Africa in 1919
1919 is the year of the Treaty of Versailles. 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 1919
Largest first, by area on this map.
- British Africa
- French Africa
- Belgian Congo
- Portuguese Republic
- Italian Africa
- Ethiopian Empire
- Qajar Dynasty
- Emirate of Nejd
- Kingdom of Hejaz
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- British Colonial Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- North Yemen
- Asir
- Republic of Liberia
- First Hellenic Republic
- Kingdom of Italy
- French Third Republic
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
- Russian Republic
- Tangier International Zone
New on the map since 1894
Portuguese Republic · Kingdom of Hejaz · North Yemen · Asir · French Third Republic · Sultanate of Muscat and Oman · Russian Republic · Tangier International Zone
Gone from the map by 1944
Portuguese Republic · Italian Africa · Ethiopian Empire · Qajar Dynasty · Emirate of Nejd · Kingdom of Hejaz · Kingdom of Spain · Ottoman Empire · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Asir · First Hellenic Republic · Kingdom of Italy · French Third Republic · Russian Republic
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Other regions in 1919
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.