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For the telecommunication usage, see handoff

Handover, in the political-historical sense, often refers to the transfer of power of former colonies (particularly those of former British colonies) to the local people. The term was also used for the transfer of the Panama Canal and the Canal Zone to Panama, and the returns of sovereignty to Iraq by the United States.

The transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong, a former British crown colony, from UK to People's Republic of China in 1997. After the Handover Hong Kong has become a special administrative region, a first-order division. See transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong.
The transfer of sovereignty of Macau from Portugal to People's Republic of China in 1999, and has become a special administrative region.