Division of Territories and Island Possessions

E620699

The Division of Territories and Island Possessions was a former U.S. Department of the Interior unit responsible for administering and overseeing American territories and island possessions before its functions were reorganized under later offices.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former United States federal agency ⓘ
government agency ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States island possessions ⓘ
United States territories ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished yes ⓘ
fieldOfWork colonial and insular affairs ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
territorial administration ⓘ
hasFunction administration of insular affairs ⓘ
coordination with territorial governors ⓘ
liaison between territorial governments and federal government ⓘ
oversight of territorial legislation ⓘ
policy development for U.S. territories ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Alaska Territory ⓘ
linked to: Alaska

American Samoa ⓘ
Guam ⓘ
Hawaii Territory ⓘ
Puerto Rico ⓘ
United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Virgin Islands

various Pacific island possessions of the United States ⓘ
hasRole administration of U.S. territories ⓘ
coordination of territorial policy ⓘ
oversight of U.S. island possessions ⓘ
isPartOfHistoryOf United States Department of the Interior organizational history ⓘ
United States territorial governance ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
operatedBy United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
parentOrganization Office of the Secretary of the Interior ⓘ
partOf United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
reasonForDissolution reorganization of territorial administration within the Department of the Interior ⓘ
successor Office of Insular Affairs ⓘ
Office of Territories ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of Territories (U.S. Department of the Interior) → hasPredecessor → Division of Territories and Island Possessions ⓘ
United States Navy governor of Guam → partOf → United States colonial governance in the Pacific ⓘ
linked to: Division of Territories and Island Possessions