Map of Africa in 1797
On 1 July 1797, IntMap’s historical map draws 89 names within Africa. The borders for this date come from OpenHistoricalMap (day by day), then Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year), then historical-basemaps — each drawn only where the records before it are silent. The map also draws 4 outlines here that the source gives no name.
Names on the map
As the map labels them, largest first by the area of the outline drawn inside this view. Areas are of the drawn outline, rounded, and approximate.
| Name | Drawn area in view (km²) |
|---|---|
| Ottoman Empire | 3,490,000 |
| Captaincy-General of Mozambique, Sofala and Rivers of Sena | 811,000 |
| Emirate of Diriyah | 656,000 |
| Kingdom of Imerina | 626,000 |
| Funj Sultanate | 619,000 |
| Oromo | 570,000 |
| Qajar Iran | 469,000 |
| Regency of Algiers | 462,000 |
| Air | 416,000 |
| Segu | 401,000 |
| Alawi Sultanate | 392,000 |
| Nejd | 362,000 |
| Luba | 353,000 |
| Hausa States | 350,000 |
| Bornu Empire | 340,000 |
| Sultanate of Darfur | 296,000 |
| Kaarta | 286,000 |
| British Cape Colony | 282,000 |
| British Empire | 282,000 |
| Wadai Empire | 281,000 |
| Lunda | 276,000 |
| Ethiopian Empire | 241,000 |
| Zanzibar | 203,000 |
| Funj | 193,000 |
| Ashanti Empire | 151,000 |
| Morocco | 146,000 |
| Bagirmi | 130,000 |
| Awsa | 124,000 |
| Mossi States | 120,000 |
| Majeerteen Sultanate | 115,000 |
| Kingdom of Lunda | 113,000 |
| Bornu-Kanem | 112,000 |
| Rift Valley States | 112,000 |
| Zulu | 110,000 |
| Rozwi | 106,000 |
| Darfur | 99,800 |
| Spain | 96,800 |
| Qasimids | 94,600 |
| Kong Empire | 92,700 |
| Ethiopia | 92,400 |
| Lozi | 81,000 |
| Oyo Empire | 73,200 |
| Portuguese Empire | 63,600 |
| Oyo | 60,500 |
| Sotho | 57,200 |
| Rozvi | 52,600 |
| Imamate of Futa Toro | 47,000 |
| Xhosa | 43,000 |
| Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra | 42,700 |
| Kingdom of Rwanda | 40,000 |
| Asante | 28,400 |
| Kingdom of Burundi | 26,900 |
| Kingdom of Sicily | 25,500 |
| Sultanate of Oman | 24,300 |
| Bamana Empire | 23,500 |
| Wadai | 23,100 |
| Kingdom of Jolof | 20,500 |
| Kingdom of Dahomey | 20,400 |
| Bundu | 18,900 |
| Kingdom of Saloum | 17,200 |
| Shilluk Kingdom | 16,800 |
| Yemen | 15,800 |
| Africa | 15,100 |
| Kingdom of Portugal | 14,300 |
| Kingdom of Cayor | 14,100 |
| Congo | 14,000 |
| Kingdom of Niani | 11,700 |
| Dutch settlements | 10,900 |
| Sultanate of Lahej | 9,630 |
| Dutch Gold Coast | 9,120 |
| Kingdom of Baol | 8,170 |
| Danish Gold Coast | 6,910 |
| Kingdom of Kakongo | 6,050 |
| Spanish Empire | 5,980 |
| Spanish Possessions on the Gulf of Guinea | 5,750 |
| Kingdom of Waalo | 5,570 |
| Kingdom of Wuli | 5,410 |
| Dahomey | 4,180 |
| Kingdom of Ngoyo | 3,920 |
| Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe | 2,560 |
| Kingdom of Sine | 2,320 |
| Sultanate of Ndzuwani | 2,180 |
| Haushabi Sultanate | 1,860 |
| Sultanate of Maore | 1,620 |
| Walvis Bay Colony | 1,610 |
| Knights Hospitaller | 925 |
| Cape Colony | 625 |
| Kingdom of Naples | 590 |
| Saint Helena Colony | 508 |
What changed since 1796
Now drawn
none
No longer drawn
Afsharid Empire, Freetown Colony, Republic of Venice
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1797 Map of Europe · 1797 Map of the Middle East · 1797–1801 Map of South Asia · 1797–1798 Map of East Asia · 1797–1798 Map of Southeast Asia · 1797–1799 Map of Central Asia · 1797–1801 Map of North America · 1795–1798 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1797 Map of South America · 1797–1801 Map of Oceania · 1797–1799
Source and method
Borders and names: OpenHistoricalMap (openhistoricalmap.org) · CC0 1.0 + Cliopatria v0.2.1 (Seshat Global History Databank, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) · CC BY 4.0 · adapted by IntMap: simplified, BC years made astronomical, and the ground OpenHistoricalMap (1689–1885, and from 1886 where CShapes is silent) and CShapes (1886–2019) state removed on their own dates + aourednik/historical-basemaps (github.com/aourednik/historical-basemaps) · GPL-3.0 · adapted by IntMap: each sheet before 1886 less the ground OpenHistoricalMap and Cliopatria state at that sheet's year.
Listed: every name whose outline IntMap draws inside 20°W–52°E, 36°S–38°N on this date, with the name the map writes on it. The list is worked out when the site is built, from the same records and the same code the map uses, so it says what the map shows — not more. Names are the source’s own, translated where the source or IntMap’s name table has a translation.