A Residency was an

administrative division Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...

of: *the former

British Empire The British Empire was composed of the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts esta ...

. Most notable were the following: **

British Residency of the Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf Residency () was an official colonial subdivision (i.e., residency) of the British Raj from 1763 until 1947 (and remained British protectorates after Indian independence in 1947, up to 1971), whereby the United Kingdom maint ...

Residencies of British India The Residencies of British India were political offices, each managed by a Resident, who dealt with the relations between the Government of India and one or a territorial set of princely states. History The Residency system has its origins in ...

see: :Residencies of British India *the Dutch East Indies, e.g. **

Jambi Residency Djambi Residency ( nl, Residentie Djambi) was an administrative territorial entity of the Dutch East Indies and was established in 1906. List of residents Source: See also * Jambi Jambi is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the ...

, Batavia Residency, Semarang Residency, etc. See

Administrative divisions of the Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was divided into three governorates, namely the Great East, Borneo (Kalimantan) and Sumatra, and into three provinces in Java. Provinces and governorates were furthe ...

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