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Zaire

polity · 1920 AD–present

Zaire, a polity recorded 1920 AD–present: 2 mapped boundaries, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.

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Names

NameIn useLanguage
Zaire (Belgium)1920 AD–1937 AD—
Zaire1945 AD–present—

Recorded boundaries

PeriodControlConfidenceEvidenceNotes
1920 AD–1937 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1920 ADSubject to Belgium.
1945 AD–presentadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1945 AD—

Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.

Sources