Recent changes in the political map of the world

Alejandro Polanco Masa
4 min readSep 21, 2019

Throughout this summer I’ve been modifying my files from the Maptorian Project to complete what will be the 2020 version. The maps are something alive, especially the political maps, and since my last revision of the project there have been some changes that should be included. Here are some of the most important changes in the world political map from 2014 to the present (the screenshots correspond to the maps of my new version of Maptorian for 2020):

In the first place a change that is not such. The complex situation in Yemen makes it difficult to establish clearly the issue of its capital. At the moment it is officially maintained in Sanaa, but Aden is currently considered the capital, temporarily, at least as long as the conflict continues.

The extremely complex border between India and Bangladesh has been somewhat simplified by the exchange of several tiny enclaves (sometimes known as chitmahals) between the two countries. For maps of a certain scale, however, these are barely noticeable changes.

Without official recognition, but remaining a conflict area, the Crimea peninsula is found. Until the complicated issue is clarified, it is…

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