List of territory purchased by a sovereign nation from another sovereign nation
This is a list of territory which has been purchased by a sovereign nation from another sovereign nation.
Territory | Purchased by | Purchased from | Cost | Year | Area | Cost/Area | Agreement (article) |
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Isle of Man, Hebrides, Kintyre and islands of the Firth of Clyde[1][2] | 4,000 marks sterling, 100 mark annuity | 1266 | ~8,000 km² | ~0.5 marks sterling/km² | Treaty of Perth | ||
Estonia, Livonia, Ingria, and Southeast Finland (Kexholmslän and part of Karelian Isthmus)[3][4] | 2,000,000 silver Swedish riksdaler | 1721 | ~100,000 km² | ~2,000 Riksdaler/km² | Treaty of Nystad | ||
Saint Croix[5][6] | 750,000 livres | 1733 | 210 km² | 3571 livres/km² | |||
Louisiana[7] | $15,000,000 USD | 1803 | 2,140,000 km² | 7 USD/km² | Louisiana Purchase | ||
Florida[8] | $5,000,000 USD | 1819 | ~200,000 km² | ~5 USD/km² | Adams–Onís Treaty | ||
California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona | $18,250,000 USD | 1848 | 1,360,000 km² | 13.4 USD/km² | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | ||
Arizona (southern)[9] | $10,000,000 USD | 1853 | 76,800 km² | 130 USD/km² | Gadsden Purchase | ||
New Mexico (southwestern)[9] | |||||||
Saxe-Lauenburg[10] | 2,500,000 Danish rigsdaler[11] | 1865 | 1,000 km² | 2,500 Rigsdaler/km² | Gastein Convention | ||
Alaska[12] | $7,200,000 USD | 1867 | 1,717,856 km² | 4 USD/km² | Alaska Purchase | ||
Saint-Barthélemy[13] | 320,000 French francs | 1878 | 21,24 km² | 15 Francs/km² | |||
Philippines | $20,000,000 USD | 1898 | 300,000 km² | 20 USD/km² | Treaty of Paris | ||
Caroline Islands[14] | 25,000,000 ESP | 1899 | 1,160 km² | 21,551 ESP/km² | German–Spanish Treaty | ||
Palau[14] | |||||||
Mariana Islands[14] | |||||||
Cagayan Sulu and Sibutu | $100,000 USD | 1900 | 467 km² | 214 USD/km² | Treaty of Washington | ||
Virgin Islands[15] | $25,000,000 USD | 1916 | 400 km² | 62,500 USD/km² | Treaty of the Danish West Indies | ||
Jäniskoski-Niskakoski territory[16][17] | 700,000,000 FIM | 1947 | 176 km² | 700 FIM/km² | |||
Gwadar[18][19] | 5,500,000,000 PKR | 1958 | 265 km² | 20,754,716 PKR/km² |
References
- Lustig, Richard I. (1979). "The Treaty of Perth: A Re-Examination". The Scottish Historical Review. jstor.org. 58 (165): 35–57. JSTOR 25529318.
- "Agreement between Magnus IV and Alexander III, 1266". isle-of-man.com. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- Russian: РГАДА. Рукописный отдел библиотеки Московской Синодальной типографии. Фонд 381, ед.хр.805. Л.6. Original handwritten text of the Treaty of Nystad in Russian
- (in Russian) Ништадтский мирный договор между Россией и Швецией, 30 августа 1721 г. Text of the Treaty of Nystad in Russian
- "Saint Croix, Virgin Islands: Facts & History". Vinow.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- Westergaard, Waldemar (1917). The Danish West Indies Under Company Rule (1671–1754). New York: The Macmillan Company. pp. 206–209, 222–225, 235, 243.
- "Louisiana Purchase, 1803". Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs.
- "Acquisition of Florida: Treaty of Adams-Onis (1819) and Transcontinental Treaty (1821)". Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs.
- "Gadsden Purchase, 1853–1854". Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs.
- "Herzogtum Lauenburg County (Germany)". CRW flags.
- Wolfgang Neugebauer (Hrsg.): Handbuch der preußischen Geschichte. Band 2: Das 19. Jahrhundert und große Themen der Geschichte Preußens. Verlag De Gruyter, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-11-008322-1, S. 340 books.google
- "Purchase of Alaska, 1867". Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs.
- "History of St. Barthelemy Island". Wimco. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- "Venta a Alemania "las islas Carolinas, las Palaos y Islas Marianas"". Contactar con el administrador de esta comunidad.
- "Purchase of the United States Virgin Islands, 1917". U.S. Department of State. 2008-07-21.
- Asetus Jäniskosken ja Niskakosken alueen liittämisestä Neuvostoliiton alueeseen sekä Suomessa olevien, Neuvostoliitolle siirtyneiden entisten saksalaisten rahavarojen käytöstä tehtyjen sopimusten voimaansaattamisesta. 9/1947, Valtiosopimukset, Finlex (in Finnish)
- Kosonen, Matti & Pohjonen, Juha: Isänmaan portinvartijat: Suomen rajojen vartiointi 1918-1994, s. 343-345. Rajavartiolaitoksen julkaisu. Helsinki: Otava, 1994. ISBN 951-1-13106-0. (in Finnish)
- "Gwadar Port finally becomes functional". The News.
- "About Gwadar". Jamal City Gwadar.
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