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.
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.
Loading the interactive map… The full list of cases is below and does not need the map.
Cases on the map
76 cases matching Historical independence. The map shows the same set.
| Case | Collection | Region | Locator | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Historical independence | Central Africa | São Tomé and Príncipe | |
| Slovenia | Historical independence | Europe | Slovenia | |
| South Moluccas | Historical independence | East Asia | Maluku (Moluccas) | |
| South Sudan | Historical independence | East Africa and the Horn | South Sudan | |
| Southern Brazilian separatism | Historical independence | Latin America | Southern Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina) | |
| Suriname | Historical independence | Latin America | Suriname | |
| Tamil Eelam | Historical independence | South Asia | Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka | |
| Tanna separatist episodes | Historical independence | Oceania and the Pacific | Tanna, Vanuatu | |
| Timor-Leste | Historical independence | Southeast Asia | Timor-Leste | |
| Turks and Caicos political status | Political status and decolonisation | Caribbean | Turks and Caicos Islands | |
| United States | Historical independence | North America | United States | |
| Vanuatu | Historical independence | Oceania and the Pacific | Vanuatu | |
| Vietnam | Historical independence | Southeast Asia | Vietnam | |
| Western Canadian separatism | Historical independence | North America | Western Canada | |
| Zimbabwe | Historical independence | Southern Africa | Zimbabwe | |
| Zulia political-status proposals | Autonomy and Indigenous self-government | Latin America | Zulia State, Venezuela |