Map of Africa, 1836–1838
On 1 July of every year from 1836 to 1838, IntMap’s historical map draws the same 97 names within Africa. The borders 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 | 3,220,000 |
| Turco-Egyptian Sudan | 2,060,000 |
| Sokoto Caliphate | 835,000 |
| Province of Mozambique | 811,000 |
| Kingdom of Imerina | 626,000 |
| Emirate of Nejd | 525,000 |
| Cape Colony | 513,000 |
| Persia | 469,000 |
| Kaarta | 450,000 |
| Alawi Sultanate | 392,000 |
| Nejd | 380,000 |
| Fulani Empire | 351,000 |
| Lozi | 327,000 |
| Muhammad Ali dynasty | 326,000 |
| Wadai Empire | 279,000 |
| Mossi States | 260,000 |
| Ethiopian Empire | 241,000 |
| French Algeria | 231,000 |
| Bornu Empire | 228,000 |
| Somalia | 226,000 |
| Burundi | 199,000 |
| Rwanda | 190,000 |
| Bunyoro | 162,000 |
| Morocco | 146,000 |
| Zanzibar | 122,000 |
| Majeerteen Sultanate | 115,000 |
| Kingdom of Lunda | 113,000 |
| Zulu | 110,000 |
| Massina Empire | 105,000 |
| Ashanti Empire | 104,000 |
| Sultanate of Dar al Kuti | 100,000 |
| Colony of Liberia | 99,700 |
| Buganda | 98,400 |
| Spain | 96,800 |
| Kazembe | 81,500 |
| Colony of Sierra Leone | 76,500 |
| British Cape Colony | 69,400 |
| British Empire | 69,400 |
| Omani Slave Coast | 65,300 |
| Asante | 61,200 |
| Nkore | 61,200 |
| Angola | 53,200 |
| Lunda | 53,000 |
| Ethiopia | 52,400 |
| Gold Coast Colony | 49,400 |
| 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 Portugal | 41,100 |
| Kingdom of Rwanda | 40,000 |
| Kingdom of Greece | 38,600 |
| Egypt | 35,600 |
| Kingdom of Burundi | 26,900 |
| Portuguese Empire | 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 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 |
| Regency of Algiers | 8,590 |
| 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 |
| Sultanate of Ndzuwani | 4,130 |
| Kingdom of Ngoyo | 3,920 |
| Bornu-Kanem | 3,490 |
| British Mauritius | 2,750 |
| Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe | 2,560 |
| Colony of Maryland | 2,520 |
| Trucial States | 2,370 |
| Kingdom of Sine | 2,320 |
| United States of the Ionian Islands | 2,290 |
| Haushabi Sultanate | 1,860 |
| Congo | 1,610 |
| Walvis Bay Colony | 1,610 |
| Crown Colony of Malta | 925 |
| Sultanate of Mwali | 923 |
| Nosy Boraha | 888 |
| Saint Helena Crown Colony | 508 |
Open the map on 1 July of
What changed since 1834–1835
Now drawn
Province of Mozambique
No longer drawn
Captaincy-General of Mozambique, Sofala and Rivers of Sena, Oyo Empire
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1836 Map of Europe · 1834–1838 Map of the Middle East · 1832–1838 Map of South Asia · 1834–1839 Map of East Asia · 1833–1838 Map of Southeast Asia · 1832–1838 Map of Central Asia · 1828–1839 Map of North America · 1836–1839 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1836–1837 Map of South America · 1836 Map of Oceania · 1836–1838
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.