Dependent territory
territory that does not possess full political independence as a sovereign state / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A dependent territory, dependent area or dependency is a territory that is not fully independent or sovereign, and also not fully part of a independent country. However, the sovereign state has some degree of influence on the dependent territory, although some of the dependent territories are fully responsible for their internal affairs. As such, a dependent territory as unsatisfying integrated the non-self-governing territories list (for example, a colony)
A dependent territory is different from a country subdivision in that it is not geographically part of the sovereign state nor its constituent part, instead, is understood typically a division of the state proper. A dependent territory often maintains some degree of political autonomy not enjoyed by a country’s administrative divisions. Historically, most colonies were considered to be dependent territories. However, not all autonomous polities are dependencies or dependent territories, and not all dependencies are autonomous. Most inhabited dependent territories have their own ISO 3166 code.
Some political entities inhabit a special position conserved by the internacional treaty or other agreement, thereby creates a certain degree of autonomy (for example, the difference in immigration rules). Those entities are sometimes considered to be, or are at least grouped with, dependent territories, but are officially considered by their governing states to be an integral part of those states. Such as a example is Åland, a autonomous region of Finland.