tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29164483229366313552024-03-17T20:04:29.105-07:00Political Geography NowUpdates on the world's countries and bordersEvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880150865703945798noreply@blogger.comBlogger495125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916448322936631355.post-55906874123478172332024-03-09T00:24:00.000-08:002024-03-09T00:24:05.850-08:00Israel / Palestine: Map of Control on March 4, 2024 (Subscription)<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">SUBSCRIBERS CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL ARTICLE AND MAP:<br /><a href="https://members.polgeonow.com/2024/03/israel-palestine-control-map-report-regional-conflict-timeline.html">Old Portal (members.polgeonow.com)</a> | <a href="https://controlmaps.polgeonow.com/2024/03/israel-palestine-control-map-report-regional-conflict-timeline/">New Portal (controlmaps.polgeonow.com)</a></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/p/subscriptions-services.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Thumbnail preview of map of who controlled Palestine and Israel's claimed territories on March 4, 2024, four months into the Israeli (IDF) ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, and before the threatened assault on Rafah. Shows both Israeli and Palestinian Authority administration (Fatah and Hamas factions indicated separately). Includes bigger West Bank map (Area A, Area B, and Area C). Map also includes Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, major cities and Israeli settlements, UN peacekeeper deployments (UNIFIL in Lebanon and UNDOF in Syria), no man's land, Golan Heights buffer zone (area of separation, AOS), and Shebaa Farms. New edition also shows so-called Gaza Envelope and Confrontation Line zones, the areas of Israel proper are under the greatest military restrictions. Includes all major cities and various key towns and sites from the news, like Khan Yunis, Jabalia (Jabaliya), Maghazi Refugee Camp, Abasan al-Kabira, Kerem Shalom crossing, Jenin, Tulkarm, and more. Now with improved colorblind accessibility." border="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZ8BXGTTMiBW3QBGkWdSN446ww2SO7Z614GpoNh2QAqDMyJJAOXiLz-nH8Sa7Gzt3eWoC6Ru4y39AUZIYUCNFo_dAM9CDnzl_s-z6LnBJWPuMIjp0wKgJ0ApNyUkANJwDbZnZarZNKpyQJ6ZLxWaz_F8gKtmihgrxOhhxSOLAOl3Qh5q4j81gGDD4bRQ/s1600/2024-03-04_israel-palestine-control-map-gaza-strip-west-bank-hamas-idf.png" style="border-color: black; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; clear: left; float: left; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0px;" title="Subscribe to get the full-sized map and report" width="200" /></a><p><i>In the past three months, Israel's counter-invasion of the Gaza Strip has slowly ground on, with
the shift focusing from Gaza City in the north to Khan Yunis
in the south, and possibly to Rafah next. However, much of the Strip still remains outside of Israeli
control, while closely-related violence continues at a lower level in the West Bank, on the Lebanon border, and as far afield as Yemen and Iraq.</i><br /></p><div><i>See all this and more in the latest update to PolGeoNow's widely-acclaimed map of territorial administration in the Israel/Palestine area. In addition to the updated map, the report also includes a detailed chronicle of changes and events since December 8, 2023, the date illustrated by our <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2023/12/israel-palestinian-controlled-areas-map-after-ceasefire.html">previous Israel/Palestine control map</a>.</i><br />
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<li>Up-to-date illustration of current territorial control across all areas claimed by either Israel or Palestine, including Hamas and Israeli military control in the Gaza Strip (not in extreme detail), as well as UN peacekeeper deployments just outside the region<br /></li><li>Closer-up inset map showing the divisions in the West Bank: Israeli military control (including Jewish settlements), Fatah-led Palestinian jurisdiction, areas of shared administration, and the (annexed) area of Israeli civilian control in East Jerusalem</li><li>Lines illustrating the pre-1967 ceasefire boundaries separating Israel
proper from the Palestinian-claimed Gaza Strip and West Bank, as well as the Syria-claimed Golan Heights<br /></li><li>Labels for contentious areas, like the Gaza Strip, West Bank, Golan Heights, Shebaa Farms, and "no man's land"</li><li>Illustration of which parts of Israel proper are subject to the greatest restrictions by military decree under current war powers: the "Gaza Envelope" in the south and the "Confrontation Line" in the north<br /></li>
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<li>Locations of recent control changes and other important events, including Khan Yunis, Jabalia (Jabaliya), Maghazi Refugee Camp, Abasan al-Kabira, Kerem Shalom crossing, Jenin, Tulkarm, and more.<br /></li>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">Timeline by Djordje Djukic</span></i><br>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container inline-map right-float" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; max-width: 400px; padding: 0px; width: 70%;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://controlmaps.polgeonow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023-10-09_ukraine-donbas-control-map-russia-donetsk-luhansk.png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Map of territorial control within the claimed borders of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), which now consider themselves part of Russia, updated to October 9, 2023, months into Ukraine's 2023 counteroffensive. Map shows that the vast majority of the LPR, otherwise known as Ukraine's Luhansk province, is now under the control of Russia, while Russian forces also control over half of the DPR, or Ukraine's Donetsk province, including the major central and southern cities of Donetsk, Horlivka, Makiyivka, and Mariupol. Includes key locations from the news, such as Klischivka, Yakovlivka, Avdiivka, Marinka, Karmazynivka, and many more. Colorblind accessible." border="0" src="https://controlmaps.polgeonow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023-10-09_ukraine-donbas-control-map-russia-donetsk-luhansk.png" style="width: 100%;" title="Click to enlarge"></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Map showing what parts of the claimed territory of the self-declared Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics - now claimed as part of Russia - are controlled by Russian forces and allies, compared to the Ukrainian government. Click to enlarge. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Map by Evan Centanni and Djordje Djukic. <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/p/contact.html">Contact us for permission to use this map.<br><br></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ukraine retakes towns amid slow-going counteroffensive<br></b></span></h2><p><i>(The maps in this report show the situation as of October 9, 2023. Further territorial changes will be covered in an upcoming update.) </i></p><p>Between our <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2023/08/ukraine-map-of-russian-control.html">previous Ukraine control map</a>
of August 2023 and early October, Ukrainian forces managed to secure
control of some significant towns and other locations from their Russian
opponents, despite Russia having gained more ground overall since the
beginning of the year.</p><p>Ukraine's capture of Robotyne town in Zaporizhzhia province marked a small step in its efforts to break the Russian "land bridge" of territory connecting Crimea and Donetsk, the focus of Ukraine's much-hyped but ultimately bloody and anticlimactic 2023 counteroffensive.</p><p>Meanwhile, the northeastern town of Synkivka was restored to full Ukrainian control after being partly occupied by Russian forces, and Klischivka town, south of the small eastern city of Bakhmut, was captured by Ukraine. In the Black Sea, Ukraine brought the war to the Russian stronghold of Crimea, capturing offshore oil rigs and launching damaging attacks on Russia's navy in Sevastopol.<br></p><div><p style="text-align: left;"></p></div><a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2024/03/ukraine-control-map-counteroffensive-2023.html#more">Full article »</a>Evanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436828444997272942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916448322936631355.post-83054492308910860192024-02-10T19:58:00.001-08:002024-02-10T20:03:56.173-08:00Sudan Control Map & Timeline: RSF Takes Darfur Cities - Dec. 2023 (Subscription)<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">SUBSCRIBERS CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL ARTICLE AND MAP:<br /><a href="https://members.polgeonow.com/2024/02/sudan-rsf-control-map-timeline-2023-12.html">Old Portal (members.polgeonow.com)</a> | <a href="https://controlmaps.polgeonow.com/2024/02/sudan-rsf-control-map-timeline-2023-12/">New Portal (controlmaps.polgeonow.com)</a></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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accomplished a massive consolidation of control in western Sudan's Darfur region. By early December, the
country’s official military had lost its footholds in four out of five of the region's state capitals - though the RSF's control of Darfur was still not as complete as most reports implied.</i><br /></p><p><i>(This second edition of our <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2024/02/sudan-civil-war-map-2023-10-timeline.html">new Sudan map series</a>
depicts control in early December 2023, based on research conducted
through January of 2024. Another edition, showing the current situation in 2024, will be coming in the near future.)<br /></i></p><div><i>See all this and more in the latest update to PolGeoNow's rigorously-researched and exhaustively cited Sudan control map and report - the most precise and accurate available online. In addition to the updated map, the report also includes a detailed chronicle of changes and events since October 9, 2023, the date illustrated by our <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2024/02/sudan-civil-war-map-2023-10-timeline.html">earlier Sudan control map</a>.</i><br />
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<li>Up-to-date illustration of current territorial control in Sudan's new civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (official government military) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, rigorously corroborated, with areas of ambiguity clearly indicated. </li><li>Detailed and carefully-researched illustration of territorial control by Sudan's two major "holdout" rebel forces from before the 2023 war: SPLM-N El Hilu in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, and the SLA-AW (SLM-AW) in Darfur's Jebel Marra. <br /></li><li>Thoroughly-researched depictions of each disputed territory claimed by Sudan along the Egyptian and South Sudanese borders, marking which parts are controlled by the other countries and which parts by other groups (e.g. UN peacekeepers and the Ngok Dinka "Abyei Area Administration").<br /></li>
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<i>Timeline by Djordje Djukic and Evan Centanni</i><br>
<br></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Unknown Territory: Sudan’s New Civil War </b></span></h2><p style="text-align: justify;">In
April 2023, a new civil war broke out in Sudan (officially “the
Sudan”)*, pitting the country’s official military, the Sudanese Armed
Forces (SAF), against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a powerful
government-affiliated paramilitary group. Sudan has fought <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_Civil_War" target="_blank">more than one</a> civil war before, but never in its traditional heartland along the River Nile. This new conflict is said to be the first in “<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231203234157/https://riftvalley.net/sites/default/files/publication-documents/The%20Remains%20of%20the%20JPA_Nov%202023%20FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">at least a hundred years</a>” where control of the capital city, Khartoum, is clearly in the balance. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Unlike previous wars, the new conflict is essentially a power struggle among members of Sudan’s majority cultural group, the “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_Arabs" target="_blank">Arab</a>” people - and yet, analysts say it’s still a continuation of the long-running clash between the country’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230705052935/https://riftvalley.net/sites/default/files/publication-documents/RVI%202023.05.10%20Sudan%20Rapid%20Response%201_XCEPT.pdf" target="_blank">central core and outer regions</a>.
The RSF’s leadership, and most of its fighters, come from the nomadic
Arab communities of Sudan’s Darfur region in the west, who were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabization" target="_blank">integrated into Arab culture</a> later in history than the Nile elites, and until recently held little power in the national government. (See below for further discussion of these and other conflict dynamics.)<br></p><p style="text-align: justify;">With at least 13,000 dead as of December 2024, the war is also one of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflicts#Major_wars_%2810%2C000_or_more_combat-related_deaths_in_current_or_past_year%29" target="_blank">deadliest in the world today</a>, on par with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar_civil_war_(2021%E2%80%93present)" target="_blank">Myanmar conflict</a> and only far-surpassed in 2023 by the wars in <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2023/02/ukraine-control-map-2023-russia-war.html" target="_blank">Ukraine</a> and <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2023/12/israel-palestinian-controlled-areas-map-after-ceasefire.html" target="_blank">Israel/Palestine</a>. <a href="https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2101022/N2333061.pdf" target="_blank">Many thousands</a> of civilians are among the dead, with the United Nations documenting <a href="https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2101022/N2333061.pdf" target="_blank">indiscriminate SAF airstrikes</a> in major cities, while <a href="https://www.dabangasudan.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/UN_Sudan_Panel_Final_Report_2023.pdf" target="_blank">also describing</a> an apparent campaign of genocide by the RSF and allies against non-Arab citizens of West Darfur state.</p><a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2024/02/sudan-civil-war-map-2023-10-timeline.html#more">Full article »</a>Evanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436828444997272942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916448322936631355.post-16188340639216150362023-12-11T07:09:00.000-08:002024-03-09T00:29:31.928-08:00Israel / Palestine: Map of Control After End of Truce (December 8, 2023)<p><img alt="Hidden image for crawlers" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaY2KoeY0Zw2tzxaRfmZhKXbqLG3uY2Pq_Ma_3oXd20SrKfGM3sJoooR-4PMwTJ_JnA0fae7iED9he76pjn9TDQ-PasUVyN5qXkreCgdeupCTPMmMjfDNk5-IvTAGY3cSPFde2HAuxAVm7Ymz2wh3_0BBW5fEfRT-H9FDAYRGMk5NQZ0zU01TsK0XKuOk/s1600/2023-12-08_israel-war-gaza-west-bank-control-map-hamas.png" style="height: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 0px;"><b>There are newer editions of this map available. To see them, view all <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/search/label/israel">Israel articles</a> or <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/search/label/palestine">Palestine articles</a> on PolGeoNow.</b><i> </i><i><br></i></p><p><i>This map shows the approximate situation on December 8, a week after Israel and Hamas resumed fighting in the Gaza Strip after a seven-day "humanitarian pause". <br></i><br>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><i>Timeline by Djordje Djukic, with additional reporting by Evan Centanni<br><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br></b></span></i></div><h2><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Gaza Strip Divided<br></b></span></h2><p>Just as we were publishing the <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2023/10/before-israel-ground-invasion-map-gaza-hamas.html">previous edition of our Israel/Palestine control map</a>, Israel began its long-expected counter-invasion into the Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip, responding to hardline Palestinian group Hamas's unprecedented October 7 <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2023/10/israel-palestine-control-map-2023-hamas-war.html">invasion of Israel</a>. Now, one month into Israel's counter-invasion and two months into the war, the densely-populated Gaza Strip is divided between Hamas-led forces and the Israeli military. </p><p>Israeli forces have seized large parts of Gaza City, the biggest population center in the densely-populated Strip, and completely surrounded the parts of it and nearby towns that are still under Hamas control. Meanwhile, since the temporary humanitarian ceasefire between Hamas and Israel ended a week ago, Israel has also pushed deep into the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis. For more information on control within the Gaza Strip, maps by online conflict-tracker <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?hl=es&mid=1SrPdIEnbc9pLZIL_nD02rfOGiUuAboc&ll=31.4015776681418%2C34.43979932400878&z=11">Suriyak</a> and <a href="https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/2e746151991643e39e64780f0674f7dd">ISW/Critical Threats</a> give good detailed approximations.<br></p><p>Since our last report, Israel's military has <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-officials-2-civilian-deaths-for-every-1-hamas-fighter-killed-in-gaza/">appeared to confirm</a> that it's killed at least about 5,000 Palestinian fighters and 10,000 Palestinian civilians, about ten times the respective numbers of Israeli soldiers and civilians killed by Hamas and allies in their brutal October 7 rampage through the Israeli countryside. This is roughly in line with estimates from the Hamas-affiliated Gaza Health Ministry, which as of Friday estimated a total of <a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/gaza-death-toll-from-israeli-attacks-nears-17-200/3076265">17,000 Palestinians killed</a>, about a third of them adult men (who are assumed to make up the vast majority of Hamas fighters).<br></p><p><span></span></p><a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2023/12/israel-palestinian-controlled-areas-map-after-ceasefire.html#more">Full article »</a>Evanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436828444997272942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916448322936631355.post-59292872477424717532023-10-28T04:00:00.002-07:002023-12-11T07:14:02.882-08:00Israel / Palestine: Map of Control Before Israel's Gaza Invasion (October 27, 2023)<p><b>There are newer editions of this map available. To see them, view all <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/search/label/israel">Israel articles</a> or <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/search/label/palestine">Palestine articles</a> on PolGeoNow.</b><i> <br></i></p><p><i>This map shows the approximate situation early on October 27, 2023, before Israel's announced <a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-airstrikes-region-e41b5b12e8cdf9db62395314d9a782b6">expansion of military activity</a> within the Gaza Strip. At the time of publication, it's still unclear whether the expected Israeli ground invasion has begun, and little is known of the current situation within the Strip.</i><br></p>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><i>Timeline by Djordje Djukic, with additional reporting by Evan Centanni<br><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br></b></span></i></div><h2><span style="font-size: small;"><b>2023 Israel-Hamas Control Map: Temporary Equilibrium<br></b></span></h2><p>It's been almost three weeks since Palestinian group Hamas and allies burst unexpectedly out of the Gaza Strip, taking brief but unprecedented control over parts of Israel proper (see our <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2023/10/israel-palestine-control-map-2023-hamas-war.html">map of the height of Hamas control</a>). Israel's long-promised counter-invasion of the Strip <a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-airstrikes-region-e41b5b12e8cdf9db62395314d9a782b6">may now be starting</a>, two weeks after its military restored the lines of control to roughly the same as <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2021/05/israel-palestine-control-map-west-bank-areas-gaza.html">before the Hamas attack</a>. But during the wait, there's been no end to violence: Israel has retaliated against Hamas with heavy bombing of that group's stronghold, the densely-populated Gaza Strip, while both Hamas in Gaza and allied Hezbollah in Lebanon have continued striking Israel with rockets and missiles launched across the borders. </p><p>Israel reports that <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/police-74-of-civilians-killed-october-7-identified/">at least 1,400</a> of its people have been killed, including over 1,000 civilians - mostly in the first day of <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2023/10/israel-palestine-control-map-2023-hamas-war.html">Hamas's October 7 invasion</a> - while the Gaza Health Ministry says <a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/palestinian-death-toll-from-israeli-attacks-on-gaza-surges-to-7-326/3034575">over 7,000</a> total Palestinian fighters and civilians have been killed, about 3,000 of them under the age of 18 (the ministry is part of the Hamas-dominated government of the Gaza Strip, but is <a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-gaza-health-ministry-health-death-toll-59470820308b31f1faf73c703400b033">generally evaluated as credible by outside observers</a>).</p><p><span></span></p><a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2023/10/before-israel-ground-invasion-map-gaza-hamas.html#more">Full article »</a>Evanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436828444997272942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916448322936631355.post-50235302110421187622023-10-13T00:25:00.000-07:002023-12-11T07:14:13.831-08:00Israel / Palestine Map: Height of Hamas Control in 2023 Invasion (October 7, 2023)<p><b>There are newer editions of this map available. To see them, view all <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/search/label/israel">Israel articles</a> or <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/search/label/palestine">Palestine articles</a> on PolGeoNow.</b><i> <br></i></p><p><i>This map shows the approximate situation on the afternoon of October 7, 2023, when control by Hamas and its allies reached farthest into Israel. Now, several days later, Israeli forces are thought to have reversed almost all those gains, returning the lines of control to roughly their same positions as <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2021/05/israel-palestine-control-map-west-bank-areas-gaza.html">just before the invasion</a>.</i><br></p>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><i><br>Timeline by Djordje Djukic <br><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br></b></span></i></div><h2><span style="font-size: small;"><b>2023 Israel-Hamas War: How much of Israel did Hamas Capture in its Invasion?</b></span><i><span style="font-size: small;"></span></i></h2><p>Last Saturday, just a day after the 50th anniversary of Israel's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_kippur_war">last full-scale war</a>, the country was once again thrust into massive turmoil. In an unprecedented invasion of Israel proper, forces of hardline Palestinian party Hamas and smaller allied groups burst out of their stronghold in the Gaza Strip, briefly doubling their area of control while killing hundreds of Israeli civilians and soldiers alike. The above map shows the approximate situation at the height of Hamas and allied control, later on the same day that the invasion began.<br></p><p><span></span></p><a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2023/10/israel-palestine-control-map-2023-hamas-war.html#more">Full article »</a>Evanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436828444997272942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916448322936631355.post-12733534564122765362023-10-11T23:09:00.005-07:002023-10-24T15:37:55.081-07:00Israel / Palestine Map: Who Controlled What Before the 2023 Hamas Invasion?<p><i>This article was originally published in July 2020, but has been revised and updated to October 2023. The design of the accompanying map has also been slightly revised, but there were no changes to territorial control between the previous edition and this one except for the reopening of the Gaza fishing zone.</i></p><p><i>This map shows the situation just before the current war began. For the war itself, check out our new map showing <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2023/10/israel-palestine-control-map-2023-hamas-war.html">control at the height of the October 2023 Hamas invasion</a> the next day.</i><br></p>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge. Map by Evan Centanni, incorporating base map by Koen Adams of <a href="https://www.onestopmap.com/">onestopmap.com</a> and data from <a href="https://conquer-and-divide.btselem.org/">B'Tselem's interactive mapping project</a>. (<a href="http://www.polgeonow.com/p/contact.html">Contact us for permission to use this map.</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Israel and Palestine Controlled Areas: Before the War</b></span><i><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></i></h2><p>October 2023's surprise invasion of Israel by Palestinian fighters from the Gaza Strip has catapulted the area back to the top of world headlines, and the situation on the ground is now in flux. But what exactly was the situation just before this new chapter of the conflict started? This newly-revised version of PolGeoNow's Israel/Palestine explainer article answers all your questions about who's who and what the significance of each disputed zone is. </p><p>The accompanying map has also been slightly revised and newly fact-checked to ensure that it shows the situation accurately as of October 6, 2023, the night before the Hamas-led invasion of Israel (the only change to control is that the Gaza Strip fishing zone was apparently <a href="https://www.un.org/unispal/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/A.78.86.E.2023.83_120523.pdf">open for most of this year</a>, rather than closed as it was at the time of our 2021 update).<br>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>AU Suspensions at All-time High<br></b></span></h2><p></p><p>There are now a record of six member countries banned from participation in the African Union (AU), after Niger and Gabon were both suspended in August 2023. AU suspensions are almost always a response to a government overthrow in a member country, implying that coups in Africa are now at their highest point in the organization's 21-year history. The number is also up drastically from our <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2021/06/au-suspends-mali-third-time.html">previous African Union map update</a> in June 2021, when we reported that only two countries were currently suspended. <br></p><p></p><p><span></span></p><a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2023/09/african-union-au-suspended-member-states.html#more">Full article »</a>Evanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436828444997272942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916448322936631355.post-86722687288154920082023-09-03T22:00:00.002-07:002023-09-05T02:39:53.727-07:00Map: Which Countries are in the African Union?<p><i><b>Correction (2023-09-04): </b>This article was still displaying the previous version of the map after its text was updated yesterday. It has now been fixed.<br></i></p><p><i>This map and explainer will be updated whenever there's a change in AU membership, including suspensions and reinstatements. News about each change will be published in separate articles, which you can find listed below, or by <a href="http://www.polgeonow.com/search/label/african%20union">viewing all African Union content</a> on PolGeoNow.</i> <br>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>What is the African Union?</b></span></h2>
Launched in 2002 as a replacement for the earlier Organization of
African Unity (OAU), the African Union (AU) is an intergovernmental organization that
works on increasing cooperation, stability, and development within the
continent of Africa. The organization is headquartered in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia. (Ethiopia is the only African country that the European
empires never colonized, and is also the second most populous country on the continent.)<br>
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Officially called the "euro area", the Eurozone is a nickname for the group of countries in Europe that share a single currency, called the euro, as their official money. The euro currency is managed by the <a href="http://www.polgeonow.com/2016/06/map-which-countries-are-in-the-eu.html">European Union</a> (EU), but many countries in the EU don't use the euro, and some countries outside the EU do use it. The European Central Bank, headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, is in charge of regulating the currency and making euro coins and bills (bank notes).
<p></p><a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2014/08/map-which-countries-use-euro-plus-this.html#more">Full article »</a>Evanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436828444997272942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916448322936631355.post-20273828757907156562023-06-03T10:49:00.004-07:002023-07-28T06:44:22.982-07:00Ukraine: Map of Russian Control After Capture of Bakhmut - May 2023 (Subscription)<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">SUBSCRIBERS CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL ARTICLE AND MAP:<br /><a href="https://members.polgeonow.com/2023/06/ukraine-control-map-russian-control-bakhmut.html">Old Portal (members.polgeonow.com)</a> | <a href="https://controlmaps.polgeonow.com/2023/06/ukraine-control-map-russian-control-bakhmut/">New Portal (controlmaps.polgeonow.com)</a></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<li>Up-to-date illustration of current territorial control in Ukraine, color-coded for the Ukrainian government on one side and the Russian military and allied forces on the other side, with areas of uncertainty indicated. Colorblind accessible.</li><li>Darker color indicating which areas were already under Russian or allied control before the 2022 invasion began</li><li>Lines showing Russia's newly-claimed border after its annexations of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson provinces. <br /></li><li><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/p/subscriptions-services.html" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Preview thumbnail of map of territorial control within the claimed borders of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), which now consider themselves part of Russia, updated to April 21, 2023. Map shows that the vast majority of the LPR, otherwise known as Ukraine's Luhansk province, is now under the control of Russia, while Russian forces also control over half of the DPR, or Ukraine's Donetsk province, including the major central and southern cities of Donetsk, Horlivka, Makiyivka, and Mariupol. Includes key locations from the news, such as Bakhmut, Marinka, Avdiivka, Bilohorivka, and many more. Colorblind accessible." border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Wg51J6M8I7bmxrqR4cKlNLuRd0p54RNu--aP3sW928L23MEwQ0REIo5Z89ooW_hCEFLJITmGLEZiRyd2skeljWCM5z165Ujr01zMTYf5qqmIXyWFbulJvH7fTcq8Pzx5BmWz64CYbHRa9F_68RDtSnPHD07gIbqfr4q1vUWRW3hnzMfGYAUJCCuy/s508/2023-04-21_ukraine-russia-war-donbas-control-map.png" style="border-color: black; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; clear: left; float: left; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0px;" title="Subscribe to get the full-sized map and report" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Donbas close-up map</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Close-up map of territorial control within the self-proclaimed boundaries of the Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic, which now claim to be part of Russia</li>
<li>Detailed indication of city-by-city control, including key towns and other locations important to current events </li>
<li>Locations of recent control changes and other important events, including Bakhmut, Marinka, Avdiivka, Bilohorivka, and many more<br /></li>
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Last week major news outlets incorrectly <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65132527">reported</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/30/finlands-way-into-nato-clears-as-hold-out-turkey-votes-in-favour">or implied</a> that Finland wouldn't become a NATO member until July, when the organization hopes to welcome both Finland and Sweden to its annual meeting of the member countries' leaders. (Sweden has also applied to join, but its membership is currently being blocked - see below for details.)
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<p></p><a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2023/04/nato-member-countries-map-2023.html#more">Full article »</a>Evanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436828444997272942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916448322936631355.post-40864531113893263522023-03-29T03:26:00.007-07:002023-04-06T07:19:56.079-07:002022: Donetsk & Lugansk People's Republics Stop Claiming Independence<p><i>Most of our readers will already have heard of this story last year, but because PolGeoNow is committed to providing a record of all changes to the world's list of countries, and because this aspect of the story hasn't been much discussed, we're still publishing an article about it now. Parts of this article are adapted from our story on <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2022/03/lugansk-donetsk-country-independent-state-recognized.html">Recognition of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics</a> from one year ago.</i></p>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="max-width: 800px; padding: 0px; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIUz2FA38PM0dX9jX_TzhtCnoNlidprjYWRy0bb489-GpdFA2X8hA84kuGI9dCZM3GbVIHjf70kBnimFsE6T9mc03RLE1I081EvEI4ZFC3Ntw2Qqyvj4AZ4IIcwA0hoyVJPMceYN_dENea--iNHAHsMJ2jQDlK7T2ejLS_R1Ffw432qyvoK0t6yKV/s1600/2022-09-26_donbas-donetsk-lugansk-peoples-republics-control-map_bigger.png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Map of territorial control within the claimed borders of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) as of September 26, 2022, a week before they stopped claiming independence after their claimed merger with Russia (annexation). Map shows that all of the LPR, otherwise known as Ukraine's Luhansk province, was under the control of Russian and LPR forces, while Russian and DPR forces controlled over half of the DPR, or Ukraine's Donetsk province, including the major central and southern cities of Donetsk, Horlivka, Makiyivka, and Mariupol. Colorblind accessible." border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIUz2FA38PM0dX9jX_TzhtCnoNlidprjYWRy0bb489-GpdFA2X8hA84kuGI9dCZM3GbVIHjf70kBnimFsE6T9mc03RLE1I081EvEI4ZFC3Ntw2Qqyvj4AZ4IIcwA0hoyVJPMceYN_dENea--iNHAHsMJ2jQDlK7T2ejLS_R1Ffw432qyvoK0t6yKV/s1600/2022-09-26_donbas-donetsk-lugansk-peoples-republics-control-map_bigger.png" style="width: 100%;"></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Actual military/administrative control within the DPR and LPR's claimed borders just before their governments' agreed merger into Russia. This was also roughly their greatest extent of control during the period they claimed to be independent countries, if including territory held by their close ally the Russian military. This map was originally published as part of our subscriber-exclusive <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2022/09/ukraine-map-of-russian-control-kharkiv-victories.html">September 2022 Ukraine control map report</a>.</span><br></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Partial Recognition</b></span></p><p>For eight years, from 2014 to 2022, the so-called Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) said they were independent countries, despite most of the world considering them to be parts of Ukraine. Then late last year, they stopped claiming independence, instead saying they had now become part of Russia, after Russia controversially agreed to take them in. Read on for the full story, explained in plain English...<br></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span></span></span></h2><a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2023/03/lugansk-donetsk-give-up-independence.html#more">Full article »</a>Evanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436828444997272942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916448322936631355.post-91992948441325611412023-03-29T03:26:00.003-07:002023-03-29T03:30:43.358-07:00How Many Countries Are There in the World in 2023?<i>This article, originally from 2011, has been revised and updated to March 2023. You can <a href="http://www.polgeonow.com/search/label/how%20many%20countries%20in%20world">view older versions</a> of the article in our archives. The main update from last year is the so-called <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2023/03/lugansk-donetsk-give-up-independence.html">Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics no longer claiming to be independent countries</a>.</i><br>
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<br>One of the most basic questions for map-lovers is "How many countries are there in the world?" But anyone who just gives you a simple number isn't telling the whole truth. It actually depends a lot on how you define a "country". Here are six of the most common answers, each correct in its own way:<br>
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<a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/p/subscriptions-services.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Thumbnail previewing map of Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine on March 26, 2023. In addition to the Crimean peninsula, which Russia had already seized in 2014, and parts of the far eastern Donetsk and Luhansk provinces (the Donbas region) already controlled by Russia-backed separatist rebels (and formerly declared independent as the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics), Russian forces still control a wide belt of territory just north of Crimea, including large parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia provinces, as well as large additional areas of Donetsk and Luhansk provinces. Meanwhile, all of those provinces are now claimed by the Russian government as parts of Russia, creating a new claimed international border through what was until recently undisputed eastern Ukraine. Map includes key locations from the news, such as Bakhmut, Marinka, Kupiansk, Potemkin Island, and more. Colorblind accessible." border="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCg6HQ3age0wllZ6eK_oE3tFwBzuB5c_yexnnPxpebs76GxDrlikSAXHyaiCUBHcLXX0krc4Cig4wEd3pmM9xpkbnqMqw-VMTQ8nkjCpFynZjhNMDQnjN8BJ3sygxO_PY4d1p6JrCw2n80X0VAPJwxd15--SZP0hUNH2zoGFuAAOmMEgUg5KtzQEY/s1600/2023-03-26_map-russian-control-in-ukraine.png" style="border-color: black; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; clear: left; float: left; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0px;" title="Subscribe to get the full-sized map and report" width="200" /></a><p><i>In the past month almost all territorial changes in Ukraine have been in favor of Russia, and mostly all within the Donetsk region. Though most of Russia's advances have been too small to show up on our maps, it's made major progress towards capturing the small city of Bakhmut.</i><br /></p><div><i>See all this and more on the latest update to PolGeoNow's concise, professional Ukraine war control map, which includes a detailed chronicle of changes and events since our <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2023/02/ukraine-control-map-2023-russia-war.html">previous Ukraine map report</a> of February 21, with sources cited, as well as a close-up map of control within the claimed borders of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (now claimed to be self-governing regions within Russia).</i><br />
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<a href="http://www.polgeonow.com/p/subscriptions-services.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Thumbnail: Who controls Somalia? Map (January 2023 - final version). With states, regions, and territorial control. Best Somalia control map online, thoroughly researched, detailed but concise. Shows territorial control by Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), Al Shabaab, so-called Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), separatist Somaliland, autonomous state Puntland, and boundaries of additional federal member states Galmudug, Jubaland, South West, and Hirshabelle. Now labels state capitals and disputed boundaries between Somaliland and Puntland, as well as key towns from recent news, including Bo'o (Booco), Ali Gadud, Masagaway, Harardhere, Eldher, Bahdo (Baxdo), Qayib, and many more. Updated to January 17, 2023. Colorblind accessible." border="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53DXfPJqOPX3ztG8dV-JmLh_pFjflU8bjbjiATVh5_L5tG7WsYSpv11oDwBLmWBytzGAPZaqpB2avMldyZ08hRLxJ1rtZzc1DXGFYL1NYF5B7Umz_0xIwJqEP213SHuCwm9rsM7G6jql22z5XL63NV3L4d5rXnqDJT1Z4RhxT92jvgMRTYJ14Z2wT/s1600/2023-01-17_somalia-al-shabaab-territory-2023-map.png" style="border-color: black; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; clear: left; float: left; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0px;" title="Subscribe to get the full-sized map and report" width="200" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Pro-federal forces, including local militias and other allies, have made remarkable gains against Al Shabaab in recent months, despite their advances in mid-2022 having been exaggerated. Al Shabaab has recently been driven out of several major towns that it governed unopposed for many years - potentially the biggest achievement of the pro-federal coalition in almost a decade.</i><br /></div><p>
<i>See all this and more on the latest update to PolGeoNow's concise, professional Somalia control map, which includes a timeline of territorial changes and key events since our <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2021/12/who-controls-somalia-crisis-timeline.html">previous Somalia map report</a> of December 2021, with sources cited.</i><br />
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<li>Up-to-date illustration of current territorial control in Somalia, color-coded for
the federal government coalition (including ATMIS peacekeepers), autonomous unionist forces, separatist Somaliland, Al Qaeda affiliate Al Shabaab, and fighters aligned with the so-called "Islamic State" (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL). Areas of mixed or unclear control indicated separately. Colorblind accessible. </li>
<li>Boundaries and labels for Somalia's official regions and states, including the self-proclaimed independent Republic of Somaliland and federal states Puntland, Galmudug, Jubaland, South West, and Hirshabelle. Illustrates the claims of both sides in the Somaliland-Puntland border dispute, as well as actual control.<br /></li>
<li>Detailed indication of city-by-city control, including many relevant smaller towns and villages.</li>
<li>Locations of recent fighting and other important events, including Bo'o (Booco), Ali Gadud, Masagaway, Harardhere, Eldher, Bahdo (Baxdo), Qayib, and many more.</li>
<li>Detailed timeline of territorial control changes and key political and humanitarian developments since December 14, 2021, with sources cited. </li>
<li>Summary of the conflict situation and changes to the map over the past four months.</li><li>Chronicle of the self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland's international relations in its quest for recognition as an independent country (events included as part of timeline)<br /></li>
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