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
United States Historical independence North America
Vanuatu Historical independence Oceania and the Pacific
Veneto Independence movements Europe
Vietnam Historical independence Southeast Asia
Wa political status Autonomy and Indigenous self-government East Asia
Wales Independence movements Europe
West Papua Independence movements East Asia
Western Canadian separatism Historical independence North America
Western Sahara Political status and decolonisation North Africa
Western Togoland Independence movements West Africa
Yoruba independence / Oduduwa proposals Independence movements West Africa
Zanzibari political-status movements Autonomy and Indigenous self-government East Africa and the Horn
Zimbabwe Historical independence Southern Africa
Zulia political-status proposals Autonomy and Indigenous self-government Latin America