South America in 1938
1938 is the eve of the Second World War. This map shows the 15 states and peoples the data has for South America in that year.
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States and peoples in South America in 1938
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Unitary State of Brazil
- Argentine Republic
- Republic of Peru
- Republic of Colombia
- Bolivia
- Venezuela
- Republic of Chile
- Paraguay
- Republic of Ecuador
- British Colonial Empire
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Netherlands Antilles
- French Third Republic
- Republic of Panama
- United States of America
New on the map since 1913
Unitary State of Brazil · Argentine Republic
Gone from the map by 1963
Unitary State of Brazil · French Third Republic
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South America in other years
Other regions in 1938
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.