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Southeast Asia in 1830

This map shows the 35 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.

Map of Southeast Asia in 1830 with 35 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in Southeast Asia in 1830

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Qing Dynasty
  • Rattanakosin Kingdom
  • Burma
  • Dutch East Indies
  • Spanish Empire
  • Nguyễn dynasty
  • British Empire
  • Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
  • Khmer Empire
  • Riau-Lingga Sultanate
  • Chiangmai
  • British Colonial Empire
  • Sultanate of Sulu
  • Sultanate of Johor
  • Sultanate of Brunei
  • Sultanate of Malacca
  • Kingdom of Champasak
  • Sultanate of Aceh
  • Sultanate of Banjar
  • Sultanate of Jambi
  • Sultanate of Perak
  • Portuguese Colonies
  • Sultanate of Sambaliung
  • Sultanate of Terengganu
  • Sultanate of Selangor
  • Sultanate of Bima
  • Kelantan
  • Sultanate of Sukadana
  • Sultanate of Kutai Kartanegara
  • Bali
  • Negeri Sembilan
  • Đại Việt
  • Sultanate of Bone
  • Tokugawa Shogunate
  • Sultanate of Maguindanao

New on the map since 1805

Burma · Riau-Lingga Sultanate · Sultanate of Sambaliung

Gone from the map by 1855

Sultanate of Sambaliung · Sultanate of Sukadana · Sultanate of Kutai Kartanegara · Đại Việt · Sultanate of Maguindanao

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Southeast Asia in other years

Other regions in 1830

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.