<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions directly overseen by the United States Federal Government . Unlike U.S. states and Native American tribes which exercise limited sovereignty alongside the federal government, territories are without sovereignty . The territories are classified by whether they are incorporated and whether they have an "organized" government through an Organic Act passed by the U.S. Congress . </P> <P> The U.S. has sixteen territories in the Caribbean Sea, the south Pacific Ocean, and the western portion of the north Pacific Ocean . Five of the territories are permanently inhabited and are classified as unincorporated territories--they are American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands . The other eleven territories are small islands, atolls, and reefs with no native or permanent population . Of those eleven, only one is classified as an incorporated territory . Two territories (Bajo Nuevo Bank and Serranilla Bank) are administered by Colombia . </P>

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