Federation colonies are those colonies which were under the authority and jurisdiction of the United Federation of Planets. The Federation contains many colonies of their member planets.
Earth Colonies
These colonies were established by various Earth governments or United Earth. Most of them are older than the United Federation of Planets itself.
- Deneva colony (Deneva)
- Earth Colony II
- Earth Colony 5 (Alpha V)
- Lunar colonies (Luna)
- Lunar One colony
- Orpheus Mining Colony (possibly abandoned in 2154)
- Martian colonies (Mars)
- Proxima colony (Alpha Centauri system)
- Terra Nova colony (Terra Nova, destroyed in 2081)
- Vega colony (Vega system)
Vulcan Colonies
These colonies were established by the Vulcan High Command. Many of them are older than the Federation itself.
- Paan Mokar
- Vulcanis Lunar Colony
Other Federation Colonies
Many of these colonies were established by the Federation. Often, Federation citizens from many different member worlds coexist in these colonies.
- Ajilon Prime colony (Ajilon Prime)
- Aldebaran colony (Aldebaran system)
- Archanis IV colony (Archanis IV)
- Archer IV colony (Archer IV)
- Arvada III colony (Arvada III)
- Barisa Prime colony (Barisa Prime)
- Benecia colony (Benecia)
- Berengaria VII colony (Berengaria VII)
- Beta VI colony (Beta VI)
- Caldos colony (Caldos II)
- Campor colony (Campor III)
- Cerberus colony (Cerberus)
- Cestus III colony (Cestus III, destroyed in 2267, rebuilt by 2371)
- Coltar IV colony (Coltar IV)
- Cygnia Minor colony (Cygnia Minor)
- Delta Rana IV colony (Delta Rana IV, destroyed in 2366)
- Galen IV colony (Galen IV)
- Gamma Hydra IV colony (Gamma Hydra IV)
- Gault colony (Gault)
- Gemulon V colony (Gemulon V, planned in the 2350s but never established)
- Iadara colony
- Ivor Prime colony (Ivor Prime, destroyed in 2373)
- Janus VI colony (Janus VI)
- Kessik IV colony (Kessik IV)
- Mantilles colony (Mantilles)
- Manzar colony (Sector 441)
- Melona colony
- Minos Korva colony (Minos Korva)
- MS I colony
- Omicron Theta colony (Omicron Theta, destroyed in 2336)
- Nehru colony (Bajor sector)
- New Berlin colony
- New France colony (Bajor sector)
- New Paris colonies
- New Providence colony (Jouret IV, destroyed in 2366)
- Norpin colony (Norpin V)
- Omicron colony (Omicron Ceti III, relocated in 2267)
- Ophiucus III colony (Ophiucus III)
- Penthara IV colony (Penthara IV)
- Planet Q colony (Planet Q)
- Quadra Sigma III colony (Quadra Sigma III)
- Setlik III colony (possibly destroyed in 2362)
- Sherman's Planet
- Strnad colony (Strnad system, relocated in 2364)
- Tantalus colony (Tantalus V, penal colony)
- Taranko colony
- Tarsus IV colony (Tarsus IV)
- Tendara colony
- Triacus colony
Colonies independent from Earth or the Federation
These colonies have declared their independence from Earth or the Federation, were ceded to other governments, or have been founded in secret in some way.
- Bringloid V colony (Bringloid V, forgotten until 2365, then moved to Mariposa colony)
- Dorvan V colony (Dorvan V, ceded to the Cardassian Union in 2370)
- Genome colony (Moab IV)
- Hakton VII colony (Hakton VII, Demilitarized Zone)
- Juhraya colony (Juhraya, ceded to the Cardassian Union in 2370)
- Mariposa colony (Mariposa, forgotten until 2365, then merged with Bringloid V colony)
- Marva IV colony (Marva IV, Maquis colony in the Demilitarized Zone)
- "Santa Maria colony" (Orellius system, founded in secret, discovered in 2370)
- Salva II colony (Salva II, ceded to the Cardassian Union in 2370, partially moved to Marva IV)
- Solosos III colony (Solosos III, Maquis colony in the Demilitarized Zone)
- Soltok IV colony (Soltok IV, Demilitarized Zone)
- Tracken II colony (Tracken II, Maquis colony in the Demilitarized Zone)
- Tau Cygna V colony (Tau Cygna V, evacuated in 2366)
- Turkana IV colony (Turkana IV, failed and declared independence in the 2350s)
- Umoth VIII colony (Umoth VIII, Demilitarized Zone)
- Volan II colony (Volan II, ceded to the Cardassian Union in 2370)
- Volan III colony (Volan III, ceded to the Cardassian Union in 2370)