Africa in 1920
This map shows the 24 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1920
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 Spain
- British Colonial Empire
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Kingdom of Hejaz
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
- Ottoman Empire
- North Yemen
- Asir
- Republic of Liberia
- First Hellenic Republic
- Kingdom of Italy
- French Third Republic
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
- Republics of the Soviet Union
- Tangier International Zone
New on the map since 1895
Portuguese Republic · Kingdom of Hejaz · French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon · North Yemen · Asir · French Third Republic · Sultanate of Muscat and Oman · Republics of the Soviet Union · Tangier International Zone
Gone from the map by 1945
Portuguese Republic · Italian Africa · Ethiopian Empire · Qajar Dynasty · Emirate of Nejd · Kingdom of Spain · Kingdom of Hejaz · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Ottoman Empire · Asir · First Hellenic Republic · French Third Republic · Republics of the Soviet Union
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Other regions in 1920
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.