State · 1937 – 1963
Aden Colony
A state of 1937 – 1963 — 26 years in the Middle East and North Africa. Its line of rulers holds 2 people.
- Wikidata's English label: Colony of Aden.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 26 years
- 1937 – 1963
- Rulers
- 2
- the Monarch
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George VI | 1937 – 1952 | 15 years | ending not on record | |
| Elizabeth II | 1952 – 1963 | 11 years | ending not on record | child |
2 rulers, 2 with terms dated as terms, covering 1937 – 1963. Only 26 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 0 of 1 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, undatedBadge of the Colony of Aden · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Aden_(1937%E2%80%931963).svg.png)
flag, undatedFlag of Aden (1937–1963) · Public domain
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood26 years
stood longer than 25% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record2
has more rulers on record than 34% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1927 – 1973, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1950, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q49910 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.