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| − | | [[Abyssinia]] || [[Ethiopia]] | + | | [[Abyssinia]] || [[Ethiopia]]|| |
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| − | | [[Basutoland]] || [[Lesotho]] | + | | [[Basutoland]] || [[Lesotho]]|| |
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| − | | [[Bechuanaland]] || [[Botswana]] | + | | [[Bechuanaland]] || [[Botswana]]|| |
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| − | | [[Dahomey]] || [[Benin]] | + | | [[Dahomey]] || [[Benin]]|| |
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| − | | [[German East Africa]] || [[ | + | | [[German East Africa]] (part) || [[Tanganyika]] |
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| + | | [[German East Africa]] (part) || [[Ruanda_Urundi]] ||1923 | ||
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| + | | [[Malgasy Republic]] || [[Madagascar]]||1960 | ||
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| + | | [[Northern Rhodesia]] || [[Zambia]]|| | ||
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| + | | [[Nyasaland]] || [[Malawi]]|| | ||
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| + | | [[Rhodesia]] & Southern Rhodesia || [[Zimbabwe]] || 1980 (Rhodesia 1965) | ||
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| + | | [[Ruanda_Urundi]] (part)|| [[Burundi]] ||1961 | ||
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| + | | [[Ruanda_Urundi]] (part)|| [[Rwanda]] ||1961 | ||
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| + | | [[South West Africa]] || [[Namibia]] || 1990 | ||
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| + | | [[Spanish Sahara]] || [[Western Sahara]]|| | ||
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| + | | [[Tanganyika]] & [[Zanzibar]] || [[Tanzania]] | ||
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| + | | [[Upper Volta]] || [[Burkina Faso]]|| | ||
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| + | | [[Zaire]] || [[Democratic Republic of Congo]]|| | ||
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| + | | [[Netherlands East Indies]] || [[Indonesia]] | ||
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| [[Northern Rhodesia]] || [[Zambia]] | | [[Northern Rhodesia]] || [[Zambia]] | ||
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| [[Nyasaland]] || [[Malawi]] | | [[Nyasaland]] || [[Malawi]] | ||
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| − | | [[Rhodesia]] & Southern Rhodesia || [[Zimbabwe]] | + | | [[Rhodesia]] & Southern Rhodesia || [[Zimbabwe]] |
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| − | | [[South West Africa]] || [[Namibia]] | + | | [[South West Africa]] || [[Namibia]] |
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| [[Spanish Sahara]] || [[Western Sahara]] | | [[Spanish Sahara]] || [[Western Sahara]] | ||
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==Asia== | ==Asia== | ||
Revision as of 20:45, December 8, 2008
Some renamed countries are well known in the West:
- Persia => Iran - the language is still called Persian
- Siam => Thailand - they speak Siamese or Thai
- East Pakistan => Bangladesh - formed after the partition of India, over Gandhi's protest, and independent from Pakistan in 1971.
Others may have escaped all but the best geography students
Middle East
| Muscat & Oman | Oman |
| Transjordan | Jordan |
| Trucial States | United Arab Emirates |
Africa
| Former name | Current name | Year of change |
|---|---|---|
| Abyssinia | Ethiopia | |
| Basutoland | Lesotho | |
| Bechuanaland | Botswana | |
| Dahomey | Benin | |
| German East Africa (part) | Tanganyika | |
| German East Africa (part) | Ruanda_Urundi | 1923 |
| Malgasy Republic | Madagascar | 1960 |
| Northern Rhodesia | Zambia | |
| Nyasaland | Malawi | |
| Rhodesia & Southern Rhodesia | Zimbabwe | 1980 (Rhodesia 1965) |
| Ruanda_Urundi (part) | Burundi | 1961 |
| Ruanda_Urundi (part) | Rwanda | 1961 |
| South West Africa | Namibia | 1990 |
| Spanish Sahara | Western Sahara | |
| Tanganyika & Zanzibar | Tanzania | |
| Upper Volta | Burkina Faso | |
| Zaire | Democratic Republic of Congo |
|- | Netherlands East Indies || Indonesia |- | Northern Rhodesia || Zambia |- | Nyasaland || Malawi |- | Rhodesia & Southern Rhodesia || Zimbabwe |- | South West Africa || Namibia |- | Spanish Sahara || Western Sahara |- | Upper Volta || Burkina Faso |- | Zaire || Democratic Republic of Congo |- |}