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Dependent territory From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Territory that does not possess full political independence as a sovereign state, yet remains administratively outside the territory of its controlling state A dependent territory , dependent area or dependency is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a sovereign state yet remains politically outside the controlling state's integral area. [1] A dependency is commonly distinguished from subnational entities in that they are not considered to be part of the integral territory of the governing state. A subnational entity typically represents a division of the state proper , while a dependent territory often maintains a great degree of autonomy from the controlling state. Historically, most colonies were considered to be dependencies of their controlling state. The dependencies that remain generally maintai...