State · 1839 – 1843

Natalia Republic

A state of 1839 – 1843 — 4 years in sub-Saharan Africa. The atlas holds its heads of government, 1 terms. Its own article says it was dissolved.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood: 4 years; 1839 – 1843
Most ground: 37,700 km²; in 1840
Symbol: 1; on record, with years

Map: Natalia Republic in 1840, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Natalia Republic in 1840, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 37,700 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Where it sits in time

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.

How it ended, as its article says

Dissolved, 1843. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.

The republic came to an end in 1843 when British forces annexed it to form the Colony of Natal.

One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rulers

Heads of government

The line of Prime Minister, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.

Andries Pretorius

1839 – 1843

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

37,700 km² in 1843. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flag or arms

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

flag, from 1839Flag of Natalia Republic · 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 stood4 years
stood longer than 12% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held37,700 km²
held more ground at its peak than 30% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
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.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 1829 – 1853, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 1840, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q1029847 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.