List of sovereign states in the 1930s
This is a list of sovereign states in the 1930s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1930 and 31 December 1939. It contains entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty. It includes 77 widely recognized sovereign states, entities which were de facto sovereign but which were not widely recognized by other states, and 1 state which was initially unrecognized but then gained full recognition later in the decade.
Sovereign states
[edit]Name and capital city | Information on status and recognition of sovereignty |
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![]() ![]() Capital: Kabul |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state (from 27 September 1934). |
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![]() Capital: Tirana |
Widely recognized LON member state. Under occupation by Italy from April 12, 1939. |
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![]() ![]() Capital: Andorra la Vella |
Widely recognized independent state. |
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![]() Capital: Buenos Aires |
Widely recognized LON member state. Argentina was a federation of 15 provinces and 9 federal territories.[a] It had a claim over Argentine Antarctica. It also claimed the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, both of which were British crown colonies. |
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![]() Capital: Aussa |
Widely recognized state. Annexed into Italian East Africa. |
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![]() Capital: Canberra |
Widely recognized LON member state; Commonwealth realm. Australia was a federation of six states and three territories.[b] It had sovereignty over the following external territories:
Australia administered two League of Nations mandates:
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![]() ![]() Capital: Vienna
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Widely recognized LON member state. Annexed by Nazi Germany on March 12, 1938. |
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![]() Capital: Brussels |
Widely recognized LON member state. Belgium had sovereignty over one colony and one concession:
Belgium administered one League of Nations mandate:
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![]() Capital: Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative)
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Widely recognized independent state. |
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![]() Capital: Rio de Janeiro
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Widely recognized independent state. Brazil was a federation of 20 states, one territory, and one federal district.[c] |
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![]() Capital: Sofia |
Widely recognized LON member state. |
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![]() Capital: Ottawa |
Widely recognized LON member state; Commonwealth realm. |
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![]() Capital: Santiago
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Widely recognized LON member state; withdrew on May 14, 1938. |
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![]() Capital: Nanjing |
Widely recognized LON member state. |
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![]() Capital: Bogotá |
Widely recognized LON member state. |
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![]() Capital: San José |
Widely recognized independent state. |
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![]() Capital: Havana |
Widely recognized LON member state. |
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![]() Capital: Prague
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Widely recognized LON member state. Under occupation by Nazi Germany from 15 May 1939. A government in exile was regarded as the legitimate government by the Allies. |
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![]() Capital: Danzig |
Widely recognized independent state. Annexed by Nazi Germany from 12 September 1939. |
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![]() Capital: Copenhagen |
Widely recognized LON member state. Denmark had sovereignty over one possession: |
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![]() Capital: Santo Domingo |
Widely recognized LON member state. |
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![]() Capital: Quito |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state from September 28, 1934. |
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![]() Capital: Cairo |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state from May 26, 1937. |
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![]() Capital: San Salvador
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Widely recognized LON member state; withdrew on August 11, 1937. |
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![]() Capital: Tallinn |
Widely recognized LON member state. |
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![]() Capital: Addis Ababa |
Widely recognized LON member state. Under occupation by Italy from May 9, 1936, and annexed into Italian East Africa from June 1, 1936. |
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![]() Capital: Helsinki |
Widely recognized LON member state. |
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![]() Capital: Paris |
Widely recognized LON member state. France administered the foreign affairs of the following colonies and protectorates:
France administered the following League of Nations mandates:
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![]() ![]() ![]() Capital: Berlin
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Widely recognized LON member state; withdrew on October 19, 1933. |
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![]() ![]() Capital: Athens
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Widely recognized LON member state. |
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![]() Capital: Guatemala City |
Widely recognized LON member state; withdrew on May 26, 1936. |
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![]() Capital: Port-au-Prince |
Widely recognized LON member state under United States occupation to August 1, 1934. |
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![]() Capital: Tegucigalpa
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Widely recognized LON member state; withdrew on July 10, 1936. |
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![]() Capital: Budapest |
Widely recognized LON member state; withdrew on April 11, 1939. |
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![]() Capital: Reykjavík |
Widely recognized independent state. |
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![]() Capital: Tehran
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Widely recognized LON member state. |
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![]() Capital: Baghdad |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state from October 3, 1932. |
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![]() Capital: Dublin
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Widely recognized LON member state; Commonwealth realm. |
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![]() Capital: Rome |
Widely recognized LON member state under fascism; withdrew on December 11, 1937. Italy had sovereignty over two colonies (four colonies until January 1934 and three colonies until June 1936) and three concessions:
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![]() Capital: Tokyo |
Widely recognized LON member state; withdrew on March 27, 1933. Japan had sovereignty over the following dependencies and concessions:
Japan administered one League of Nations mandate: |
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![]() Capital: Riga |
Widely recognized LON member state. |
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![]() Capital: Monrovia |
Widely recognized LON member state. |
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![]() ![]() Capital: Vaduz |
Widely recognized independent state. |
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![]() Capital: Vilnius |
Widely recognized LON member state. |
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![]() Capital: Luxembourg City |
Widely recognized LON member state. |
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![]() ![]() Capital: Mexico City |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state from September 12, 1931; declared a member on September 12, 1931. Mexico had sovereignty over one territory:
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![]() Capital: Monaco City |
Widely recognized independent state. |
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![]() Capital: Muscat |
De jure independent state. De facto a British protectorate. |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Capital: Riyadh
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Widely recognized independent state. Nejd and Hejaz had sovereignty over one protectorate:
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![]() ![]() Capital: Kathmandu |
Widely recognized independent state. |
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![]() Capital: Amsterdam |
Widely recognized LON member state. The Netherlands had sovereignty over three colonies: |
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![]() Capital: St. John's |
Widely recognized independent state; de facto Commonwealth realm to February 16, 1934. |
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![]() Capital: Wellington |
Widely recognized LON member state; Commonwealth realm. New Zealand had sovereignty over four dependent territories:
New Zealand administered one League of Nations mandate: |
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![]() Capital: Managua |
Widely recognized LON member state under United States occupation to 1933; withdrew on June 27, 1936. |
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![]() Capital: Oslo |
Widely recognized LON member state. Norway had sovereignty over three uninhabited possessions:
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![]() Capital: Panama City |
Widely recognized LON member state. |
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![]() Capital: Asunción |
Widely recognized LON member state; withdrew on February 23, 1935. |
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![]() Capital: Lima
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Widely recognized LON member state; withdrew on April 8, 1939. |
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![]() Capital: Warsaw |
Widely recognized LON member state. Under occupation by Nazi Germany from 6 October 1939. A government in exile was regarded as the legitimate government by the Allies. |
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![]() Capital: Lisbon
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Widely recognized LON member state. The following are colonies and possession of Portugal:
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![]() Capital: Bucharest |
Widely recognized LON member state. |
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![]() Capital: San Marino |
Widely recognized independent state. |
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![]() Capital: Bangkok
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Widely recognized LON member state. |
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![]() Capital: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Pietermaritzburg (archival), Bloemfontein (judicial) |
Widely recognized LON member state; Commonwealth realm. South Africa administered one League of Nations mandate: |
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![]() ![]() Capital: Moscow |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state from September 18, 1934; expelled on December 14, 1939. The Soviet Union was a federation of seven (later 11) republics.[e] |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Capital: Madrid (1930–1936), Valencia (1936–1937), Barcelona (1937–1939)
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Widely recognized LON member state; withdrew on May 9, 1939. Spain had sovereignty over the following colonies and protectorate:
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![]() Capital: Stockholm |
Widely recognized LON member state. |
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![]() Capital: Bern
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Widely recognized LON member state. |
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![]() Capital: Lhasa |
De facto independent state. Claimed by the Republic of China. |
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![]() ![]() Capital: Ankara |
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state from July 18, 1932. |
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![]() Capital: London |
Widely recognized LON member state. The United Kingdom had sovereignty over 62 colonies:
United Kingdom administered the following League of Nations mandates:
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![]() Capital: Washington, D.C. |
Widely recognized independent state. The United States had sovereignty over 21 territories:
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![]() Capital: Montevideo |
Widely recognized LON member state. |
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![]() Capital: Vatican City |
Widely recognized independent state. |
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![]() ![]() Capital: Caracas |
Widely recognized LON member state; withdrew on July 12, 1938. |
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![]() Capital: Sana'a |
Widely recognized independent state. |
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![]() Capital: Belgrade |
Widely recognized independent state. |
Other entities[edit]Excluded from the list above are the following noteworthy entities which either were not fully sovereign or did not claim to be independent: | |
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![]() Capital: Kurdava |
Unrecognized state. |
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Asch – Free City of Asch (from September 22, 1938 to October 1938) Capital: Asch |
Unrecognized state. |
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![]() Capital: Gijón |
Unrecognized state. |
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![]() Capital: Rio de Janeiro |
Unrecognized state. Claimed by Brazil after four days. |
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![]() Capital: Khust |
Unrecognized state. Occupied by Hungary on March 15, 1939. |
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![]() Capital: Barcelona
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Self-declared state in 1931; became an autonomous government within the Spanish Republic, named Generalitat of Catalonia, from April 17, 1931. Self-declared revolutionary state in 1934 during the Events of 6 October. |
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![]() Capital: Beiping |
Unrecognized state. Puppet state of Japan. |
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![]() Capital: Nanjing |
Unrecognized state. Puppet state of Japan. |
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![]() Capital: Ruijin (1931–1936), Bao'an (1936–1937), Yan'an (1937) |
Unrecognized state. |
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![]() Capital: Helsinki (official), Terijoki (de facto) |
Partially recognized socialist republic. Puppet state of the Soviet Union. |
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![]() Capital: Tungchow |
Unrecognized state. Puppet state of Japan. |
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![]() Capital: Kashgar |
De facto unrecognized independent state. De jure regional province of China. |
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![]() Capital: Fuzhou, Zhangzhou |
Unrecognized state. Annexed by China on January 13, 1934. |
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![]() Capital: Antakya |
Transitional political state. Annexed by Turkey from 7 July 1939. |
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![]() Capital: Ruijin (1931–1936), Bao'an (1936–1937), Yan'an (1937) |
Unrecognized state. |
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![]() Capital-in-exile: Shanghai (to 1932), Hangzhou (1932–1935), Jiaxing (1935), Nanjing (1935–1937), Changsha (1937–1938), Canton (1938–1939), Qijiang (from 1939) |
Partially recognized Korean government-in-exile. |
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![]() Capital: Xinjing
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Puppet state of Japan. |
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![]() Capital: Kalgan |
Puppet state of Japan. |
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![]() Capital: Ulaanbataar |
Satellite state of the Soviet Union. |
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![]() Capital: Hohhot
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Puppet state of Japan. Became part of Mengjiang from September 1, 1939. |
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![]() Capital: Datong |
Puppet state of Japan. Became part of Mengjiang from September 1, 1939. |
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![]() Capital: Mao County (to 1935), Barkam (to 1935), Jinchuan County (to 1935), Garzê County (from 1935 to 1936) |
Unrecognized state. A confederation of two ethnic minority governments including the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Geledesha and the Tibetan People's Republic. |
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![]() Capital: Pudong |
Puppet government of Japan. |
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![]() Capital: Bratislava |
Client state of Nazi Germany recognized by several neutral states. |
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![]() Capital: Kalgan |
Puppet state of Japan. Became part of Mengjiang from September 1, 1939. |
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![]() ![]() Capital: Khem-Beldyr (renamed Kyzyl in 1926) |
Partially recognized socialist republic. Satellite state of the Soviet Union. |
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Western Oromia – Western Galla Confederation[2] (to 1936) Capital: Gore |
Unrecognized state.Rump Oromo state in western Ethiopia. |
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See also
[edit]- List of sovereign states by year
- List of state leaders in 1930
- List of state leaders in 1931
- List of state leaders in 1932
- List of state leaders in 1933
- List of state leaders in 1934
- List of state leaders in 1935
- List of state leaders in 1936
- List of state leaders in 1937
- List of state leaders in 1938
- List of state leaders in 1939
Notes
[edit]- ^ 15 Provinces: Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán. 9 Territories: Buenos Aires, Chaco, Chubut, Formosa, Misiones, Neuquén, Río Negro, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego.
- ^ 6 States: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia. 3 Territories: Australian Capital Territory, Jervis Bay Territory, Northern Territory.
- ^ 20 States: Alagoas, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe. 1 Territory: Acre. 1 federal district: Federal District.
- ^ Claimed by Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (partially recognized government-in-exile).
- ^ Byelorussian SSR, Russian SFSR, Transcaucasian SFSR (to December 5, 1936), Ukrainian SSR, Uzbek SSR, Turkmen SSR, Tajik SSR, Armenian SSR (from December 5, 1936), Azerbaijan SSR (from December 5, 1936), Georgian SSR (from December 5, 1936), Kazakh SSR (from December 5, 1936), Kirghiz SSR (from December 5, 1936).
References
[edit]- ^ Morán García Robes, Julio (1997). Las Humanidades en Acatlan – Asturias en la Guerra civil española. México D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. p. 33. ISBN 9683650449. Retrieved 4 October 2013. (in Spanish)
- ^ Gebissa, Ezekiel (2002). "The Italian Invasion, the Ethiopian Empire, and Oromo Nationalism: The Significance of the Western Oromo Confederation of 1936". Northeast African Studies. 9 (3): 75–96. ISSN 0740-9133.