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.

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

224 cases. The map shows the same set.

Cases shown on the atlas, with collection, region and locator description
CaseCollectionRegionMap
Ogaden / Somali-region self-determination Independence movements East Africa and the Horn
Ogoni self-government Autonomy and Indigenous self-government West Africa
Oromo self-determination Independence movements East Africa and the Horn
Padania Independence movements Europe
Pakistan Historical independence South Asia
Palestinian self-determination and statehood Independence movements West Asia
Pamiri / Gorno-Badakhshan self-government Independence movements Central Asia
Papua New Guinea Historical independence Oceania and the Pacific
Pashtunistan political projects Independence movements South Asia
Patani Independence movements East Asia
Philippines Historical independence Southeast Asia
Pitcairn political status Political status and decolonisation Oceania and the Pacific
Puerto Rico political status Political status and decolonisation Caribbean
Quebec Independence movements North America
Rakhine / Arakan political-status movements Independence movements East Asia
Rapa Nui self-determination Autonomy and Indigenous self-government Oceania and the Pacific
Republika Srpska Independence movements Europe
Riau independence proposals Historical independence East Asia
Rif political-status movements Historical independence North Africa
Rotuman self-determination Historical independence Oceania and the Pacific
Ryukyu / Okinawan self-determination Independence movements East Asia
Saint Helena and dependencies political status Political status and decolonisation South Atlantic
Sakha (Yakutia) Independence movements Caucasus, Russia and neighbouring areas
Samoa Historical independence Oceania and the Pacific
San Andrés and Providencia / Raizal self-determination Independence movements Latin America
Santa Cruz / eastern Bolivian autonomy projects Autonomy and Indigenous self-government Latin America
São Tomé and Príncipe Historical independence Central Africa
Sardinia Independence movements Europe
Scotland Independence movements Europe
Shan self-determination Autonomy and Indigenous self-government East Asia