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Many of these territories are often described as dependencies or autonomous areas. 3. Dependent territories of sovereign states. Two of these territories (French Polynesia and New Caledonia) are associate members of the Pacific Islands Forum, while five others (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Tokelau, and Wallis and Futuna) hold ...
Contents. List of Oceanian countries by area. Below is a list of countries and dependencies in Oceania by area. [ 1 ] Australia is the largest country in Oceania while Nauru is the smallest. Australia. Papua New Guinea. New Zealand. Solomon Islands. New Caledonia (France)
This is a list of Oceanian countries and dependencies by population in Oceania, which includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Projections are from the United Nations [ 1 ] and official figures are from the Pacific Community [ 2 ] and other official sources.
Oceania is a geographical, and geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The term is also sometimes used to denote a continent comprising Australia and proximate Pacific islands. [1][2][3][4] The boundaries of Oceania are defined in a number of ways.
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, [17] is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. [18] Australia has a total area of 7,688,287 km 2 (2,968,464 sq mi), making it the sixth-largest country in the world and the largest country by area in Oceania.
This category has the following 32 subcategories, out of 32 total. Buildings and structures in Oceania by country (32 C) Oceanian culture by country (24 C) Economies of Oceania by country (27 C) Education in Oceania by country (21 C) Environment of Oceania by country (19 C) Geography of Oceania by country (28 C)
[136] The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Place Names (2017), by John Everett-Heath, states that Oceania is "a collective name for more than 10,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean" and that "it is generally accepted that Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, and the islands north of Japan (the Kurils and Aleutians) are excluded."
Subcategories. This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total. Countries in Oceania by region (4 C) Geography of Oceania by region (4 C) History of Oceania by region (4 C) Oceanian people by region (4 C) Environment of Oceania by region (4 C)