Territorial entity
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A territorial entity is an entity that covers a part of the surface of the Earth with specified borders.
Physiographic territorial entities[edit]
Humangeographic territorial entities[edit]
They can be grouped as follows:
- Continental union
- Country (in the sense of a sovereign state, e.g. United Nations member state, or states with limited recognition)
- Country subdivision (administrative divisions, constituencies, etc.)
- Cross-border region (e.g. euroregion, eurodistrict)
- Neutral zone, belonging to no country, or ownership is shared.
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