Sovereign states

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* Afghanistan – Emirate of Afghanistan * Agadez – Tenere Sultanate of Aïr * Andorra – Principality of Andorra *

Ankole Ankole (Nkore language, Runyankore: ''Nkore''), was a traditional Bantu peoples, Bantu kingdom in Uganda and lasted from the 15th century until 1967. The kingdom was located in south-western Uganda, east of Lake Edward. History Ankole Realm, K ...

– Kingdom of Ankole *

Angoche Angoche is a district, city and municipality located in Nampula Province in north-eastern Mozambique. The district has limits in the North with Mogincual District, in the South with Larde District, to the east with the Indian Ocean and to the wes ...

– Angoche Sultanate * – Argentine Republic * Aro – Aro Confederacy * – Asante Union * Aussa – Sultanate of Aussa * – Austro-Hungarian Empire

B

* Baguirmi – Kingdom of Baguirmi * Bali – Kingdom of Bali *

Baol The Kingdom of Baol or Bawol in central Senegal was one of the kingdoms that arose from the split-up of the Empire of Jolof (Diolof) in 1555. The ruler ( Teigne or Teen) reigned from a capital in Diourbel. The Kingdom encompassed a strip of l ...

– Kingdom of Baol * – Kingdom of Barotseland * – Kingdom of Belgium * – Benin Empire * Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan * Biu – Biu Kingdom * – Republic of Bolivia * Bora Bora – Kingdom of Bora Bora * Bornu – Bornu Empire * Brakna – Brakna Emirate * → → ** Empire of Brazil (to November 15, 1889) **

Republic of the United States of Brazil The First Brazilian Republic, also referred to as the Old Republic ( pt, República Velha ), officially the Republic of the United States of Brazil, refers to the period of Brazilian history from 1889 to 1930. The Old Republic began with the de ...

(from November 15, 1889) * Brunei – Sultanate of Brunei (to 1888) *

Buganda Buganda is a Bantu peoples, Bantu kingdom within Uganda. The kingdom of the Baganda, Baganda people, Buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day East Africa, consisting of Buganda's Districts of Uganda, Central Region, inclu ...

– Kingdom of Buganda * Bulgaria – Principality of Bulgaria * Bulungan (to 1880) * Bunyoro – Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara * Burma – Kingdom of Burma (to 1885) * Burundi – Kingdom of Burundi (to November 8, 1884) *

Busoga Busoga ( Lusoga: Obwakyabazinga bwa Busoga) is a kingdom and one of four constitutional monarchies in present-day Uganda. The kingdom is a cultural institution which promotes popular participation and unity among the people of the region throu ...

– Kingdom of Busoga

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* – Dominion of Canada * Champasak – Kingdom of Champasak * – Republic of Chile * → – Great Qing * Chokwe – Chokwe Kingdom * Chukchi * Colombia **

United States of Colombia United States of Colombia () was the name adopted in 1863 by the for the Granadine Confederation, after years of civil war. Colombia became a federal state itself composed of nine "sovereign states.” It comprised the present-day nations ...

(to 1886) ** Republic of Colombia (from 1886) * Congo ** International Association of the Congo (to July 1, 1885) **

Congo Free State ''(Work and Progress) , national_anthem = Vers l'avenir , capital = Vivi Boma , currency = Congo Free State franc , religion = Catholicism (''de facto'') , leader1 = Leopo ...

(from July 1, 1885) * – Republic of Costa Rica

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Dagbon The Kingdom of Dagbon is one of the oldest and most organised traditional kingdoms in Ghana founded by the Dagomba people (Dagbamba) in the 11th century. During its rise, it comprised, at various points, the Northern Region (Ghana), Northern, Uppe ...

– Kingdom of Dagbon *

Dahomey The Kingdom of Dahomey () was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a region ...

– Kingdom of Dahomey * Dai Nam – Dai Nam Realm (to August 25, 1883) * – Kingdom of Denmark * Dhala *

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* – Republic of Ecuador *

El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...

– El Salvador * – Ethiopian Empire

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Fadhli Fadhli ( ar, فضلي '), or the Fadhli Sultanate ( ar, السلطنة الفضلية '), was an independent sultanate on the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula from the 17th century until 1967.

– Fadhli Sultanate (to 1888) * France – French Republic * Futa Jallon – Imamate of Futa Jallon

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* Garo – Kingdom of Garo (to 1883) * Gaza – Gaza Empire * Geledi – Geledi Sultanate * Gera – Kingdom of Gera (to 1887) * – German Empire * Gomma – Kingdom of Gomma (to 1886) * Gowa * Greece – Kingdom of Greece *

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

– Republic of Guatemala * Gumma – Kingdom of Gumma (to 1885) * Gyaaman – State of Gyaaman

H

* Ha'il – Emirate of Ha'il * – Republic of Haiti * Et harrar

Harar – Emirate of Harar (to 1887) * Hawaii – Kingdom of Hawaii * – Republic of Honduras * Huahine – Kingdom of Huahine * Hunza – State of Hunza

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Igala The International Gender and Language Association (IGALA), is an international interdisciplinary academic organization that promotes research on language, gender, and sexuality. Claire Maree is its current president. History The association was ...

– Igala Kingdom * Igara – Kingdom of Igara * Ilé-Ifẹ̀ – Ilé-Ifẹ̀ Kingdom * Isaaq – Isaaq Sultanate (to 1884) * Italy – Kingdom of Italy

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* Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero * – Empire of Japan * Jimma – Kingdom of Jimma (to 1884) * Johor – Sultanate of Johor (to December 11, 1885) * – Jolof Kingdom (to 1889) *

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* Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa *

Kajara Kajara was one of the six independent kingdoms which was established after the fall of the Kingdom of Mpororo in 1752. It was ruled by an Omukama. It became a part of the Kingdom of Ankole in 1901. See also * Igara * Nshenyi * Obwera *Rujumbura { ...

– Kajara Kingdom * Kakongo – Kingdom of Kakongo (to 1885) * Kano – Emirate of Kano * Kasanje – Jaga Kingdom * Kathiri * Kénédougou – Kénédougou Kingdom *

Khasso Khasso or Xaaso was a West African kingdom of the 17th to 19th centuries, occupying territory in what is today Senegal and the Kayes Region of Mali. Over two thousand years ago, it was part of Serer territory. From the 17th to 19th centuries, its c ...

– Kingdom of Khasso (to 1880) * Kong – Kong Empire * Kongo – Kingdom of Kongo * → → → → → → Korea – Kingdom of Great Joseon * Koya Temne – Kingdom of Koya * Kuba – Kingdom of Kuba (to 1884)

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* Lafia Beri-Beri – Lafia Beri-Beri Kingdom * – Republic of Liberia * – Principality of Liechtenstein * Limmu-Ennarea – Kingdom of Limmu-Ennarea * Loango – Kingdom of Loango (to 1883) * Lower Yafa – Sultanate of Lower Yafa * Luba – Luba Empire (to 1889) * Lunda – Lunda Empire (to 1887) * – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

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* Maguindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao * Mahra * Maldives – Sultanate of Maldives (to 1887) * Mangareva – Kingdom of Mangareva (to February 21, 188a) * Manipur – Kingdom of Manipur *

Maravi Maravi was a kingdom which straddled the current borders of Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, in the 16th century. The present-day name " Maláŵi" is said to derive from the Chewa word "malaŵí", which means "flames". History At its greatest ex ...

– Kingdom of Maravi * Matabeleland – Matabele Kingdom * Mbunda – Mbunda Kingdom * Merina – Kingdom of Imerina * – United Mexican States * – Principality of Monaco * – Principality of Montenegro * Moresnet – Neutral Moresnet * – Sultanate of Morocco * Mossi Kingdoms – Mossi Empire * Mthwakazi – Kingdom of Mthwakazi * Muscat and Oman – Sultanate of Muscat and Oman * Mutayr – Emirate of Mutayr

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Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan'') is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the s ...

– Negeri Sembilan * Nepal – Kingdom of Nepal * – Kingdom of The Netherlands * → Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua * Norway – Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden)

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* * – Sublime Ottoman State * Oyo – Oyo Empire

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* Pahang – Sultanate of Pahang (to 1888) * – Republic of Paraguay * Persia – Sublime State of Persia * – Peruvian Republic * Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal

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* Qu'aiti – Qu'aiti Sultanate of Shihr and Mukalla (to 1888)

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* → Raiatea – Kingdom of Raiatea (to 19 March 1888) * Rapa Nui – Kingdom of Rapa Nui (to September 9, 1888) * Rarotonga – Kingdom of Rarotonga (to 1888) * Red Nation * Romania **

United Principalities of Romania The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia ( ro, Principatele Unite ale Moldovei și Țării Românești), commonly called United Principalities, was the personal union of the Principality of Moldavia and the Principality of Wallachia, f ...

(to March 15, 1881) ** Kingdom of Romania (from March 15, 1881) * → Russia – Russian Empire *

Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...

– Kingdom of Rwanda (to 1885)

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* Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa * – Most Serene Republic of San Marino * – Kingdom of Sarawak * Selangor – Sultanate of Selangor * → Serbia ** Principality of Serbia (to March 6, 1882) **

Kingdom of Serbia The Kingdom of Serbia ( sr-cyr, Краљевина Србија, Kraljevina Srbija) was a country located in the Balkans which was created when the ruler of the Principality of Serbia, Milan I, was proclaimed king in 1882. Since 1817, the Princi ...

(from March 6, 1882) * Setul Mambang Segara – Kingdom of Setul Mambang Segara * – Kingdom of Siam * Sokoto – Sokoto Caliphate * Spain – Kingdom of Spain * Sulu – Sultanate of Sulu * – Kingdom of Sweden (in personal union with Norway) * – Swiss Confederation

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* Tagant – Emirate of Tagant * Tahiti – Kingdom of Tahiti (to June 29, 1880) * – Kingdom of Tonga * Toucouleur – Toucouleur Empire *

Trarza Trarza ( ar, ولاية الترارزة) is a region in southwest Mauritania. Its capital is Rosso. Other major cities and towns include Mederdra and Boutilimit. Trarza borders the regions of Inchiri and Adrar to the north, Brakna to the east, an ...

– Emirate of Trarza * Tunis – Beylik of Tunis

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* – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland * – United States of America *

Upper Aulaqi Sultanate The Upper Aulaqi Sultanate ( ar, سلطنة العوالق العليا ') was a state in the British Aden Protectorate and the Federation of South Arabia. Its capital was Nisab. History The Lower Aulaqi sultans separated from the Upper Aulaq ...

Upper Aulaqi Sheikhdom The Upper Aulaqi Sheikhdom ( ') was a state in the British Aden Protectorate, the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, and its successor, the Federation of South Arabia. Its capital was Sa'id. The area of the former state is now central part ...

Upper Yafa Upper Yafa or Upper Yafa'i ( ar, يافع العليا ''),'' officially State of Upper Yafa ( ar, دولة يافع العليا '')'', was a military alliance in the British Aden Protectorate and the Protectorate of South Arabia. It was ruled ...

– State of Upper Yafa * – Eastern Republic of Uruguay

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* – United States of Venezuela

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* Wadai – Wadai Empire * Wahidi Balhaf * Wahidi Haban * Wajoq * Wassoulou – Wassoulou Empire * Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta

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* Yeke – Yeke Kingdom

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* Zabarma – Zabarma Emirate * – Sultanate of Zanzibar (to February 17, 1885) * Zululand – Kingdom of Zulu (to 1887)

States claiming sovereignty

* Aceh – Sultanate of Aceh * →

Counani The Republic of Independent Guiana (french: République de la Guyane indépendante) commonly referred to by the name of the capital Counani (rendered "Cunani" in Portuguese by the Brazilians), was a short-lived unrecognized state in South America ...

– Republic of Independent Guiana * Cuba – Republic of Cuba * Franceville – Independent Commune of Franceville (from August 9, 1889) * Goshen – State of Goshen (from October 24, 1882, to August 6, 1883) * Goust – Republic of Goust * Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao * →

Stellaland The Republic of Stellaland ( nl, Republiek Stellaland) was, from 1882 to 1883, a Boer republic located in an area of British Bechuanaland (now in South Africa's North West Province), west of the Transvaal. After unification with the neighbour ...

– Republic of Stellaland (from July 26, 1882, to September 30, 1885) * – South African Republic (from August 3, 1881) *

Upingtonia Lijdensrust, officially the Republic of Lijdensrust, was a short-lived Boer republic in the area of present-day Namibia. Declared on 20 October 1885, it was originally named Upingtonia, but changed its name soon after as the reason for its orig ...

– Republic of Upingtonia (from October 20, 1885, to June 1887) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sovereign states in the 1880s 1880s-related lists