Atlas

Each point is a locator for a published case’s geographical context — not a border, capital or claim. Everything on the map is also in the list below, which works without the map.

Historical period

Use negative years for BCE.

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Legend

  • Independence movements
  • Political status and decolonisation
  • Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
  • Historical independence
  • Unification and territorial transfer
  • Group of nearby locators — select to zoom

Shapes and colours never indicate legitimacy; collections are also named in the list.

Map data and boundary policy

Basemap: Natural Earth 4.1.0 land polygons (world-atlas@2.0.2), Public domain (Natural Earth terms of use). Land polygons only. No political boundaries are drawn by the basemap. Case boundaries appear only from approved, sourced geometry records, each labelled with its layer type, dates and provenance. Map policy.

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Cases on the map

8 cases matching Independence movements. The map shows the same set.

Cases shown on the atlas, with collection, region and locator description
CaseCollectionRegionMap
Bougainville Independence movements Oceania and the Pacific
Catalonia Independence movements Europe
Greenland Independence movements Arctic, North America
Kurdish self-determination Independence movements West Asia
Kurdistan Region of Iraq Independence movements West Asia
Quebec Independence movements North America
Scotland Independence movements Europe
Western Sahara Political status and decolonisation North Africa