Breetish Owerseas Territories

The Breetish Owerseas Territories is fowerteen Stewartries that the Unitit Kinrick haes unner its sovereignty, but's no pairt o the Unitit Kinrick itsel.

The Breetish Owerseas Territories athort the warld. (Names gien in Inglis)

The name "British Overseas Territory" wis brocht in bi the British Overseas Territories Act 2002, an replaced the name "British dependent territory" that wis brocht in bi the British Nationality Act 1981. Afore that, the territories wis kent as the colonies or the Croun colonies. The Breetish Owerseas Territories is referred tae as owerseas territories o the Unitit Kinrick an aw, UK owerseas territories, or whan the context is clear, juist the Owerseas Territories.

The territories o Jersay, Guernsey an the Isle o Mann, tho unner the sovereignty o the Breetish Croun an aw, haes a sicht different constitutional relationship wi the Unitit Kinrick, an sae is clessed as Croun dependencies raither nor Owerseas Territories. Territories an dependencies is distinct frae the Commonweel o Nations, a voluntar associe o umwhile Breetish colonies an syne ither nations sic as Mozambique that haes jyned acause o the benefits it gies.

Current Overseas Territories

Banner	Airms	Territory	Location	Mottae	Area		Population	Caipital
		Anguilla	Caribbean	Strength and Endurance	39.4 sq mi	102.0 km2	12,800	The Valley
		Bermuda	North Atlantic Ocean	Quo fata ferunt (Latin: "Whither the Fates carry [us]")	20.6 sq mi	53.4 km2	64,482	Hamilton
		British Antarctic Territory	Antarctica	Research and discovery	666,000 sq mi	1,724,900 km2	200 staff	Rothera (main base)
		British Indian Ocean Territory	Indian Ocean	In tutela nostra Limuria (Latin: "Limuria is in our charge")	23 sq mi	60 km2	3,200 military and staff	Diego Garcia (base)
		British Virgin Islands	Caribbean	Vigilate (Latin: "Be watchful")	59 sq mi	153 km2	21,730	Road Town
		Cayman Islands	Caribbean	He hath founded it upon the seas	100.4 sq mi	260.0 km2	46,600	George Town
		Falkland Islands	South Atlantic Ocean	Desire the right	4,702 sq mi	12,178 km2	2,967	Stanley
		Gibraltar	Iberian Peninsula	Nulli expugnabilis hosti (Latin: "No enemy shall expel us")	2.5 sq mi	6.5 km2	27,776	Gibraltar
		Montserrat	Caribbean		39 sq mi	101 km2	9,000	Plymouth (abandoned due tae volcanae—de facto caipital is Brades)
		Pitcairn Islands	Pacific Ocean	Nane	17 sq mi	44 km2 (aw islands)	67	Adamstown
		Saint Helena (includin Ascension, Tristan da Cunha)	South Atlantic Ocean	Loyal and unshakeable	158 sq mi	409 km2 (aw islands)	6,563	Jamestown
		South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	South Atlantic Ocean	Leo terram propriam protegat (Latin: "Let the lion protect his own land")	1,508 sq mi	3,906 km2	11-26 staff	King Edward Point/Grytviken
		Sovereign Base Areas o Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Mediterranean (Cyprus)	Dieu et mon droit (French: "God and my right")	98 sq mi	254 km2	15,000 (awmaist hauf British military and staff)	Episkopi Cantonment
		Turks and Caicos Islands	Caribbean		166 sq mi	430 km2	21,500	Cockburn Town

See also

Owerseas territories