Talk:List of autonomous areas by country

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Featured list star List of autonomous areas by country is a featured list, which means it has been identified as one of the best lists produced by the Wikipedia community. If you can update or improve it, please do.
March 6, 2008 Featured list candidate Promoted

Just some questions: why is Barbuda not autonomous (see article 123 of the constitution)? Why is Rotuma not autonomous (see special position in Fiji constitution)? Why are Carriacou and Petit Martiniquenot autonomous?(see article 107 of the Constitution) -- Gangulf 21:24, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Contents

[edit] China

IMO Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR should be added, not just mentioned Ybgursey 01:00, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Denmark

A link to this page is provided in the Faroe Islands page, they are an autonomous entity of Denmark. Yet Denmark doesn't appear on the list anywhere.

[edit] Iraq

Kurdish region? Ybgursey 01:05, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Philippines

The Republic of the Philippines should be added with one region (at least) linked to ARMM the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao on the southern big island. L Hamm 23:38, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nicaragua

I added the two autonomous regions in Nicaragua based on this website [1]. Obviously, I'd like to have more evidence and create entries for those - linked to the Nicaragua article, please post any help here.L Hamm 05:43, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] UK

Should Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland be added to this list? sjorford (talk) 10:05, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

I do not think so as they are just standard sub-national entities. The entities that should be listed here are sub-national entities that has more/different/special powers than the standard sub-national entity of that country. The list here is incomplete and has some errors that should be corrected, but a criteria needs to be determined before editing should take place. Shocktm | Talk | Contributions 00:33, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
They're not standard at all, that's precisely my point - all three have different levels of devolution from the UK government (and England has no devolution at all). I'm just not sure if they have the same sort of autonomy as the other places on this list. It seems to me this list currently is just a list of places with the word "autonomous" in their description, irresective of their actual status. sjorford (talk) 10:57, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

I think they should be added. Ybgursey 01:02, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales have substantial autonomy over devolved areas (both executive and legislative) . They should qualify for this list for that reason. They are also not standard sub-national entities for the following two reasons; one constituent country (England) does not have devolved institutions and the standard sub-national entities of the UK are the Council Areas. I agree with Sjorford, just because they don't have the word "autonomous" in their name does not mean that they are not autonomous.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Dn9ahx (talk • contribs) 14:30, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Palestinian autonomy?

Any particular reason why it's missing? It's still not sovereign but under Israeli rule, although this might change due to Israel's withdrawal policy.--84.188.161.247 10:26, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires seem to simply be autonomous from the surrounding province, not from the country. It's like Washington, DC or Canberra, ACT, and therefore, despite its designation as "autonomous," it doesn't fit the bill for this list. OzLawyer 17:25, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to take it out. OzLawyer 15:52, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tokelau

Tokelau has 1,392 people and three autonomous regions according to this page. That makes four areas either geographically distinct from the country or populated by a national minority.

So has Tokelau got four separate and distinct cultures in less than 1 400 people or has it just got several islands? If an island makes an autonomous region, how many are there in Indonesia? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Herne nz (talk • contribs) 06:58, 1 February 2007 (UTC).

I think this information originated here, a site I've seen referenced in various country subdivision articles. I've added this link on the page. Regards, David Kernow (talk) 03:44, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Speaking of Tokelau, shouldn't it be New Zealand that has the ARs, as Tokelau is a non self governing territory? Furthermore, don't the Cook Islands and Niue count as autonomous? Anon 02:30, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Southern Sudan

How about southern Sudan, i read from your pages about Southern Sudan, it is an autonomous region

Rio

[edit] Good link

http://www.gfbv.it/3dossier/eu-min/autonomy.html —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gaidmas (talk • contribs) 13:00, 27 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Proposal to divide autonomies into territorial, cultural and local

1.List of territorial autonomies:

2.Cultural autonomies: Sami people, First nation reserves, etc….

3.Local autonomies: over 110 China autonomous counties,Toress Strait Islanders, Bodoland, Tokelou autonomous comunities,Gorno-Badakhstan obl.,etc….


  • Am intrigued by idea, but not sure how rigorous the distinctions may be or whether they could be upheld... Anyone else...?  Regards, David Kernow (talk) 21:32, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
  • I agree that it is problematic so far especially for local autonomies.

Regarding autonomous provinces of Madagaskar , new Constitution into force on 27 April 2007, the autonomous provinces are deleted, info:...wiki/Madagaskar Gaidmas

[edit] List of autonomous areas by country is up as a Featured List!

The article, List of autonomous areas by country, is currently up for nomination as a Featured List at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of autonomous areas by country. If you have the time, please vote on the article so that it can be improved if necessarily or promoted if it deserves it. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 16:22, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] A question on Native American reservations in the US

Does anyone know what the status of "Indian" / "Native American" (or what ever the correct term on wikipedia is) reservations in the United States is? Legaly (ie in reguards to legal matters) they are seperate from the States they are located in, but I don't know if they qualify as "Automonus". I know that the Iroquois Nation fields a Lacross team in international competition, and issue their own passports for limited use when traveling as a team (at times recognized as legit, at others not recognized). I am not suggesting they be added to this list... just curious. Blueboar (talk) 22:58, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] What's the Urdu transliteration for 'autonomous region'?

If anyone knows Urdu, could you post the transliteration of the Urdu name of what an autonomous region is called in Pakistan? We have "Islami-Jamhouriyat-e-Kashmir" right now but that doesn't seem right. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 16:19, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I asked the same thing during the nomination, but I wasn't convinced with the answer. Eklipse (talk) 21:22, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Buenos Aires

Just because they use the word "autonomous" in the name does not mean that it belongs on this list. BA is neither "geographically distant from the country, or [...] populated by a national minority". And Buenos Aires#Government and politics suggests that BA's "autonomy is less than any province in the country". I can see no reason for the inclusion of BA here.--Pharos (talk) 20:12, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Actually, it should be there & as the link to the city says "Recent political history

In 1996, under the 1994 reform of the Argentine Constitution, the city gained autonomous status..."

So it is under the type of system used for governing itself. That-Vela-Fella (talk) 01:09, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

"Autonomous status" as applied to Buenos Aires just means a city-province (similar to the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen among the German Bundesländer), that in this case is actually less autonomous than the other provinces. It's certainly not an "autonomous area" by the definition of this list.--Pharos (talk) 01:30, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reorganization

OK, I've done a massive reorganization now of the entities that are called "autonomous", without actually meeting the definition of autonomous areas.--Pharos (talk) 01:57, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Flag icons

Many of these autonomous areas have their own flags. Why aren't they displayed similarly to the flags of the countries they are part of? Id would be nice to use these flag icons. Is there any reason why not to? Rayhou (talk) 10:38, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

This can be done easily and i will start the process - i strongly feel that we should only use a flag if it has some legal status or is in common use by the autonomous institutions themselves. An anonymous user is making a mess of a similar article by using flags of independence movements etc to represent autonomous regions. They have also left unpleasent comments when their "work" is undone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dn9ahx (talk • contribs) 23:20, 4 April 2008