British Overseas Territories
territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom
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The British overseas territory is a member of the World Meteorological Organization and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) [1][2]. It participates in international postal services through the UPU [1][2]. It engages in global meteorological cooperation as part of the World Meteorological Organization [1][2].
Key Facts
- Member of: World Meteorological Organization[3], Universal Postal Union UPU[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: United Kingdom[5]
- Country: United Kingdom[6]
- Instance of: dependent territory[7]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Akrotiri and Dhekelia[8], Anguilla[9], Bermuda[10], British Antarctic Territory[11], British Indian Ocean Territory[12], British Virgin Islands[13], Cayman Islands[14], Falkland Islands[15], Gibraltar[16], Montserrat[17], Pitcairn Islands[18], Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha[19], South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands[20], Turks and Caicos Islands[21]
- Follows: British Dependent Territory[22]
- Subclass of: human-geographic territorial entity[23], administrative territorial entity of the United Kingdom[24], first-level administrative division[25], dependent territory[26], overseas territory[27]
- Part of: realm of the United Kingdom[28]
- Commons category: British Overseas Territories[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:British Overseas Territories[30], Category:Dependent territories of the United Kingdom[31]
- Commons gallery: British Overseas Territories[32]
- Quantity: 14[33]
- Category for people born here: Q27516486[34]
- Category for people who died here: Q27516473[35]
- Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in British Overseas Territories[36]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from dependent territories of the United Kingdom[37]
- Different from: British Dependent Territory[38]
- Economy of topic: economy of British Overseas Territories[39]
Why It Matters
British Overseas Territories has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 124 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]