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In 1946, the colony of Guadeloupe became an overseas department of France.

Examples are Åland (Finland), Hong Kong (China), and Macau (China).

Portugal, like the rest of Philip's kingdoms, was on the verge of rebellion.

Politics The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory.

We have facilities around there. You also have a buffer zone that's 17 square kilometers.

To have one's portrait commissioned and painted with ultramarine blue was considered a great luxury.

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean.

In 1902 Henderson was annexed to the Pitcairn Islands colony, now a South Pacific British Overseas Territory.

Alternatively, a buffer mixture can be made from a mixure of an acid and its conjugate base.

When Van Eyck used lapis, he never blended it with other colors.

Kingston (Norf'k laengwij Daun a'Taun ) is the capital of the Australian South Pacific Territory of Norfolk Island.

As a result, the country remained a buffer state between parts of Southeast Asia that were colonised by the two colonial powers, Great Britain and France.

Tristan da Cunha is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

Flemish painter Jan van Eyck, working in the 15th century, did not ordinarily include blue in his paintings.

Moreover, Kenya s desire to carve out a buffer state conflicts with the Somali government s goal of uniting the country.

Since bromophenol blue carries a slight negative charge at moderate pH, it will migrate in the same direction as DNA or protein in a gel the rate at which it migrates varies according to gel density and buffer composition, but in a typical 1 agarose gel in a 1X TAE buffer or TBE buffer, bromophenol blue migrates at the same rate as a DNA fragment of about 300 base pairs, in 2 agarose as 150 bp.

Beyond the frontiers, he secured the Empire with a buffer region of client states, and made peace with the Parthian Empire through diplomacy.

This should make it more difficult for malicious code to take control of the system via buffer overrun or unchecked buffer attacks.

Cayenne ( ) is the capital of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America.

The city of Lubango, Angola, was called Sá de Bandeira when the Angolan territory was under Portuguese rule.

The only way to achieve a deep rich blue was by using a semi precious stone, lapis lazuli, to produce a pigment known as ultramarine, and the best sources of lapis were remote.

Saint Laurent du Maroni is one of the two sub prefectures of French Guiana and the seat of the Arrondissement of Saint Laurent du Maroni.

Jamestown is the capital of both the island of Saint Helena and the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

Banco Nacional Ultramarino ( ) was a Portuguese bank with operations throughout the world, especially in Portugal's former overseas provinces.

Montserrat () is an island which is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, specifically in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain known as the Lesser Antilles, in the West Indies.

2001 BNU and Caixa Geral de Depósitos merged through incorporation of BNU into Caixa Geral de Depósitos Banque Franco Portugaise d Outre Mer became a branch of Caixa Geral on July 1, 2000, the Macau branch of Banco Nacional Ultramarino became a bank incorporated in Macau SAR under the name Banco Nacional Ultramarino S.A., but remained wholly owned subsidiary of Caixa Geral de Depósitos, retaining until 2010 its functions as a note issuer and Agent of the Treasury.

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BOTC, however, does not confer any right to live in any British Overseas Territory, including the territory from which it is derived.

The British government has stated its willingness to assist any Overseas Territory that wishes to proceed to independence, where that is an option.

As a British overseas territory, Gibraltar has, until now, enjoyed a privileged position within the European Union, exempt from certain taxes, responsibilities and legislation.

As a British overseas territory, the Falklands have internal self governance, and the United Kingdom takes responsibility for their defence and foreign affairs.

Martinique () is an island in the Lesser Antilles in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of and a population of 386,486 inhabitants (as of Jan. 2013).

Location On the northern side of the Strait are Spain and Gibraltar (a British overseas territory in the Iberian Peninsula), while on the southern side are Morocco and Ceuta (a Spanish exclave in North Africa).

1988 Portuguese Government owned Caixa Geral de Depósitos became the majority shareholder of BNU, with the Republic of Portugal the sole other shareholder.

The 1979 Egypt Israel Peace Treaty mandated that Sinai be largely demilitarized in order to serve as a buffer zone between the two former enemies.

During the Second World War, the island was the site of the Battle of Madagascar between the Vichy government and the British.

Timeline Banco Nacional Ultramarino (BNU) was established in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1864 as a bank of issue for Portuguese overseas territories.

For a more general history of currency in the South Atlantic region, see The Sterling Currency in the South Atlantic and the Antarctic.

When the Bahamas gained independence in 1973, the islands received their own governor and have remained a separate autonomous British Overseas Territory since.

The islands continued to be governed as part of the Colony of Jamaica until 1962, when they became a separate Crown colony while Jamaica became an independent Commonwealth realm.

It is governed as part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, of which the main island, Saint Helena, is around to the southeast.

Rise of FRELIMO Portugal designated Mozambique an overseas territory in 1951 in order to show to the world that the colony had a greater autonomy.

To protect Rome's eastern territories from the Parthian Empire, Augustus relied on the client states of the east to act as territorial buffers and areas that could raise their own troops for defense.

Its pH changes very little when a small or moderate amount of strong acid or base is added to it and thus it is used to prevent changes in the pH of a solution.