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World map in AD 1960

205 polities have borders on the map in AD 1960.

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AD 1960 · States and empires in AD 1960 (205)

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Recorded coverage compared with AD 1950

Newly covered by recorded outlines (44): Akrotiri and Dhekelia, British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colony of Dominica, Congo-Léopoldville, Cyprus, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Egyptian administration of Gaza, Ethiopian–Eritrean Federation (1952-1962), Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, Federation of Nigeria, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Japan (1953-1968), Libya, Malagasy Republic, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, North Korea, Pakistan, Province of Mozambique, Republic of Dahomey, Republic of the Congo, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Senegal, SFR of Yugoslavia, Somali Republic, South Vietnam, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, United Arab Republic, Upper Volta, Venezuela, West Indies Federation

Not covered by recorded outlines (59): Kingdom of Sine, Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe, Colony of Barbados, Colony of Jamaica, Gold Coast Colony, British Windward Islands, United States of Venezuela, French protectorate of Tunisia, British Somaliland, French Gabon, Trinidad and Tobago Colony, French West Africa, Colony of Madagascar and Dependencies, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Ashanti Colony, Colony of Ashanti, Northern Territories, Colony of Middle Congo, Ubangi-Shari-Chad, French protectorate in Morocco, Nyasaland Protectorate, Belgian Congo, French Equatorial Africa, Northern Rhodesia, Spanish protectorate in Morocco, Tibet, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, British Togoland, French Cameroon, Finland, Ukrainian SSR, French Chad, Kingdom of Egypt, Southern Rhodesia, British Cyprus, Tangier International Zone, Syrian Republic, Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq, British Eritrea, Ethiopia (1942-1952), British Military Administration of Libya, Fezzan-Ghadames Military Territory, American Occupation Zone in Austria, British Occupation Zone in Austria, French Occupation Zone in Austria, Soviet Occupation Zone in Austria, Crown Colony of Malacca, Crown Colony of Penang, Saar Protectorate, Spanish West Africa, Dominion of Pakistan, Free Territory of Trieste, Japan (1947-1952), Zona A, Zona B, All-Palestine Government, Czechoslovakia, North Korea (1948-1953), Emirate of Cyrenaica

States and empires in AD 1960

Battles, AD 1960 – AD 1969

Volcanic eruptions (VEI ≥ 4), AD 1960 – AD 1969

Significant earthquakes, AD 1960 – AD 1969

The 20 strongest of 299.

59 witnessed meteorite falls were recorded in AD 1960 – AD 1969.

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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