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The territories are members of the Commonwealth of Nations through the United Kingdom. The inhabited territories compete in their own right at the Commonwealth Games, and three of the territories (Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands) sent teams to the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Current Overseas Territories. Government. The head of state in the Overseas Territories is the British monarch, presently King Charles III. The King’s role in the territories is in his role as King of the United Kingdom, and not in the right of each territory.
This table specifically addresses the countries of the British Commonwealth. As such, countries joining after the 1949 name change to Commonwealth of Nations do not appear. They are, however, listed in the master table further down this page as well as on the Commonwealth of Nations page.
Below are lists of the countries and territories that were formerly ruled or administered by the United Kingdom or part of the British Empire (including military occupations that did not retain the pre-war central government), with their independence days.
The UK has 13 overseas territories. The Cayman Islands in the Caribbean is the most populous British overseas territory. The British Antarctic Territory is the largest British overseas territory by land area, but has no permanent human population. Gibraltar, situated on the southern coast of the Iberian Peninsula, is the most densely populated ...
There are 14 UK Overseas Territories (OT) across the globe, of which ten are permanently inhabited by British nationals. All the Territories have historic links to the UK and, together with the UK and Crown Dependencies like Jersey and Guernsey, form one undivided realm where the King is sovereign. This means they have no separate international ...
United Kingdom Overseas Territories - Toponymic Information. United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs), also known as British Overseas Territories (BOTs), have constitutional and...
The UK's mainland consists of the island of Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) and Northern Ireland. In addition, there are 14 overseas territories of Britain that are remnants of former British colonies.
The UK has 14 Overseas Territories, though four have no permanent British population. They have a population of over 270,000 people, and their marine areas cover around 2% of the world’s ocean surface.
The UK has 14 overseas territories. They range from small islands in the South Atlantic, such as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, to large territories in the Caribbean, such as the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands. Figure 1. Map detailing the UK’s overseas territories.