State · 1967 – 1970
Biafra
A state of 1967 – 1970 — 3 years in sub-Saharan Africa. It was replaced by Republic of Benin. Its line of rulers holds 2 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 3 years
- 1967 – 1970
- Rulers
- 2
- the President
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
After it
- Republic of Benin · replaced by · 1967
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu | 1967 – 1970 | 3 years | ending not on record | |
| Philip Effiong | 1970 – 1970 | under a year | ending not on record |
2 rulers, 2 with terms dated as terms, covering 1967 – 1970. Only 3 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. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 1.00, limit 0.6). 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, undatedCoat of arms of Biafra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fenn-O-maniC 
flag, from 1967Flag of Biafra · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mysid
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 stood3 years
stood longer than 10% 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, 1957 – 1980, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1969, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q178469 (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.