British Overseas Territory

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The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) are the fourteen territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, while not forming part of the United Kingdom itself, are part of its sovereign territory. The permanently inhabited territories are delegated varying degrees of internal self-governance, with the United Kingdom retaining responsibility for defense, foreign relations, and internal security, as well as ultimate responsibility for "good"[clarification needed] governance. Three territories are chiefly or only inhabited by military or scientific personnel, the rest-hosting significant civilian populations. All fourteen have the British monarch as head of state. These UK government responsibilities are assigned to various departments of the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office and are subject to change.

Current overseas territories

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Name	Location	Motto	Area	Population	Capital	GDP (nominal)	GDP per capita (nominal)	Notes
Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Cyprus, Mediterranean Sea		Template:Sort	Template:Sort (Cypriots; estimate) 8,000 non-permanent (UK military personnel and their families; estimate)	Episkopi Cantonment			Full sovereignty (beyond that of any other military base) disputed by Cyprus.
Anguilla	Caribbean, North Atlantic Ocean	"Unity, Strength and Endurance"	Template:Sort	Template:Sort (2019 estimate)	The Valley	Template:Sort	$20,307
Bermuda	North Atlantic Ocean between the Azores, the Caribbean, Cape Sable Island in Canada, and Cape Hatteras (its nearest neighbour) in the United States	"Quo fata ferunt" (Latin; "Whither the Fates carry [us]")	Template:Sort	Template:Sort (2019 estimate)	Hamilton	Template:Sort	$102,987
British Antarctic Territory	Antarctica	"Research and discovery"	Template:Sort	Template:Sort 50 non-permanent in winter, over 400 in summer (research personnel)	Rothera (main base)			Subject to the Antarctic Treaty System.
British Indian Ocean Territory	Indian Ocean	"In tutela nostra Limuria" (Latin; "Limuria is in our charge")	Template:Sort	Template:Sort 3,000 non-permanent (UK and US military and staff personnel; estimate)	Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia (base)			Claimed by Mauritius. Includes seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago and the island of Diego Garcia
British Virgin Islands	Caribbean, North Atlantic Ocean	"Vigilate" (Latin; "Be watchful")	Template:Sort	Template:Sort (2018 census)	Road Town	Template:Sort	$48,511	Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, Jost Van Dyke
Cayman Islands	Caribbean	"He hath founded it upon the seas"	Template:Sort	Template:Sort (2022 report)	George Town	Template:Sort	$85,474	Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman
Gibraltar	Iberian Peninsula, Continental Europe	"Nulli expugnabilis hosti" (Latin; "No enemy shall expel us")	Template:Sort	Template:Sort (2019 estimate) 1,250 non-permanent (UK military personnel; 2012 estimate)	Gibraltar	Template:Sort	$92,843	Claimed by Spain.
Montserrat	Caribbean, North Atlantic Ocean	"A people of excellence, moulded by nature, nurtured by God"	Template:Sort	Template:Sort (2019 census)	Plymouth (de jure, but abandoned due to Soufrière Hills volcanic eruption. De facto capital is Brades)	Template:Sort	$12,181
	Pitcairn Islands	Pacific Ocean		Template:Sort	Template:Sort (2023 estimate) 6 non-permanent (2014 estimate)	Adamstown	Template:Sort	$2,894	Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno
Template:Sort	Template:Sort		Template:Sort	Template:Sort (total; 2016 census)	Jamestown	$55.7 million	$12,230
File:Shield of Saint Helena.png	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	"Loyal and Unshakeable" (Saint Helena)	Template:Sort	Template:Sort (Saint Helena; 2019 census)		Template:Sort		Template:Sort
Template:Sort	Template:Sort		Template:Sort	Template:Sort (Ascension; estimate) 1,000 non-permanent (Ascension; UK military personnel; estimate)		Template:Sort	Template:Sort
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	"Our faith is our strength" (Tristan da Cunha)	Template:Sort	Template:Sort (Tristan da Cunha; estimate) 9 non-permanent (Tristan da Cunha; weather personnel)		Template:Sort	Template:Sort
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Template:Sort	"Leo terram propriam protegat" (Latin; "Let the lion protect his own land")	Template:Sort	Turks and Caicos Islands	Caribbean	Template:Sort	Template:Sort (2019 estimate)}}	Cockburn Town	Template:Sort	£28,589	Includes Grand Turk Island