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Surinam (Netherlands)

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Svalbard (Norway)

Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá (Portugal)

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Portuguese West Africa (Portugal)

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Qatar (until mid-1949; United Kingdom)

Qatar (from mid-1949; United Kingdom)

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Navassa Island (United States)

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