States and territories established in 1959

Hawaii ( ; ) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only state not on the North American mainland, the only state that is an archipelago, the only state south of the Tropic of Cancer, one of only two states, along with Florida, with regions that have a tropical climate, and one of the two U.S. states, along with Texas, that were internationally recognized sovereign countries before becoming U.S. states.

Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state located in the northwestern regions of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is considered to be the northernmost, westernmost, and, longitudinally, the easternmost state in the United States. It is a semi-exclave of the U.S., bordering the Canadian territory of Yukon and the province of British Columbia to the east. It shares a western maritime border in the Bering Strait with Russia's Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, and is closer to another continent (Asia) than a

province of Indonesia, on island of Sulawesi

province of the Philippines

province of the Philippines

province of the Philippines

former West African country consisting of the French colonies of Senegal and French Sudan

former administrative region of Ghana

Cambodian province

province of the Dominican Republic

province of the Dominican Republic

organization of states within the British Aden Protectorate in what would become South Yemen

former country

Egyptian military occupation of the Palestinian territory of Gaza after the 1948 Palestine war

district in Ica, Peru