Africa in 1910
This map shows the 23 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1910
Largest first, by area on this map.
- French Africa
- British Africa
- German Africa
- Belgian Congo
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Ottoman Empire
- Ethiopian Empire
- Ottoman Tripolitania
- Qajar Dynasty
- Italian Africa
- Kingdom of Spain
- Morocco
- Emirate of Nejd
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Wadai Empire
- Republic of Liberia
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- Natalia Republic
- First Hellenic Republic
- Kingdom of Italy
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
- Russian Empire
- British Colonial Empire
New on the map since 1885
Belgian Congo · Italian Africa · Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
Gone from the map by 1935
German Africa · Kingdom of Portugal · Ottoman Empire · Ottoman Tripolitania · Qajar Dynasty · Kingdom of Spain · Morocco · Emirate of Nejd · Wadai Empire · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Natalia Republic · Russian Empire · British Colonial Empire
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Other regions in 1910
The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.