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Àwọn Agbègbè Òkèrè Brítánì
British Overseas Territories
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Àwọn Agbegbe Okere Britani (British Overseas Territories) ni awon agbegbe merinla okere Britani, ti won kii se ara Britani gangan.[1] Won je iseku Ile Obaluaye Britani ti won ko i ti gba ominira tabi dibo lati duro gege bi agbegbe Britani.

Current overseas territories

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The 14 British overseas territories are:[2]

Flag Arms Name Location Motto Area Population Capital
Anguilla Caribbean and North Atlantic Territories Strength and Endurance 146 km2 (56.4 sq mi)[3] 13,500[4] The Valley
Bermuda Caribbean and North Atlantic Territories Quo fata ferunt (Latin: "Whither the Fates carry [us]") 54 km2 (20.8 sq mi)[5] 64,000 (2007 estimate)[6] Hamilton
British Antarctic Territory Antarctica Research and discovery 1,709,400 km2 (660,000 sq mi)[3] 50 in winter; over 400 in summer[7] Rothera (main base)
British Indian Ocean Territory Indian Ocean In tutela nostra Limuria (Latin: "Limuria is in our charge") 46 km2 (18 sq mi)[8] About 3,000 UK and US military and staff.[9] Diego Garcia (base)
British Virgin Islands Caribbean and North Atlantic Territories Vigilate (Latin: "Be watchful") 153 km2 (59 sq mi)[10] 27,000 (2005 estimate)[10] Road Town
Cayman Islands Caribbean and North Atlantic Territories He hath founded it upon the seas 264 km2 (101.9 sq mi)[11] 54,878 [11] George Town
Falkland Islands South Atlantic Ocean Desire the right 12,173 km2 (4,700 sq mi)[5] 2,955 (2006 census)[12] Stanley
Gibraltar Iberian Peninsula Nulli expugnabilis hosti (Latin: "No enemy shall expel us") 6.5 km2 (2.5 sq mi)[13] 28,800 (2005)[14] Gibraltar
Montserrat Caribbean and North Atlantic Territories 101 km2 (39 sq mi)*[15] 4,655 (2006 estimate)[15] Plymouth (abandoned due to volcano—de facto capital is Brades)
Pitcairn Islands Pacific Ocean 45 km2 (17 sq mi)
(all islands)[16]
67 (2011) Adamstown
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha   South Atlantic Ocean Loyal and Unshakeable (St Helena)
Our faith is our strength (Tristan da Cunha)
420 km2 (162 sq mi) 5530 Total
4,255 (Saint Helena only; 2008 census)[17]
1,275 (Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; estimates)[18]
Jamestown
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Atlantic Ocean Leo terram propriam protegat (Latin: "Let the lion protect his own land") 4,066 km2 (1,570 sq mi)[19] 99[20] King Edward Point/Grytviken
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Mediterranean (Cyprus) 255 km2 (98 sq mi)[21] 14,000 (about half British military and staff); Episkopi Cantonment
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean and North Atlantic Territories "Beautiful by nature, clean by choice" 430 km2 (166 sq mi)[22] 32,000 (2006 census estimate)[22] Cockburn Town



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  2. "[ARCHIVED CONTENT] UK Overseas Territories Foreign & Commonwealth Office". Collections.europarchive.org. Retrieved 8 December 2010. [Ìjápọ̀ tí kò ṣiṣẹ́ mọ́]
  3. 3.0 3.1 "British Antarctic Territory". Jncc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2010. 
  4. "Commonwealth Secretariat — Anguilla". Thecommonwealth.org. Retrieved 8 December 2010. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 "UNdata | record view | Surface area in km2". United Nations. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2010. 
  6. "Bermuda". Jncc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2010. 
  7. "Commonwealth Secretariat — British Antarctic Territory". Thecommonwealth.org. Retrieved 8 December 2010. 
  8. "British Indian Ocean Territory". Jncc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2010. 
  9. "Commonwealth Secretariat — British Indian Ocean Territory". Thecommonwealth.org. Retrieved 8 December 2010. 
  10. 10.0 10.1 "British Virgin Islands (BVI)". Jncc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2010. 
  11. 11.0 11.1 "The World Factbook: Cayman Islands". CIA. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2011. 
  12. "Commonwealth Secretariat — Falkland Islands". Thecommonwealth.org. 14 June 1982. Retrieved 8 December 2010. 
  13. "Gibraltar". Jncc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2010. 
  14. "Commonwealth Secretariat — Gibraltar". Thecommonwealth.org. 7 November 2002. Retrieved 8 December 2010. 
  15. 15.0 15.1 "Montserrat". Jncc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2010. 
  16. "Pitcairn Island". Jncc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2010. 
  17. "UN Statistics — St Helena census 2008" (PDF). United Nations. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2011. 
  18. "Territories: St Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha". BBC. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011. 
  19. "Ẹda pamosi". Archived from the original on 2016-01-31. Retrieved 2012-11-12. 
  20. "Population of Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands". Population.mongabay.com. 31 March 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2010. 
  21. "SBA Cyprus". Jncc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2010. 
  22. 22.0 22.1 "Turks and Caicos Islands". Jncc.gov.uk. 1 November 2009. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2010.