A federal territory is an administrative division under the direct and usually exclusive jurisdiction of a federation's national government. A federal territory is a part of a federation, but not a part of any federated state. The states constitute the federation itself and share sovereignty with the federal government, while a territory does not have sovereign status and is constitutionally dependent on the federal government. Unlike a federal district (which is directly controlled by the federal government), a territory may have some degree of self-rule, but the terms are used somewhat differently in different federations. Federal territories in various federations Federal territories include: Australia (external) (claimed) (internal) (external) (external) (external) (external) (internal) (external) (internal) Canada India Andaman and Nicobar Islands Chandigarh Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Delhi Jammu and Kashmir Ladakh Lakshadweep Puducherry Malaysia Nigeria Federal Capital Territory Pakistan United States (unincorporated unorganized) Bajo Nuevo Bank (claimed) (unincorporated unorganized) (unincorporated organized) (unincorporated unorganized) (unincorporated unorganized) (unincorporated unorganized) (unincorporated unorganized) (unincorporated unorganized) (unincorporated unorganized) (unincorporated organized) (incorporated unorganized) (unincorporated organized) Serranilla Bank (claimed) (unincorporated organized) (unincorporated unorganized) Historical federal territories Brazil In Brazil, although mentioned in the Federal Constitution, currently there are no federal territories. Until 1988, there were three territories: Fernando de Noronha (today a municipality of Pernambuco), Amapá, and Roraima, now fully recognised states. From 1943 to 1982 Rondônia was also a federal territory (until 1956 under the name of Território do Guaporé). Canada The Northwest Territories used to include a majority of what is now Canada, and was divided into districts for ease of administration from 1882 until 1999. One such district, Keewatin, was its own federal territory from 1876 until 1905. Germany The German Empire was a federation of monarchies and a few city-states. However, after the Franco-Prussian War, the newly created country annexed large parts of Alsace and Lorraine, two mostly German-speaking French territories which used to belong to the Holy Roman Empire. A large part of the local population was opposed to the transfer, meaning that granting statehood to the recently acquired territory would establish a state with a possible desire for secession which also was not used to German politics and German law. Incorporating the territory into Prussia, as happened to Schleswig-Holstein and other states during the German Unification Wars, was opposed by the South German states which already felt diminished by Prussia. Hence, an annexation to Bavaria and Baden was