Outside United States

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Outskirts of the United States

The outer areas of the United States (officially the outer areas under the sovereignty of the United States of America , English the Outlying Territories under the Jurisdiction of the United States of America ) are a designation for the following archipelagos and islands , broken down by location ( Caribbean and American Oceania in the Pacific ):

Caribbean

flag Archipelago or island official status Land area
(km²)
Water surface
(km²)
Residents Taking possession Coordinates ISO 3166-1
ISO 3166-2
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico organized, non-involved area 8,959 - 3,994,259 1898 18 ° 15 ′  N , 66 ° 30 ′  W. PR
American Virgin IslandsAmerican Virgin Islands American Virgin Islands organized, non-involved area 349 - 108.605 1917 18 ° 20 ′  N , 64 ° 50 ′  W. VI
Flag of Navassa Island (local) .svg Navassa 1 unorganized, uninvolved area 5.2 - 0 1857 18 ° 24 '  N , 75 ° 1'  W. UM-76

former:

Pacific

flag Archipelago or island official status Land area
(km²)
Lagoon
(km²)
Residents Taking possession Coordinates ISO 3166-1
ISO 3166-2
GuamGuam Guam organized, non-involved area 549 - 168,564 1898 13 ° 24 '  N , 144 ° 43'  E GU
Mariana Islands NorthernNorthern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands organized, non-involved area 463.64 - 44,582 1945 16 ° 8 '  N , 145 ° 45'  E MP
Samoa AmericanAmerican Samoa American Samoa unorganized, uninvolved area 199 - 57,881 1899 14 ° 17 ′  S , 170 ° 42 ′  W AS
- Baker Island 1 unorganized, uninvolved area 1.64 - 0 1857 0 ° 12 ′  N , 176 ° 29 ′  W. UM-81
- Howland Island 1 unorganized, uninvolved area 1.85 - 0 1857 0 ° 48 ′  N , 176 ° 37 ′  W. UM-84
- Jarvis Island 1 unorganized, uninvolved area 4.50 - 0 1858 0 ° 22 ′  S , 160 ° 0 ′  W UM-86
Flag of Johnston Atoll (local) .svg Johnston Atoll 1 unorganized, uninvolved area 2.67 130 0 1858 16 ° 45 ′  N , 169 ° 31 ′  W. UM-67
- King attack 1 unorganized, uninvolved area 0.01 60 0 1922 6 ° 24 ′  N , 162 ° 24 ′  W. UM-89
Flag of the Midway Islands (local) .svg Midway Islands 1 unorganized, uninvolved area 6.23 60 40 1867 28 ° 13 ′  N , 177 ° 22 ′  W UM-71
Flag of Palmyra Atoll (local) .svg Palmyra Atoll 1 non-organized, integrated area 2 3.90 8th 0 1898 5 ° 52 '  N , 162 ° 5'  W. UM-95
Flag of Wake Island.svg Wake -Atoll 1 unorganized, uninvolved area 7.37 10 0 1899 19 ° 18 '  N , 166 ° 38'  E UM-79
1form the United States Minor Outlying Islands , all of which were annexed under the Guano Islands Act
2The Palmyra Atoll is the only "incorporated territory" that is an integral part of the USA, but is not assigned to a state or the District of Columbia .

The former British -US American condominium Canton and Enderbury , which consisted of the atolls Canton and Enderbury in the northeast of the Phoenix Islands , became part of this new island state on July 12, 1979, the day of the independence of the state of Kiribati .

The US outlying areas also include smaller uninhabited islands and atolls, the United States Minor Outlying Islands . The Guantanamo Bay Naval Base , located in the southern part of Guantánamo Bay , is not a US external area, but a US military base on leased land on the island of Cuba .

politics

Residents of the U.S. outer areas do not have the right to vote at the federal level, but some elect delegates in the presidential primaries .

See also

Web links

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