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World map in AD 1950

220 polities have borders on the map in AD 1950.

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AD 1950 · States and empires in AD 1950 (220)

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Recorded coverage compared with AD 1945

Newly covered by recorded outlines (42): All-Palestine Government, British Protectorate of Brunei, British Somaliland, Burma, Colony of North Borneo, Colony of Singapore, Crown Colony of Malacca, Crown Colony of Penang, Crown Colony of Sarawak, Czechoslovakia, Dominion of Ceylon, Dominion of Pakistan, East Germany, Emirate of Cyrenaica, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, Federation of Malaya, FPR of Yugoslavia, Free Territory of Trieste, Hungarian People's Republic, India, Israel, Japan (1947-1952), Jordan, Netherlands Antilles, Netherlands New Guinea, New Zealand, North Korea (1948-1953), People's Republic of Albania, People's Republic of Bulgaria, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Republic of China, Romanian People's Republic, Saar Protectorate, South Korea, Spanish West Africa, Territory of Papua and New Guinea, U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay, West Berlin, West Germany, Zona A, Zona B

Not covered by recorded outlines (43): Colony of French Guiana, Colony of Guadelupe, Northern Inspectorate of Greenland, Southern Inspectorate of Greenland, La Réunion, Kingdom of Travancore, British Ceylon, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, British Raj, Territory of Ifni, Colony of the Straits Settlement, Territory of Papua, Colony of the Rio de Oro, French Somaliland, French Establishments in Oceania, Saguia el-Hamra, Dominion of New Zealand, Dominion of Newfoundland, Tsardom of Bulgaria, China, Italian Islands of the Aegean, Kingdom of Romania, Emirate of Transjordan, Palestine Mandate, Territory of New Guinea, Curaçao, Colony of Mozambique, Commission Government of Newfoundland, Commonwealth of the Philippines, British Burma, British Military Administration of Somaliland, British occupation of the Comoros Islands, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, Democratic Government of Albania, American occupation zone in Germany, British Military Administration of Borneo, British Military Administration of Malaya, British occupation zone in Germany, Czechoslovak Republic, Empire of Japan (1945-1947), Hungarian Republic, Soviet Civil Administration, United States Army Military Government in Korea

States and empires in AD 1950

Battles, AD 1950 – AD 1959

Volcanic eruptions (VEI ≥ 4), AD 1950 – AD 1959

Significant earthquakes, AD 1950 – AD 1959

The 20 strongest of 240.

60 witnessed meteorite falls were recorded in AD 1950 – AD 1959.

Sources

Borders: OpenHistoricalMap contributors (CC0 1.0). Battles: Wikidata (CC0 1.0). Eruptions: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program. Earthquakes: NOAA NCEI. Conflict events: UCDP GED (CC BY 4.0). Meteorites: NASA/Meteoritical Society. Full citations.

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