Southeast Asia in 1900
This map shows the 17 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Southeast Asia in 1900
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Dutch East Indies
- British Raj
- Qing Dynasty
- French Indochina
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- British Colonial Empire
- United States of America
- German Empire
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Empire of Japan
- Sultanate of Jambi
- Portuguese Colonies
- Sultanate of Terengganu
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Kelantan
- Bali
- Kedah-Perlis District
New on the map since 1875
United States of America · German Empire
Gone from the map by 1925
Qing Dynasty · German Empire · Sultanate of Aceh · Sultanate of Jambi · Portuguese Colonies · Sultanate of Terengganu · Sultanate of Kedah · Kelantan · Bali · Kedah-Perlis District
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Other regions in 1900
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.