The US Claims the following places as terretories:
Guam
Mariana Islands
US Virgin Islands
In addition these terretories are uninhabited but claimed by the United States,
some of these claims are disputed by other countries:
Palmyra Atoll
Baker Island
Howland Island
Jarvis island
Johnston Atoll
Kingman Reef
Bajo Nuevo Reef
Serranillo Bank
Midway Island
Navassa Island
Wake Atoll
There are 5 major Territories and 11 smaller Pacific Islands
5 major- Peurto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Somoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
When most people think of US Territories, they think of organized, incorporated territories such as the Northwest Territory, Oklahoma Territory, and the Alaska Territory. The last organized incorporated terrirories were Alaska and Hawaii, and they were admited to the Union as States in 1959. The US has several unorganized incorporated territories: * Palmyra Atoll is privately owned by the Nature Conservancy and administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior. It is an archipelago of about 50 small islands about 1.56 square miles (4 km²) in area that lies about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) south of Honolulu * U.S. coastal waters out to 12 nautical miles, and tidelands of every coastal state except Texas. * U.S. flag vessels at sea. * The grounds of U.S. diplomatic missions abroad, by reciprocal treaty with the host country. The US also has unincorporated territories. Unincorporated organized territories include: * Guam * Northern Mariana Islands (commonwealth) * Puerto Rico (commonwealth) * United States Virgin Islands Unincorporated unorganized territories include: * American Samoa, technically unorganized, but self-governing under a constitution last revised in 1967 * Baker Island, uninhabited * Howland Island, uninhabited * Jarvis Island, uninhabited * Johnston Atoll, uninhabited * Kingman Reef, uninhabited * Bajo Nuevo Bank, uninhabited (claimed by Jamaica and several other Central American countries) * Serranilla Bank, uninhabited (claimed by Colombia) * Midway Islands, no indigenous inhabitants, currently included in the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge * Navassa Island, uninhabited (claimed by Haiti) * Wake Atoll consisting of Peale, Wake and Wilkes Islands, no indigenous inhabitants, only contractor personnel (claimed by the Marshall Islands) * Certain parcels in foreign countries held by lease, such as military bases, depending on the terms of a lease, treaty, or status of forces agreement with the host country
Places like Guam and Puerto Rico are owned by the United States
Puerto Rico, virgin Islands and Samoa.
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There are 7 territories in India.
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Israel does not own the US or any other overseas territories.
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There are five territories of the US that are islands: American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
The United States is the third largest country in the world, which is split up into fifty states, which also have fourteen territories around the world. For example American Samoa, Baker Island and Guam are US Territories. 3.96 million live in all the US Territories.
There are 14 territories under the United States jurisdiction.
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The US has many possessions in the Pacific, one well known one is Hawaii, a US state added in 1959, but there are other Pacific territories. Unincorporated Organized Territories Unincorporated territories are territories where the US Constitution doesn’t automatically apply. Organized territories are territories that are self-governing to a degree. They are… Guam Northern Mariana Islands Unincorporated Unorganized Territories Unincorporated territories are territories where the US Constitution doesn’t automatically apply. Unorganized territories are territories that are not self-governing. They are… Howland Island Wake Island Jarvis Island Johnston Atoll Kingman Reef Midway Reef American Samoa (It has an organized government, but Congress hasn’t updated American Samoa yet) Incorporated Unorganized Territories Incorporated territories are territories where the US Constitution automatically applies. Unorganized territories are territories that are not self-governing. Palmyra Atoll Freely Associated Countries These are independent countries, and are recognized as such, but there in a deal with the US, where the US defends, and economically supports these countries, in exchange for being allowed to build military bases. People from the US can live, and work in these countries, and people from these countries can live, and work in the US. Palau Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia
Yes the US has several territories; 6 incorporated territories and many unincorporated ones that serve as military bases.
No there isn't any more US territories that still exists.
Northwest Territories and Nunavut