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=== Former === ==== Argentina ==== [[Federal District, Argentina|Federal District (Argentina)]] was converted into the ''[[Autonomous City of Buenos Aires]]'' in 1994. ==== Australia ==== The [[Jervis Bay Territory]] is an [[states and territories of Australia#Internal territories|internal territory]] of the [[Australia|Commonwealth of Australia]], surrendered by the state of [[New South Wales]] in 1915 to the [[Government of Australia|Commonwealth Government]]<ref>{{Cite Legislation AU|Cth|act|jbtaa1915323|Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Seat of Government Surrender Act (NSW) Act 9 of 1915|url=http://foundingdocs.gov.au/item-sdid-126.html|work=This document, assented to by the Governor-General in 1915, provided for the transfer of 28 square miles of land at Jervis Bay to the Commonwealth, in addition to the areas surrendered under the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909 and the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909.|publisher=[[Museum of Australian Democracy]]|access-date=17 January 2013}}</ref> so that the landlocked [[Australian Capital Territory]] would have maritime access.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jervis Bay area Most Suitable for Commonwealth Purposes|url=http://foundingdocs.gov.au/enlargement-eid-105-pid-95.html#|work=A portion of land at Jervis Bay was included in the Federal Capital Territory to provide a seaport for Australia's only inland capital.|publisher=Museum of Australian Democracy|access-date=17 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428091831/http://foundingdocs.gov.au/enlargement-eid-105-pid-95.html|archive-date=28 April 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Due to the terms of the [[Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act]], the laws of the ACT apply to the Jervis Bay Territory,<ref>{{cite web|title=Jervis Bay Territory Governance and Administration|url=http://www.regional.gov.au/territories/jervis_bay/governanceadministration.aspx|work=Although the Jervis Bay Territory is not part of the Australian Capital Territory, the laws of the ACT apply, in so far as they are applicable and, providing they are not inconsistent with an Ordinance, in the Territory by virtue of the Jervis Bay Acceptance Act 1915.|publisher=[[The Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport]]|access-date=17 January 2013}}</ref> and it was administered by the [[Department of the Interior (1939β1972)|Department of the Interior]] (and later by the [[Department of the Capital Territory]]) as if it were part of the Australian Capital Territory, although it has always been a separate Commonwealth territory. In 1989, when the ACT achieved [[self-government]], the [[Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories]] took over responsibility for the JBT's administration, and it has since been administered by various Commonwealth departments responsible to the Minister for Territories. ==== Mexico ==== Former [[Federal District (Mexico)]], was converted into ''[[Mexico City]]'' in January 2016.
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