Middle East & North Africa in 1930
This map shows the 25 states and peoples the data has for Middle East & North Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Middle East & North Africa in 1930
Largest first, by area on this map.
- French Africa
- British Africa
- Pahlavi Dynasty
- Italian Africa
- Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Kingdom of Egypt
- Republic of Turkey
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
- Kingdom of Afghanistan
- French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
- Kingdom of Italy
- North Yemen
- Ethiopian Empire
- First Hellenic Republic
- British Raj
- Estado Novo
- Principality of Bulgaria
- Yugoslavia
- Albania
- French Third Republic
- Tangier International Zone
- Principality of Andorra
New on the map since 1905
Pahlavi Dynasty · Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd · Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Kingdom of Egypt · Republic of Turkey · Kingdom of Afghanistan · French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon · North Yemen · Estado Novo · Yugoslavia · Albania · Tangier International Zone
Gone from the map by 1955
Italian Africa · Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd · Kingdom of Egypt · Kingdom of Spain · Sultanate of Muscat and Oman · French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon · Kingdom of Italy · Ethiopian Empire · First Hellenic Republic · British Raj · Principality of Bulgaria · Yugoslavia · Albania · French Third Republic
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Middle East & North Africa in other years
Other regions in 1930
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.