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Original: Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro Vector: Vítor Luís Rodrigues, António Martins-Tuválk… · Public domain
Polity Africa

Angola (Portugal)

Founded 1655 CE · attested to 1945 CE

1575–1975 Portuguese possession in West Africa

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Portuguese Angola on Wikipedia.

How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Angola (Portugal)'s founding is recorded in Wikidata, and accepted here only because they agree with the centuries the atlas independently drew it in. No dissolution is recorded, so the closing year below is still the last century the atlas drew — not when it ended. The atlas itself draws the world at 3 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1880 CE to 1945 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

1880 CE 3 snapshots 1945 CE

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Image credits6 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Flag of Portugal (official)Original: Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro Vector: Vítor Luís Rodrigues, António Martins-Tuválk… · Public domain
  • Robben IslandSouth African Tourism from South Africa · CC BY 2.0
  • Flag of AlgeriaOriginal: National Liberation Front of Algeria Vector: SKopp · Public domain
  • Thimlich OhingaWycondi · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Flag of AngolaOriginal: Henrique de Carvalho Santos Vector: SKopp · Public domain
  • ThulamelaMichael (Fihliwe) Denne · CC BY-SA 2.0