Territorial entity




A territorial entity is an entity that covers a part of the surface of the Earth with specified borders.




Contents






  • 1 Physiographic territorial entity


  • 2 Humangeographic territorial entity


    • 2.1 Administrative territorial entity


    • 2.2 Other




  • 3 See also





Physiographic territorial entity


  • Physiographic regions of the world


Humangeographic territorial entity



Administrative territorial entity


Established by a non-physical act, such as a law, order, decree, for administrative tasks. Can include political entities with their own government, but also statistical regions or reserves.



  • Continental union


  • Country (in the sense of a sovereign state, e.g. United Nations member state, or states with limited recognition)


  • Country subdivision

    • administrative divisions

    • constituencies

    • statistical region

    • police district

    • school district




  • Cross-border region (e.g. euroregion, eurodistrict)


  • Neutral zone, belonging to no country, or ownership is shared.



Other


Established by physical acts, e.g. settlement, see List of uninhabited regions.



See also



  • Enclave and exclave

  • Legal entity

  • Territorial dispute

  • Territorial waters








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