A territory is a defined area (including land and waters), usually considered to be a possession of an animal, person, organization, or institution (from the word 'terra', meaning 'land').

• In politics, a territory is an area of land under the jurisdiction of a governmental authority. Territory can, though, include any geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign and does not have a political division status. The remainder of this article deals with political territories.
• In biology, an organism which defends an area against intrusion (usually from members of its own species) is said to be territorial. For further details see territory (animal).
• In psychology, environmentalists study territorial behaviour to understand which territory an organism defends and why. Territorial behaviour is defined as:

The actions or reactions of a person or animal in response to external threats towards the space that is defended by that person or animal.

Types of political territories include:

• A legally administered territory, which is a non-sovereign geographic area that has come under the authority of another government. For example, American Samoa is a territory of the government of the United States. With regard to the Canadian provinces and territories, the major difference between a Canadian province and a Canadian territory is that the federal government has more direct control over the territories, while the provinces are run by provincial governments empowered by the constitution. The same distinction applies between States and territories of Australia, although Australia also distinguishes the mainland territories from the small insular possessions known as external territories. Under British rule, Hong Kong was often referred to as a territory, rather than a colony from about the 1960s onwards.

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WSJ.com - Opinion: The Forgotten Palestinian Refugees: crime in that Hamas-ruled territory is to be a Christian http://bit.ly/7r6QIT ||#tcot
gromance (CEG) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:43:58 -0000
WSJ.com - Opinion: The Forgotten Palestinian Refugees: crime in that Hamas-ruled territory is to be a Christian http://bit.ly/7r6QIT ||#tcot
RT @uruknet: Weekly Report:On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 16- 22 Dec 2009 http://tinyurl.com/y ...
The_Trumpet (Eric Muhammad) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:44:32 -0000
RT @uruknet: Weekly Report:On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 16- 22 Dec 2009 http://tinyurl.com/y ...
Weekly Report:On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 16- 22 Dec 2009 http://tinyurl.com/y9k2lmv #palestine
uruknet (uruknet) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:11:16 -0000
Weekly Report:On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 16- 22 Dec 2009 http://tinyurl.com/y9k2lmv #palestine
RT @uruknet: Weekly Report:On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 16- 22 Dec 2009 http://tinyurl.com/y ...
ajit8uk (ajit8) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:50:17 -0000
RT @uruknet: Weekly Report:On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 16- 22 Dec 2009 http://tinyurl.com/y ...
Because by that time, Israel would have engulfed so much Palestinian territory,
DERRYCKMIMBARI (DERRYCK) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:48:46 -0000
Because by that time, Israel would have engulfed so much Palestinian territory,
RT @uruknet: Weekly Report:On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 16- 22 Dec 2009 http://tinyurl.com/y ...
TheRuthlesTruth (ruthless) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:34:39 -0000
RT @uruknet: Weekly Report:On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 16- 22 Dec 2009 http://tinyurl.com/y ...

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