The Americas in 1923
1923 is the year of the Treaty of Lausanne. This map shows the 23 states and peoples the data has for The Americas in that year.
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States and peoples in the Americas in 1923
Largest first, by area on this map.
- British Colonial Empire
- United States of America
- Brazilian Republic
- Argentine Confederation
- Mexico
- Bolivia
- Republic of Peru
- Republic of Colombia
- Venezuela
- Republic of Chile
- Greenland
- Republic of Ecuador
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Paraguay
- Netherlands Antilles
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Honduras
- Republic of Cuba
- Guatemala
- French Third Republic
- Republic of Panama
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Republic of El Salvador
New on the map since 1898
Republic of Cuba · Republic of Panama
Gone from the map by 1948
Argentine Confederation · Greenland · French Third Republic
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The Americas in other years
Other regions in 1923
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.