Map of Africa in 1822
On 1 July 1822, IntMap’s historical map draws 95 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 3 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 | 3,940,000 |
| Turco-Egyptian Sudan | 2,060,000 |
| Captaincy-General of Mozambique, Sofala and Rivers of Sena | 811,000 |
| Sokoto Caliphate | 691,000 |
| Kingdom of Imerina | 626,000 |
| Cape Colony | 513,000 |
| Persia | 469,000 |
| Regency of Algiers | 462,000 |
| Kaarta | 450,000 |
| Alawi Sultanate | 392,000 |
| Nejd | 380,000 |
| Fulani Empire | 351,000 |
| Lozi | 327,000 |
| Wadai Empire | 279,000 |
| Mossi States | 260,000 |
| Ethiopian Empire | 241,000 |
| Bornu Empire | 229,000 |
| Somalia | 226,000 |
| Burundi | 199,000 |
| Rwanda | 190,000 |
| Bunyoro | 162,000 |
| Morocco | 146,000 |
| Muhammad Ali dynasty | 136,000 |
| Zanzibar | 122,000 |
| Majeerteen Sultanate | 115,000 |
| Kingdom of Lunda | 113,000 |
| Zulu | 110,000 |
| Massina Empire | 105,000 |
| Ashanti Empire | 104,000 |
| Colony of Liberia | 99,700 |
| Buganda | 98,400 |
| Spain | 96,800 |
| Kazembe | 81,500 |
| Colony of Sierra Leone | 76,500 |
| Omani Slave Coast | 65,300 |
| Asante | 61,200 |
| Nkore | 61,200 |
| Portuguese Empire | 53,800 |
| Angola | 53,200 |
| Lunda | 53,000 |
| Rozvi | 52,600 |
| Ethiopia | 52,400 |
| Gold Coast Colony | 49,400 |
| Oyo Empire | 48,100 |
| Imamate of Futa Toro | 47,000 |
| Imamate of Yemen | 42,900 |
| Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra | 42,700 |
| Sotho | 42,000 |
| Portuguese Guinea | 41,700 |
| Kingdom of Rwanda | 40,000 |
| Egypt | 35,600 |
| Bahrain | 33,600 |
| British Cape Colony | 30,700 |
| British Empire | 30,700 |
| Kingdom of Burundi | 26,900 |
| Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | 26,400 |
| Zululand | 25,600 |
| Oyo | 23,700 |
| 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 |
| Xhosa | 15,300 |
| Kingdom of Portugal | 14,300 |
| Kingdom of Cayor | 14,100 |
| Sultanate of Darfur | 12,700 |
| Imbangala | 12,300 |
| Gambia Colony and Protectorate | 11,700 |
| Kingdom of Niani | 11,700 |
| Sultanate of Lahej | 9,630 |
| 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 |
| Portuguese East Africa | 4,710 |
| Kingdom of Ngoyo | 3,920 |
| Bornu-Kanem | 3,490 |
| British Mauritius | 2,750 |
| Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe | 2,560 |
| Trucial States | 2,370 |
| Kingdom of Sine | 2,320 |
| United States of the Ionian Islands | 2,290 |
| Sultanate of Ndzuwani | 2,180 |
| Haushabi Sultanate | 1,860 |
| Sultanate of Maore | 1,620 |
| Congo | 1,610 |
| Walvis Bay Colony | 1,610 |
| Crown Colony of Malta | 925 |
| Nosy Boraha | 888 |
| Saint Helena Colony | 508 |
What changed since 1821
Now drawn
Muhammad Ali dynasty, Colony of Liberia, British Cape Colony, British Empire
No longer drawn
Bamana Empire, Funj Sultanate
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1822 Map of Europe · 1820–1826 Map of the Middle East · 1822 Map of South Asia · 1822 Map of East Asia · 1822 Map of Southeast Asia · 1822–1823 Map of Central Asia · 1822 Map of North America · 1822 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1822 Map of South America · 1822 Map of Oceania · 1822–1825
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.