0 A country or an area that is self-governing is controlled by the people living there:
The Faroe Islands are self-governing, but have been for many years a colony of Denmark.
They want to incorporate the oil-rich area into their self-governing region.
Henry VIII created the Church of England, a self-governing community of Christian worshipers.
The school has a self-governing board that runs the facility.
Over the years the government has attempted to restructure or replace these self-governing institutions.
Moreover, it had been the goal of the missions to establish self-governing churches.