diff --git a/server/src/db/migrations.ts b/server/src/db/migrations.ts
index 63eeb7b8..a05cd371 100644
--- a/server/src/db/migrations.ts
+++ b/server/src/db/migrations.ts
@@ -2237,6 +2237,34 @@ function runMigrations(db: Database.Database): void {
       try { db.exec('ALTER TABLE oauth_clients ADD COLUMN allows_client_credentials INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0'); }
       catch (err: any) { if (!err.message?.includes('duplicate column name')) throw err; }
     },
+    // Drop stale atlas cache rows for territories that used to resolve to their
+    // surrounding country (Hong Kong/Macau as China, San Marino/Vatican as Italy,
+    // etc.) before their own bounding boxes existed. The next atlas stats request
+    // re-resolves any place inside these boxes with the corrected country code.
+    () => {
+      const enclaveBoxes: [number, number, number, number][] = [
+        [113.83, 22.15, 114.43, 22.56], // HK
+        [113.53, 22.10, 113.60, 22.21], // MO
+        [12.40, 43.89, 12.52, 43.99],   // SM
+        [12.44, 41.90, 12.46, 41.91],   // VA
+        [7.40, 43.72, 7.44, 43.75],     // MC
+        [9.47, 47.05, 9.64, 47.27],     // LI
+        [-5.36, 36.11, -5.33, 36.16],   // GI
+        [-67.30, 17.88, -65.22, 18.53], // PR
+      ];
+      try {
+        const del = db.prepare(
+          `DELETE FROM place_regions WHERE place_id IN (
+             SELECT id FROM places WHERE lat BETWEEN ? AND ? AND lng BETWEEN ? AND ?
+           )`
+        );
+        for (const [minLng, minLat, maxLng, maxLat] of enclaveBoxes) {
+          del.run(minLat, maxLat, minLng, maxLng);
+        }
+      } catch (err: any) {
+        if (!err.message?.includes('no such table')) throw err;
+      }
+    },
   ];
 
   if (currentVersion < migrations.length) {
diff --git a/server/src/services/atlasService.ts b/server/src/services/atlasService.ts
index 95f70d27..4d26a7d5 100644
--- a/server/src/services/atlasService.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/atlasService.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ export const COUNTRY_BOXES: Record<string, [number, number, number, number]> = {
   UG:[29.6,-1.5,35.0,4.2],UY:[-58.4,-34.9,-53.1,-30.1],UZ:[55.9,37.2,73.1,45.6],VE:[-73.4,0.7,-59.8,12.2],
   AE:[51.6,22.6,56.4,26.1],GB:[-8,49.9,2,60.9],US:[-125,24.5,-66.9,49.4],VN:[102.1,8.6,109.5,23.4],XK:[20.0,41.9,21.8,43.3],
   YE:[42.5,12.1,54.0,19.0],ZM:[21.9,-18.1,33.7,-8.2],ZW:[25.2,-22.4,33.1,-15.6],
+  // Territories with their own ISO code that sit inside a larger country's box.
+  // Listed so getCountryFromCoords()'s smallest-box match picks them over the host
+  // (e.g. Hong Kong/Macau over China, San Marino/Vatican over Italy).
+  HK:[113.83,22.15,114.43,22.56],MO:[113.53,22.10,113.60,22.21],SM:[12.40,43.89,12.52,43.99],
+  VA:[12.44,41.90,12.46,41.91],MC:[7.40,43.72,7.44,43.75],LI:[9.47,47.05,9.64,47.27],
+  GI:[-5.36,36.11,-5.33,36.16],PR:[-67.30,17.88,-65.22,18.53],
 };
 
 export const NAME_TO_CODE: Record<string, string> = {
@@ -144,6 +150,9 @@ export const NAME_TO_CODE: Record<string, string> = {
   'angola':'AO','namibia':'NA','botswana':'BW','zimbabwe':'ZW','zambia':'ZM','malawi':'MW',
   'mozambique':'MZ','mozambik':'MZ','madagascar':'MG','rwanda':'RW','burundi':'BI',
   'somalia':'SO','papua new guinea':'PG','brunei':'BN',
+  'hong kong':'HK','hong kong sar':'HK','macau':'MO','macao':'MO','macau sar':'MO',
+  'san marino':'SM','vatican':'VA','vatican city':'VA','holy see':'VA','monaco':'MC',
+  'liechtenstein':'LI','gibraltar':'GI','puerto rico':'PR',
 };
 
 export const CONTINENT_MAP: Record<string, string> = {
@@ -167,6 +176,7 @@ export const CONTINENT_MAP: Record<string, string> = {
   ZA:'Africa',SE:'Europe',CH:'Europe',TH:'Asia',TR:'Europe',UA:'Europe',UG:'Africa',UY:'South America',
   UZ:'Asia',VE:'South America',AE:'Asia',GB:'Europe',US:'North America',VN:'Asia',XK:'Europe',
   YE:'Asia',ZM:'Africa',ZW:'Africa',NG:'Africa',
+  HK:'Asia',MO:'Asia',SM:'Europe',VA:'Europe',MC:'Europe',LI:'Europe',GI:'Europe',PR:'North America',
 };
 
 // ── Geocoding helpers ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────