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	Encyclopedia: Insular area
		Insular area is the current generic term used by the U.S. State Department to refer to any commonwealth, freely associated state, possession or territory.
		An insular area is United States territory that is neither a part of one of the fifty states nor a part of the District of Columbia, the nation's federal district.
		Residents of insular areas are often U.S. citizens, although they do not pay American federal taxes and cannot participate in U.S. presidential elections nor elect voting members of the U.S. Congress.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Insular-area (585 words)

	Letter from the office of insular affairs
		A United States insular area from April 11, 1899, the Philippine Islands achieved commonwealth status on March 24, 1934 (Public law 73-127), and remained as such until the United States recognized the Philippine Islands' independence and sovereignty as of July 4, 1946.
		Currently, two United States insular areas are commonwealths, the Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico.
		Equivalent to territory, a United States insular area, of which only one exists currently, Palmyra Atoll, in which the United States Congress has applied the full corpus of the United States Constitution as it applies in several states.
	www.ccalabama.org /insular_report.shtml (585 words)

	Insular area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Insular area is the current generic term used by the U.S. State Department to refer to any commonwealth, freely associated state, possession or territory.
		An insular area is United States territory that is neither a part of one of the fifty states nor a part of the District of Columbia, the nation's federal district.
		Residents of insular areas are often U.S. citizens, although they do not pay American federal taxes and cannot participate in U.S. presidential elections nor elect voting members of the U.S. Congress.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Insular_area (311 words)

	Insular area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Insular area is the current generic term used by the U.S. State Department to refer to any commonwealth, freely associated state, possession or territory.
		An insular area is United States territory that is neither a part of one of the fifty states nor a part of the District of Columbia, the nation's federal district.
		Residents of insular areas are often U.S. citizens, although they do not pay American federal taxes and cannot participate in U.S. presidential elections nor elect voting members of the U.S. Congress.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Insular_area (311 words)

	Insular area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Insular area is the current generic term used by the U.S. State Department to refer to any commonwealth, freely associated state, possession or territory controlled by the US government.
		An insular area is United States territory that is neither a part of one of the fifty states nor a part of the District of Columbia, the nation's federal district.
		Residents of insular areas are often U.S. citizens, although they do not pay American federal taxes and cannot participate in U.S. presidential elections nor elect voting members of the U.S. Congress.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/insular_area (350 words)

	info: INSULAR AREA
		Insular area is the current generic term used by the U.S. State Department to refer to any commonwealth, freely associated state, possession or territory.
		An insular area is United States territory that is neither a part of one of the fifty states nor a part of the District of Columbia, the nation's federal district.
		Residents of insular areas are often U.S. citizens, although they do not pay American federal taxes and cannot participate in U.S. presidential elections nor elect voting members of the U.S. Congress.
	www.info-vatican-city.com /Insular_area (350 words)

	Massachusetts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is distinct from the U.S. federal government's use of the term "commonwealth" to refer to the status of certain insular areas such as Puerto Rico.
		Massachusetts (officially, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts) is a state in the New England region of the United States of America.
		Most of the population of the Boston metropolitan area (approximately 5,800,000) does not live in the city; eastern Massachusetts on the whole is fairly densely populated and largely suburban.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Massachusetts (350 words)

	Commonwealth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term "commonwealth" is also used for the political relationship between the United States and the unincorporated territories of Puerto Rico and of the Northern Marianas (see: commonwealth (U.S. insular area)).
		The Commonwealth of England was the official title of the political unit that replaced the kingdoms of Scotland and England under the rule of Oliver Cromwell.
		While the term "commonwealth" has the same legal and economic meaning as "state," the four regions that chose to designate themselves commonwealths probably did so as a reference to the earlier Commonwealth period in England which ended in 1660, when that nation was not ruled by a king.
	www.voyager.in /Commonwealth (1227 words)

	Commonwealth of the Philippines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Before 1935, the Philippines was an insular area with non-commonwealth status; it had been a U.S. territory since the 1898 Treaty of Paris, following Spain's loss of the Philippines in the Spanish-American War.
		The Commonwealth of the Philippines was the political designation of the Philippines from 1935 to 1946 when the country was a commonwealth of the United States.
		The Commonwealth was established after the acceptance by the Philippine Legislature of the Philippine Independence Act, popularly known as the Tydings-McDuffie Act.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Commonwealth_of_the_Philippines (1227 words)

	faq1
		A United States insular area from April 11, 1899, the Philippine Islands achieved commonwealth status on March 24, 1934 (Public Law 73-127), and remained as such until the United States recognized the Philippine Islands' independence and sovereignty as of July 4, 1946.
		Currently, two United States insular areas are commonwealths, the Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico.
		An unincorporated United States insular area, of which there are currently thirteen, three in the Caribbean (Navassa Island, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands) and ten in the Pacific (American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, the Northern Mariana Islands and Wake Atoll).
	www.doi.gov /oia/FAQ/faq2.htm (2069 words)

	faq1
		A United States insular area from April 11, 1899, the Philippine Islands achieved commonwealth status on March 24, 1934 (Public Law 73-127), and remained as such until the United States recognized the Philippine Islands' independence and sovereignty as of July 4, 1946.
		An unincorporated United States insular area, of which there are currently thirteen, three in the Caribbean (Navassa Island, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands) and ten in the Pacific (American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, the Northern Mariana Islands and Wake Atoll).
		The body of laws that the United Congress has enacted for the government of a United States insular area; it usually includes a bill of rights and the establishment and conditions of the insular area's tripartite government.
	www.doi.gov /oia/FAQ/faq2.htm (2069 words)

	Political Types
		An unincorporated United States insular area, of which there are currently thirteen, three in the Caribbean (Navassa Island, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands) and ten in the Pacific (American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, the Northern Mariana Islands and Wake Atoll).
		Equivalent to Territory, a United States insular area, of which only one territory exists currently, Palmyra Atoll, in which the United States Congress has applied the full corpus of the United States Constitution as it applies in the several States.
		An unincorporated United States insular area for which the United States Congress has not enacted an organic act.
	www.doi.gov /oia/Islandpages/political_types.htm (553 words)

	Puerto Rico
		Puerto Rico is unusual in that it is the first Overseas Commonwealth Territory of the United States, and although Spanish is the island's first language, English is widely spoken and Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.
		Puerto Rico is one of the larger islands of the West Indies, and the commonwealth also includes several small islands, such as Culebra, Mona, and Vieques.
		Puerto Rico’s Spanish heritage is preserved in many sites in San Juan, especially in the insular part of the city known as Old San Juan.
	www.caribbeantown.com /puerto_rico.htm (553 words)

	The Ultimate Massachusetts - American History Information Guide and Reference
		It is one of four U.S. states that use the name "Commonwealth"; the others are Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky; this is distinct from the U.S. federal government's use of the term "commonwealth" to refer to the status of certain insular areas such as Puerto Rico.
		Most of the population of the Boston metropolitan area (approximately 5,800,000) does not live in the city; eastern Massachusetts on the whole is fairly densely populated and largely suburban.
		Massachusetts is bordered on the north by New Hampshire and Vermont, on the west by New York, on the south by Connecticut and Rhode Island, and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Massachusetts (2470 words)

	Woods Hole Field Center Publications, USGS Publications Listed by Year
		2001, Scanlon, K.M., Rodríquez, R.W., Trias, J.L., and Delorey, C.M. Offshore sediments and sand and gravel resources on the insular shelf of Puerto Rico, in Bawiec, W.J., ed., Geology, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Mineral Occurrences and Mineral Resource Assessment for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
		in press, Trias, J.L., and Scanlon, K.M. Marine geologic map of the Puerto Rico insular shelf--Grappler Bank area: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series Map, scale 1:40,000, 23 p.
		2000, Scanlon, K.M., DaSilva, J.L., and Reynolds, J.M., Surficial sea-floor sediment database of the Puerto Rico insular shelf in Scanlon, K.M., and Briere, P.R..
	woodshole.er.usgs.gov /bibliographies/whusgs_year.html (12551 words)

	Articles - Commonwealth
		Insular Territories - "Commonwealth" is also used in the U.S. to describe the political relationship between the United States and the overseas unincorporated territories of Puerto Rico and of the Northern Marianas (see: commonwealth (U.S. insular area)).
		While the term "commonwealth" has the same legal and economic meaning as "state," the four regions that chose to designate themselves commonwealths probably did so as a reference to the earlier Commonwealth period in England which ended in 1660, when that nation was not ruled by a king.
	www.epsona.com /articles/Commonwealth (1013 words)

	Guánica, Puerto Rico - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch
		Water resources of the Guanica area, Puerto Rico: A preliminary appraisal, 1963 (Water-resources bulletin / Commonwealth of Puerto Rico)
		Marine geologic map of the Puerto Rico insular shelf : Guanica to Ponce area (SuDoc I 19.91:I-2263)
		Population declines of the Puerto Rican Vireo in Guanica forest.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /guanica,_puerto_rico.htm (1013 words)

	2004 Federal Register, 69 FR 3022; Centralized Library: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - FR Doc 04-1297
		Before European contact, the island of Rota was thought to have had a large human population that moved into the area from insular (interior) southeast Asia and Melanesia and modified most of the island's vegetation (Fosberg 1960).
		The total population of the Rota bridled white-eye was estimated at 1,167 individuals in 1996, representing a decline of 89 percent from the 1982 estimated population of 10,763 individuals.
		The Rota bridled white-eye is endemic to the island of Rota, and its population has declined an estimated 89 percent from 1982 to 1996.
	policy.fws.gov /library/04-1297.html (6967 words)

	Commonwealth - Freepedia
		The term "commonwealth" is also used for the political relationship between the United States and the unincorporated territories of Puerto Rico and of the Northern Marianas ( see: commonwealth (U.S. insular area)).
		The commonwealth introduced a doctrine of religious tolerance, had its own parliament Sejm (although elections were restricted to the gentry or szlachta) and elected kings, who were bound to certain contracts Pacta conventa from the beginning of the reign.
		The Commonweath's membership involves both republics and monarchies: the head of the Commonwealth of Nations is Queen Elizabeth II, who reigns as monarch directly in a number of states, notably the United Kingdom, Canada, Jamaica, Australia and New Zealand, among others.
	en.freepedia.org /Commonwealth.html?PHPSESSID=27927dee207c10f9b438f7db... (6967 words)

	Encyclopedia: San Jose, California
		The myriad political divisions of the United States include (but are not limited to) states, territories, counties, townships, cities, the federal district, possessions and insular areas, embassies and consulates, Indian reservations, military installations, conservation districts and non-municipal special-purpose districts like public authorities, school districts and utilities districts.
		A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status.
		A U.S. state is any one of the 50 states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/San-Jose,-California (6967 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Judgement in Jerusalem: Chief Justice Simon Agranat and the Zionist Century
		We learn not only about Agranat, but about Israel, and about an area on which relatively little has been written in English, the development of Israeli constitutional law and the impact of American legal traditions on that development." Dr. Melvin Urofsky Director, Center for Public Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virgini
		Lahav sets Agranat's most public episode, the Eichmann trial of 1960, within the ideological context of universal ``Utopian'' Zionism's struggle with the insular ``Catastrophic'' Zionism; the latter wins out as Agranat betrays his former opposition to the death penalty as a lesson to the world.
		Agranat is seen as the pivotal force who ``steered the Israeli judiciary away from legal formalities and toward a more substantive understanding of the meaning of law.'' Occasionally, Agranat disappoints Lahav's own, more liberal stances on separation of church and state and the rights of Israeli Arabs to mount political challenges to the Jewish state.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/ASIN/0520205952/thealmostcomplet (6967 words)

	Insular area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Puerto Rico (unincorporated, commonwealth, organized under terms of
		U.S. Virgin Islands (unincorporated, organized under Revised Organic Act of 1954)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Insular_area (6967 words)

	Juan N. Babauta - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Juan Nekai Babauta (born September 7 1953, in Tapanag, Saipan) is current governor of the Commonwealth of The Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)-- a United States insular area in the Western Pacific.
		He is currently seeking re-election in the upcoming 2005 Gubernatorial elections under the Republican Party banner.
		Juan N. Babauta - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Juan_N._Babauta (147 words)

	Delegate (United States Congress) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The District of Columbia, otherwise known as Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States, is technically a federal district—not a territory, commonwealth or insular area—but, for purposes of representatation in the House, is nevertheless entitled to a non-voting Delegate.
		A Delegate to Congress is a non-voting member of the United States House of Representatives who is elected from a U.S. territory or from the District of Columbia.
		In 1993, the 103rd Congress approved a rule change that allowed the four Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to vote on the floor of the House, but only in the Committee of the Whole.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Delegate_(United_States_Congress) (489 words)

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