Central Asia in 1950
This map shows the 9 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Central Asia in 1950
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- People's Republic of China
- Pahlavi Dynasty
- Kingdom of Afghanistan
- Tibet
- Mongolian People's Republic
- Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Republic of India
- Kingdom of Iraq
New on the map since 1925
People's Republic of China · Kingdom of Afghanistan · Mongolian People's Republic · Islamic Republic of Pakistan · Republic of India · Kingdom of Iraq
Gone from the map by 1975
Kingdom of Afghanistan · Tibet · Kingdom of Iraq
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Central Asia in other years
Other regions in 1950
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.