Central Asia in 1949
1949 is the year NATO and the two German states were founded. This map shows the 10 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Central Asia in 1949
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Republic of China
- Pahlavi Dynasty
- Kingdom of Afghanistan
- Tibet
- East Turkestan Republic
- Mongolian People's Republic
- Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Republic of India
- Kingdom of Iraq
New on the map since 1924
Republic of China · Kingdom of Afghanistan · East Turkestan Republic · Mongolian People's Republic · Islamic Republic of Pakistan · Republic of India · Kingdom of Iraq
Gone from the map by 1974
Republic of China · Kingdom of Afghanistan · Tibet · East Turkestan Republic · Kingdom of Iraq
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Central Asia in other years
Other regions in 1949
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.