 10, 1817. Located in the central area of the Alabama Territory, St. Stephens ... Territory was created, Alabama was admitted to the union as the 22nd U.S. state , ref name TLmiss ... evolution of the United States Territories of Spain that would later become part of the Territory of Alabama Spanish Florida La Florida , 1565 1763 West Florida Florida Occidental , 1783 1821 Territory of the United Kingdom that would later become part of the Territory of Alabama West Florida , 1763 1783 U.S. states that State cessions ceded territorial claims that would later become part of the Territory ... to the U.S. U.S. territories U.S. territory with land that would later become part of the Territory of Alabama Territory of Mississippi , 1798 1817 U.S. state created from the Territory of Alabama State of Alabama , December 14, 1819 Notes Refbegin small n small Name Territory of Alabama was often ... more details
For the federal subject of Russia sometimes referred to as Maritime Territory Primorsky Krai Maritime territory is a term used in international law to denote coastal waters which are not Territorial Waters though in immediate contact with the sea. In the case of Territorial Waters, the dominion of the adjacent state is subject to a limitation. Dominion over maritime territory is not subject to any limitation. Thus any strait through which the right of passage of foreign vessels can be forbidden, or bays so land locked that they cannot be held to form part of any ocean highway, are maritime territory. See also International waters Territorial waters 1911 Update date November 2010 DEFAULTSORT Maritime Territory Category Law of the sea international law stub ... more details
An unorganized territory is a region of land without a normally constituted system of government. In practice, such territories have always been sparsely populated. An unorganized territory is not an unclaimed territory nor is it a territory with no government at all. In practice, unorganized territory ... century growth of the federated United States as great tracts such as the Louisiana Territory , Missouri Territory , the Oregon Country and so forth were established one year by congress, then split ... such separate pieces of territory as one or more separate county subdivisions for statistical purposes. It assigns each unorganized territory a descriptive name, followed by the designation unorganized territory. Unorganized territories were first used for statistical purposes in conjunction with the 1960 ... amounts of unorganized territory. However, the unorganized territory with the largest population is Marine ... population of 34,452 inhabitants. United States territory Image USA Territorial Growth 1830.jpg right thumb 200px Unorganized territory dark green in 1830. An unorganized territory is also a Territories of the United States United States territory for which the United States Congress has ... organized into self governing units. Currently, all federal unorganized territory is considered to be an Insular ... territory. Image USA Territorial Growth 1900.jpg right thumb 200px Unorganized territories dark green ... territory. After acquisition of the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1805, the entire region had been part of the Louisiana Territory until 1812 and the Missouri Territory until 1821. In 1821 the Missouri Compromise create the Missouri State of Missouri from the territory, and the rest of the region was left unorganized. The Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 created the Kansas Territory Kansas and Nebraska Territory Nebraska Territories, bringing organized government to the region once again. The creation of Kansas and Nebraska left the Indian Territory as the only unorganized territory in the Great ... more details
Infobox Former subdivision conventional long name Territory of Idaho common name Idaho Territory nation ... territory event pre date pre year pre event start Split from Dakota Territory Dakota & Washington Territory Washington territories date start March 4 year start 1863 event1 Montana Territory split off & land ceded to Dakota Territory date event1 May 28 year event1 1864 event1 Wyoming Territory ... 1890 p1 Washington Territory flag p1 US flag 34 stars.svg p2 Dakota Territory flag p2 US flag 34 stars.svg s1 Montana Territory flag s1 US flag 35 stars.svg s2 Dakota Territory flag s2 US flag 35 stars.svg s3 Wyoming Territory flag s3 US flag 37 stars.svg s4 Idaho flag s4 Flag of Idaho.svg image flag image coat Idahoterritoryseal1866.jpeg symbol type Seal of Idaho Territory 1866 1890 image map image ... type Organized incorporated territory title leader List of Governors of Idaho Governor leader1 year ... 200px thumb right Seal of Idaho Territory 1863 1866 The Territory of Idaho was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 4, 1863, until July 3, 1890, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the United States Union as the State of Idaho . 1860s The territory was officially organized on March 4, 1863 by Act of United States Congress ... west of the Continental Divide that was formerly part of the huge Oregon Territory by now some was a state had been sundered from the coastal Washington Territory north of the young Oregon State of Oregon to the far west and the remnant of the Oregon Territory was officially unorganized &mdash ... Territory ending along the 49th parallel&mdash now the border with Canada , then a colonialism colonial possession of Great Britain. The original newly organized territory covered most of the present ... was a distant concern to those in the comparatively stable Idaho Territory, a situation which in turn encouraged settlement. In 1864, the Montana Territory was organized from the northeastern section ... more details
Distinguish Indiana Territory About the historical territory in the United States of America Indian Country ... common name Oklahoma native name conventional long name Indian Territory status text nation the United States subdivision Unorganized territory p1 flag p1 image p1 life span year start 1834 year end 1907 s1 Platte Purchase flag s1 US flag 25 stars.svg s2 Kansas Territory flag s2 US flag 31 stars.svg s3 Nebraska Territory flag s3 US flag 31 stars.svg s4 Oklahoma Territory flag s4 US flag 38 ... anthem image map okterritory.png image map alt Oklahoma and Indian Territory, 1890s image map caption Oklahoma and Indian Territory, 1890s capital latd latm latNS longd longm longEW area government type Unorganized territory title leader title deputy leader1 up to six year leader1 deputy1 year deputy ... event3 Oklahoma Territory date event3 May 2, 1890 event post date post year post stat year1 up ... Purchase , Colorado , North Dakota , South Dakota , Montana , Wyoming footnotes The Indian Territory ... were set by the Indian Intercourse Act of 1834. The Indian Territory had its roots in the Kingdom ... sites of Chicago and Detroit to the United States. Image IndianTerritory.jpg left thumb Indian Territory in 1891 The Indian Territory served as the destination for the policy of Indian Removal , a policy ... there were already many Indians living in the territory, as well as whites and escaped slaves. Other ... territory. The Five Civilized Tribes set up towns such as Tulsa , Ardmore, Oklahoma Ardmore , Tahlequah ... during the Indian Territory in the American Civil War American Civil War in Indian territory ... June 1865. In time, the Indian Territory was gradually reduced to what is now Oklahoma then, with the organization of Oklahoma Territory in 1890, to just the eastern half of the area. The citizens of Indian Territory tried, in 1905, to gain admission to the union as the State of Sequoyah , but were .... With Oklahoma statehood in November 1907, Indian Territory was extinguished. Many Indians continue ... more details
Infobox Former subdivision conventional long name Territory of Oregon common name Oregon Territory nation ... incorporated territory event pre Oregon Treaty date pre June 14 year pre 1846 event start Organized date start August 14 year start 1848 event1 Washington Territory split off date event1 February 8 year ... p1 US flag 30 stars.svg s1 Washington Territory flag s1 US flag 31 stars.svg s2 Oregon flag s2 Flag ... Seal of the Oregon Territory image map image map caption capital Oregon City, Oregon Oregon City ... 1855 1859 government type Organized incorporated territory title leader List of Governors of Oregon ... leader5 George Law Curry year leader5 1854 1859 legislature The Territory of Oregon was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 14, 1848, until February 14, 1859, when the southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the United States Union as the State ... between the U.S. and Great Britain in 1846. When established, the territory encompassed an area that included ... of Wyoming and Montana . The capital of the territory was first Oregon City, Oregon Oregon City ... by Native Americans, the region that became the Oregon Territory was explored by Europeans first by sea ... joint Corning, p. 129. ref Formation File Wpdms oregon territory 1848.png thumb Oregon Territory, as originally organized, in 1848 File Wpdms oregon washington territories 1853.png thumb Oregon Territory blue with Washington Territory green in 1853 File Wpdms oregon washington territory 1859.png thumb State of Oregon blue with Washington Territory green in 1859 During the period of joint occupation ..., no government existed in the Oregon Country, as no one nation held dominion over the territory ... parallel and all of Vancouver Island , with the United States receiving the territory south of that line ... of the region into a U.S. territory. ref name Territory of Oregon Corning, p. 240. ref On August ... what was officially the Territory of Oregon. ref name Territory of Oregon The Territory of Oregon ... more details
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