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Northwest Mounted Police

(Encyclopedia)Northwest Mounted Police: see Royal Canadian Mounted Police. ...

Cimarron, Territory of

(Encyclopedia)Cimarron, Territory of, now the Panhandle of Okla. It was settled in the early 1800s by cattle ranchers, many of them squatters. To protect their claims they attempted, in 1887, to create a separate t...

Federal Capital Territory

(Encyclopedia)Federal Capital Territory: see Australian Capital Territory. ...

Jefferson, Territory of

(Encyclopedia)Jefferson, Territory of, in U.S. history, region that roughly encompassed the present-day state of Colorado, although extending 2° farther south and 1° farther north, organized by its inhabitants (1...

Australian Capital Territory

(Encyclopedia)Australian Capital Territory, 939 sq mi (2,432 sq km), SE Australia, an enclave within New South Wales, containing Canberra, capital of Australia. It was called the Federal Capital Territory unt...

Papua, Territory of

(Encyclopedia)Papua, Territory of: see Papua New Guinea. ...

Virgin Lands Territory

(Encyclopedia)Virgin Lands Territory, Rus. Tselinny Kray, former administrative division, c.231,000 sq mi (598,300 sq km), Central Asian USSR, in Kazakhstan. Created in 1960 by the merger of Kokchetav (Kökshetau),...

Belfort, Territory of

(Encyclopedia)Belfort, Territory of, department, E France, in Alsace, on the Swiss border. The city of Belfort is the capital. ...

North-West Frontier Province

(Encyclopedia)North-West Frontier Province: see Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. ...

Coppermine

(Encyclopedia)Coppermine, river, 525 mi (845 km) long, rising in Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Canada, and winding northwest to enter the Arctic Ocean at Coronation Gulf in Nunavut Territory. Kugluktuk, forme...