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The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) or alternately referred to as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs) [1] [2] are the fourteen territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, while not forming part of the United Kingdom itself, are part of its sovereign territory.
British Overseas Territories-related lists (22 C, 1 P) A. British Antarctic Territory (14 C, 48 P) B. British Indian Ocean Territory (9 C, 12 P) Buildings and ...
Gibraltar held a referendum on whether or not to share sovereignty with Spain. 98.48% of voters rejected the proposal in favour of remaining solely a British overseas territory with only 1.02% supporting the proposal. Falkland Islands: 11 March: 2013: Falkland Islanders voted in favour of remaining a British overseas territory by 99.8% to 0.2%.
British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies cities began as settlements in foreign lands controlled by England during medieval times from the 12th century as English overseas possessions, later from 1707 after union with Scotland becoming termed as the British Empire comprising Crown Colonies, which after a reduction of these due to countries being granted independence, became known as ...
United Kingdom (plus British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) →including: → Akrotiri and Dhekelia → Anguilla → Bermuda → British Indian Ocean Territory. → Cayman Islands → Falkland Islands → Gibraltar → Guernsey → Isle of Man → Jersey → Montserrat → Pitcairn Islands → Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan ...
Transcontinental countries in Europe and Africa, classified as Southern European countries by the United Nations Statistics Division: Italy (Pantelleria and the Pelagie Islands), Malta, Portugal (Madeira [including the Savage Islands]), and Spain (Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, Alboran Island, and Spain's plazas de soberanía).
The term may also be applied to British Overseas Territories (BOTs) in the Caribbean, as they are also English-speaking and the United Kingdom is a member of the Commonwealth. However, other terms may also be used to specifically refer to these territories, such as "British overseas territories in the Caribbean", [ 2 ] "British Caribbean ...
British Antarctic Territory: 200 (staff) 0 British Indian Ocean Territory: 3,200 (military and staff) 19 Up to 1% of living people born in the British Indian Ocean Territory now reside in the UK British Virgin Islands: 21,730 163 Up to 1% of living people born in the British Virgin Islands now reside in the UK Cayman Islands: 64,948 369