Interesting Overseas Territories Around The World

#Geography #GeographyFacts
More fun geography videos:
40 Random Ridiculous Geography Facts:
• 40 Random Ridiculous G...
30 Geography Facts Most People Get Wrong:
• 30 Geography Facts Mos...
How Is Australia So Rich?
• How Is Australia So Rich?
🌎Love learning about geography? Subscribe to The Geography Bible for more intriguing geography content!

[@handlesnipe]

Fun Fact: French Guiana has a piece of the amazon rainforest (about 1.4% of the amazon rainforest) and because of this piece, it has the largest EU park.

[@surumu993]

France is the only EU country that has a rainforest

[@BORN-to-Run]

how much of the Amazon rainforest do they have?

[@NumberLoreAlphabetLore]

@@BORN-to-Run 1.4% Of The Amazon Forest

[@pixeldubsofficial]

@@surumu993 The Black Forest technically in Germany has enough rainfall to technically be a rainforest.

[@surumu993]

@@pixeldubsofficial "technically"

[@lukasnottenkamper6360]

A very interesting video. Only one thing: to the best of my knowledge square kilometer is not for measuring distance but for area

[@jhaarbur]

I have a few of my own to add: 1. St. Pierre and Miquelon (France) 2. New Caledonia (France) 3. Ceuta, Mellila, and other Spanish territories in North Africa (Spain) 4. Maidera and the Azore Islands (Portugal) 5. Canary Islands (Spain) 6. Hong Kong and Macau (China) 7. New Caledonia (France) 8. Réunion Island and Mayotte Island (France) 9. Chaggos Islands (US/UK) 10. Dhekelia and Akrotiri (UK) 11. Gibralter (UK) 12. Saint Helena, Ascension Island, and Tristan da Cunha (UK)

[@andycockrum1212]

Don’t forget about New Caledonia (France)

[@kierlond7740]

its on his list :) @@andycockrum1212

[@Natemerk]

Virgin Islands UK and US

[@nicolas2419]

Don't forget Clipperton (France)!

[@bloemkoolendestreetgang450]

One of my favorite fun facts is that the highest point in the netherlands proper (not even just in the kingdom) is mount scenery on saba, halfway across the world from the european part of the netherlands lol

[@rosiefay7283]

So that's not the Netherlands proper, then.

[@bloemkoolendestreetgang450]

@@rosiefay7283 sure it is, there is caribbean netherlands and european netherlands. Just like you can say western russia and eastern russia

[@nicschintee1511]

French Guyana is where ESA is sending their rockets into the orbit being just above the equator.

[@HunterWoolard2256]

French Guiana*

[@user-tt8ex2xk9i]

Correction: The official language of Surinam is Dutch, not French!

[@cheeta92]

When does he say that they speak french in Surinam... He said only that it borders surinam...

[@user-tt8ex2xk9i]

Oops! So sorry! Thanks for correcting my 'correction'. m.@@cheeta92

[@cheeta92]

@@user-tt8ex2xk9i you're welcome 👍

[@MrPictor]

Although French Guiana appears tiny next to Brasil (1% as you said), it is also about exactly the size of Austria or Ireland (the island).

[@canuckguy0313]

I’ll never understand why everyone thinks of French Guiana and Guadeloupe, fully integral departments of France that are indistinguishable from a mainland department except for location, as territories/colonies, and Alaska and Hawaii, fully integral states of the US that are indistinguishable from a mainland state except for location, as states. If someone could explain that I’d appreciate it.

[@DonTako47]

They are all colonies. It’s the American exceptionalism.

[@harryhole5786]

This are not a "fully integral departments but "fully paying colonial tax & population territories". I live in Réunion, we even pay for EU products up to 50% colonial taxes ! A shit system, with a successive population exchange: public workers from mainland France get 35% overpay, ours just get shitjobs in their banlieue. If ever US wants us: I go straight away - shame & sh*t on you, France& Macron - your corrupt system does not work ! Go home, stay away !

[@Diegomax22]

It’s because whatever it is something on France it’s always bad. It is what is called French Bashing and it comports any subject about this country 🇫🇷

[@canuckguy0313]

@@greatpyramid4348 can you explain how Alaska and Hawaii aren’t colonies that are part of the country (like French Guiana)?

[@harryhole5786]

@@canuckguy0313 Hawaii & Alaska don't pay duties on products from US, while French Guaina like the other DOM do; they pay as much as 50% on imports from France: that is colonialism. La France dehors, votre "systeme" coloniale est une faillite ! D'abord la CE, maintant aussi la CE, nous vous ne voulons plus! Cassez vous.

[@harrisadressiez1161]

Love this channel! Really knowledgeable 💙

[@baumfelix_]

Love your videos, keep it up

[@philphildebeers2075]

The guy's an idiot, I've given up posting corrections.

[@Pixelarator]

Hi Geography bible!!

[@clayton97330]

What about Saint-Peirre and Miquelon?

[@lordjayvideos]

The stock footage during the Cocos Islands segment was misleading as there are no mountains on the Cocos. Only coconut trees

[@Chrizz06041980]

The Kingdom of Spain 🇪🇦 has one exterior territory: The Balearic Islands and three overseas territories: The Canary Islands 🇮🇨, the Autonomous Cities of Ceuta and Melilla. The Republic of Finland 🇫🇮 has one exterior territory: The Autonomous Åland Islands 🇦🇽. The Republic of Chile 🇨🇱 has one exterior territory: The Easter Island. The United Republic of Tansania 🇹🇿 has one exterior territory: The semi-autonomus region of Zanzibar.

[@hillarybeautifile]

You are forgetting the islands of St. Pierre & Miqueon that are part of France, but nestled on the Eastern Coast of Canada. The two small fishing islands actually use Euros and French plugs and voltage for their electric although they could take a small, two-person boat to the closest part of Canada.

[@lalallama171]

I think all of France's overseas territories are fully part of France itself

[@misterx168]

BOUVET ISLAND MENTIONED 💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@Kivitoya]

💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@obrnenydrevokocur9344]

Of course the most isolated place on earth is owned by the Norwegians 😀

[@pool5863]

oh wow im very early here! hello, fellow geography nerds! 🙋‍♂

[@Kier_1]

Good video but can you please stop saying “distance“ when you are talking about an area

[@philphildebeers2075]

The guy's an idiot, I've given up posting corrections.

[@YukonGhibli]

The capital of American Samoa is pronounced Pan-go Pan-go; fun fact most American Samoans are US Nationals not US Citizens.

[@Joker-no1uh]

Most of the US colonies were offered independence. Some stayed, American Samoa, some left, Samoa.

[@anggakaruniawan]

Um.. the country of samoa was part of new zealand

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

Some Puerto Ricans want their territory to become a US state. Someday, maybe the US territories of Guam, the Marianas and Samoa will form the state of Pacifica!

[@alexpotts6520]

My fun fact about American Samoa is that it was the only place where Michael Bloomberg won the 2020 US Democratic primary. His campaign spent about $4,000 for every elector on that island.

[@rmdimitrov]

All Spanish regions are autonomous communities, not only Catalonia...

[@Kaspa-gb3lp]

Ofc Au and NZ is western

[@Ruvkalo]

Mate, it's not distance that is measured in km sq, it's area. You said distance several times instead of area.

[@philphildebeers2075]

The guy's an idiot, I've given up posting corrections.

[@phuttyyt]

*covers an AREA, not a distance ;)

[@philphildebeers2075]

The guy's an idiot, I've given up posting corrections.

[@zloinaopako]

Distance is not measured in square kilometers, that would be surface. Distance is measured in kilometers or miles, depending on the measurement system used. It would have been wonderful if you researched the pronunciation of some toponyms. Sadly, that was not the case.

[@sovat1230]

These are all the territories in the world France has Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Martin Saint Barthlemy Guadeloupe Martinique French Southern Antarctic Island French Guiana Reunion Mayotte New Caledonia Wallis and Futuna French Polynesia Uk has Bermuda Turks and Caicos Islands Cayman Island British Virgin Island Anguilla Montserrat Falkland Islands South Georgia and Sandwich Island Isle of man Guernsey Jersey Akrotiri Dhekelia Gibralter Ascencion Island Saint Helena Tristan da Cunha British Indian Ocean Territory Niue Pitcairn Islands Cook Islands Us has Midway Island Navassa Island Puerto Rico Us Virgin Islands Baker Island Howland Island Wake Island Palmyra Atoll Kingston Atoll American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Norway has Svalvbard Jan Mayen Bouvet Island Denmark has Greenland Faroe Island Finland has Aland Island Australia has Cocos Keeling Island Christmas Island Heard Island and Mcdonald Island Coral Sea Island Cartier Island New Zealand has Tokelau Chatnam Island India has Andaman and Nicobar Island Spain has Ceuta Melilla Canary Islands Portugal has Azores Madiera

[@sovat1230]

Netherlands has Aruba Curacao Bonaire Saba Saint Eustatius Saint Maarten

[@Hansjoh21]

@@sovat1230 And Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

Greenland's population may be small, but it has more people than the nearby Canadian territory of Nunavut.

[@jhaarbur]

I have a few more to add: 1. Dhekalia and Akrotiri (UK) 2. Gibralter (UK) 3. Saint Helena, Ascension Island, Tristan da Cunha (UK) 4. New Caledonia (France) 5. Hong Kong, Macau, Parcel and Spralty Islands (China) 6. Mayotter and Reunion Islands (France) 7. Chaggos Islands (UK/US) 8. Ceuta, Mellila, and other Spanish enclaves in North Africa 9. Madeira and Azores Islands 10. Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 11. Channel Islands, Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands (UK) 12. Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands (UK)

[@rosiefay7283]

The Channel Islands are a Crown Dependency, so fair enough including them. But Orkney and Shetland are parts of the UK.

[@mysteriousDSF]

6:00 one more time you say "cover a distance" and I unsubscribe

[@mysteriousDSF]

9:10 alright here we go

[@philphildebeers2075]

The guy's an idiot, I've given up posting corrections.

[@miriamcollinge9162]

Why

[@mysteriousDSF]

@@miriamcollinge9162 because he keeps saying distance whence'st talking about area. "Cover a distance of around 500 km2" no that's entirely wrong, go back to second grade and understand that a distance has only one dimension whereas area has two

[@philphildebeers2075]

@@mysteriousDSF He does it every week and he's always talking about 'kilometers squared' instead of 'square kilometers' which are completely different.

[@GGbro2024]

hi

[@philphildebeers2075]

I found it highly interesting how the pronunciation of French Gwee-ana reverted to Guiana in the space of 5 minutes. I didn't know that Puerto Rico had changed its name to Porto Rico or that Suriname was now Surinim. Very interesting.

[@IsabelBeatriceJones]

What if every inhabited piece of land on Earth was its own country?

[@zach2382]

There would be 8 billion countries

[@IsabelBeatriceJones]

I never knew that's how many inhabited places there are. I was imagining if every inhabited island and states with in countries were to become their own country.@@zach2382

[@jonntischnabel]

I find it amusing that Australia is known as "down under" yet it's all further north than 42 Deg south, that's like calling Bosnia "up over" , Britain is WAYYY further north than Oz is south, (I live at 53 degrees north), yet we don't call the UK, "up over" either! 😂

[@briangunn21]

No place is west. It is a direction not a destination

[@philphildebeers2075]

The guy's an idiot, I've given up posting corrections.

[@mrsporty9669]

No more colonies

[@himlingpatrice]

When the inhabitants of a territory have the same rights and duties as those of the metropolis. When the inhabitants of this territory have the possibility of choosing independence, if they wish. When these inhabitants choose to maintain links with their country of attachment, this territory is NOT a colony.

[@Lau2856.]

Most of them aren"t colonies.