A territorial entity is an entity that covers a part of the surface of the Earth with specified borders. Physiographic territorial entity * Physiographic regions of the world Humangeographic territorial entity Administrative territorial entity Established by a non-physical act, such as a law, order, decree, for administrative tasks. Can include political entities with their own government, but also statistical regions or reserves. * 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 ** statistical region ** police district ** school district * Cross-border region (e.g. euroregion, eurodistrict) * Neutral zone, belonging to no country, or ownership is shared. Other Established by physical acts, e.g. settlement, see List of uninhabited regions.
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