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World map in AD 1970

205 polities have borders on the map in AD 1970.

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AD 1970 · States and empires in AD 1970 (205)

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Recorded coverage compared with AD 1960

Newly covered by recorded outlines (52): Algeria, Anguilla, Barbados, Botswana, British Honduras, British Indian Ocean Territory, Burundi, Colony of Antigua and Barbuda, Colony of Grenada, Colony of Saint Lucia, Colony of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Colony of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Congo-Kinshasa, Czech Republic, Dominion of Fiji, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia (1962-1991), First Nigerian Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, Japan (1968-1972), Kenya, Kingdom of Tonga, Kuwait, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Montserrat, North Yemen, Oman, Rhodesia, Rwanda, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Socialist Republic of Romania, Somali Democratic Republic, South Africa, South Yemen, St Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tanzania, The Gambia, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Zambia

Not covered by recorded outlines (52): Portuguese Goa, Portuguese India, British Guiana, Sultanate of Lahej, Haushabi Sultanate, British Mauritius, Crown Colony of Malta, Gambia Colony and Protectorate, French Algeria, Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, British Honduras Colony, Aden Protectorate, Colony of Fiji, Alawi Sheikhdom, Colony of Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate, Sultanate of Mahra, Maldives Protectorate, Zanzibar Protectorate, Protectorate of Uganda, Sierra Leone Protectorate, Protectorate of Kuwait, Protectorate of Tonga, Swaziland Protectorate, Spanish Territories on the Gulf of Guinea, Union of South Africa, British Cameroons, Wallis and Futuna Colony, British Kenya, Protectorate of Kenya, Tanganyika Territory, Territory of Western Samoa, Ruanda-Urundi, Aden Colony, Colony of North Borneo, Colony of Singapore, Crown Colony of Sarawak, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, FPR of Yugoslavia, Romanian People's Republic, Federation of Malaya, Netherlands New Guinea, Ethiopian–Eritrean Federation (1952-1962), Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Japan (1953-1968), Federation of Nigeria, Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Egyptian administration of Gaza, West Indies Federation, Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, Congo-Léopoldville, Somali Republic

States and empires in AD 1970

Battles, AD 1970 – AD 1979

Volcanic eruptions (VEI ≥ 4), AD 1970 – AD 1979

Significant earthquakes, AD 1970 – AD 1979

The 20 strongest of 297.

58 witnessed meteorite falls were recorded in AD 1970 – AD 1979.

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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