Country
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In political geography and international politics, a country is a political division of a geographical entity. Frequently, a sovereign territory, the term is most commonly associated with the notions of state or nation and government.
In common usage, the term is used casually in the sense of both "nation" and "state". Definitions may vary. It is sometimes used to refer to both states and some other political entities.[1], while in some occasions it refers only to state.[2] It is not uncommon for general information or statistical publications to adopt the wider definition for purposes such as illustration and comparison.[3]
There are non-sovereign territories (subnational entities, another form of political division or administrative division within a larger nation-state) which constitute cohesive geographical entities, some of which are former countries, but which are not sovereign states. Some are designated as countries, others are not. The degree of autonomy and local government varies widely. Some are possessions of such states — as several states have overseas dependencies, with territory and citizenry separate from their own. Such dependencies are sometimes listed together with states on lists of countries.[3]
[edit] See also
- Nation-state for the history of the development of the modern nation states
- List of countries
- Lists by country
- List of sovereign states
- List of international rankings
- Constituent Countries
- State
- Dependent area
- List of dependent territories
- List of subnational entities
- ISO 3166-1, list of countries and corresponding international standard codes
- Country calling codes, list of telephone prefixes
- List of country name etymologies
- List of enclaves and exclaves
- Territory
- Border
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/aia1901230/s22.html, http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/disp.pl/au/cases/cth/federal%5fct/1997/912.html, http://foia.state.gov/masterdocs/09fam/0941104X1.pdf http://www.economist.com/theworldin/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3372495&d=2005 http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/84411.pdf
- ^ About.com:"Geography: Country, State, and Nation".
- ^ a b countryreports.org, cia.gov, guinnessworldrecords.com, guinnessworldrecords.com [1] [2] http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/chapters/pdf/index2007_RegionA_Asia-Pacific.pdf
- Anderson, Benedict; 'Imagined Communities: Reflections On the origin and Spread of Nationalism'; London, Verso; 1991
- Viotti, Paul R. and Kauppi, Mark V.; 'International Relations and World Politics - Security, Economy, Identity'; Second Edition; New Jersey, Prentice Hall; 2001
[edit] External links
- List of countries List of countries in various formats (CSV, TXT, HTML) for use in databases and applications
- List of nationalities List of nationalities in various formats (CSV, TXT, HTML) for use in databases and applications
- Geography Site Country Profiles - Based on the CIA World Factbook
- How many countries are there?
- Demonyms - What do you call people from different countries?
- Library of Congress - Country Studies
- BBC Country Profiles
- The CIA World Factbook
- The US Department of State - Background Notes Facts and informations on countries, dependencies and areas of special sovereignty around the world
- Countries in 1900
- PopulationData.net
- United Nations statistics division
- United Nations eDocs Web Service XML data list of countries.
- United Nations - UNeDocs Code List Web Service
