United States territories

E30797

political territorial entity territory of a country

United States territories are regions under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United States that are not part of any state, such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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All labels observed (25)

Label	Occurrences
U.S. territories	44
United States territories canonical	17
United States and its territories	8
United States insular areas	6
United States unincorporated territory	4
United States overseas territories	2
United States unincorporated territories	2
Territories of the United States	1
U.S. Insular Areas	1
U.S. insular areas	1
U.S. outlying territories	1
United States (territorial constitution)	1
United States Minor Outlying and Insular Areas (broad classification)	1
United States Minor Outlying and Territorial areas (statistical grouping)	1
United States and U.S. territories	1
United States and territories	1
United States insular area	1
United States insular areas (geographical grouping)	1
United States insular territories	1
United States territorial holdings	1
United States territorial status of Puerto Rico	1
United States territories with coastal zones	1
United States territory	1
United States unincorporated territory of Puerto Rico	1
territory of Puerto Rico	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T126178 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States territories
Context triple: [United States Postal Service, serviceArea, United States territories]

A. U.S. Pacific territories
U.S. Pacific territories are a group of American island jurisdictions in the Pacific Ocean, such as Guam and American Samoa, that extend U.S. political, military, and maritime presence across the region.
B. U.S. Caribbean territories
The U.S. Caribbean territories are American island jurisdictions in the Caribbean Sea, such as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, that extend U.S. political, economic, and maritime presence into the region.
C. U.S. Virgin Islands
The U.S. Virgin Islands is a Caribbean archipelago and unincorporated U.S. territory known for its tropical beaches, tourism, and strategic location.
D. American Samoa
American Samoa is an unincorporated U.S. island territory in the South Pacific Ocean known for its Polynesian culture, strategic location, and rugged volcanic landscapes.
E. Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands is a self-governing commonwealth in political union with the United States, located in the western Pacific Ocean and known for its Micronesian culture and strategic military significance.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States territories
Target entity description: United States territories are regions under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United States that are not part of any state, such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

A. U.S. Pacific territories
U.S. Pacific territories are a group of American island jurisdictions in the Pacific Ocean, such as Guam and American Samoa, that extend U.S. political, military, and maritime presence across the region.
B. U.S. Caribbean territories
The U.S. Caribbean territories are American island jurisdictions in the Caribbean Sea, such as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, that extend U.S. political, economic, and maritime presence into the region.
C. U.S. Virgin Islands
The U.S. Virgin Islands is a Caribbean archipelago and unincorporated U.S. territory known for its tropical beaches, tourism, and strategic location.
D. American Samoa
American Samoa is an unincorporated U.S. island territory in the South Pacific Ocean known for its Polynesian culture, strategic location, and rugged volcanic landscapes.
E. Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands is a self-governing commonwealth in political union with the United States, located in the western Pacific Ocean and known for its Micronesian culture and strategic military significance.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political territorial entity ⓘ territory of a country ⓘ
citizenshipStatusVariesByTerritory	true ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Article IV Section 3 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
currentInhabitedTerritories	American Samoa ⓘ Guam ⓘ Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ Puerto Rico ⓘ United States Virgin Islands ⓘ linked to: U.S. Virgin Islands
federalRepresentation	non-voting delegate or resident commissioner in U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
governedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
governedUnder	Territorial Clause of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ linked to: Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution
hasPart	American Samoa ⓘ Baker Island ⓘ Guam ⓘ Guantánamo Bay Naval Base ⓘ linked to: U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay Howland Island ⓘ Jarvis Island ⓘ Johnston Atoll ⓘ Kingman Reef ⓘ Midway Atoll ⓘ Navassa Island ⓘ Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ Palmyra Atoll ⓘ Puerto Rico ⓘ U.S. Minor Outlying Islands ⓘ linked to: U.S. Pacific unorganized territories United States Virgin Islands ⓘ linked to: U.S. Virgin Islands Wake Island ⓘ
historicallyIncluded	Alaska Territory ⓘ linked to: Alaska Arizona Territory ⓘ Dakota Territory ⓘ Hawaii Territory ⓘ linked to: Hawaii New Mexico Territory ⓘ Oklahoma Territory ⓘ Panama Canal Zone ⓘ linked to: Panama Canal Zone (historical) Philippine Islands ⓘ linked to: Philippines Puerto Rico Territory (before commonwealth status) ⓘ linked to: Puerto Rico
includesOfficialLanguagesBeyondEnglish	Carolinian in Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ Chamorro in Guam ⓘ Samoan in American Samoa ⓘ Spanish in Puerto Rico ⓘ linked to: Puerto Rican Spanish
includesType	incorporated territory ⓘ inhabited territory ⓘ organized territory ⓘ unincorporated territory ⓘ uninhabited territory ⓘ unorganized territory ⓘ
jurisdictionOf	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
legalStatus	not part of any U.S. state ⓘ
partOf	United States of America ⓘ
presidentialVote	no electoral votes for U.S. president except via absentee voting from a state ⓘ
primaryLanguage	English ⓘ
relatedConcept	insular area of the United States ⓘ overseas territory ⓘ
sovereignState	United States of America ⓘ
sovereignty	United States of America ⓘ
usesCurrency	United States dollar ⓘ linked to: US dollar

How these facts were elicited