State · 1965 – 1970
The Gambia (1965–1970)
A state of 1965 – 1970 — 5 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It was replaced by The Gambia. Its line of rulers holds 1 person. Its own article says it was dissolved.
- Wikidata's English label: Commonwealth realm of the Gambia.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 5 years
- 1965 – 1970
- Rulers
- 1
- the monarch of the commonwealth realm of the Gambia
- Most ground
- 11,300 km²
- in 1967
- 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
- The Gambia · replaced by · 1970 – present
How it ended, as its article says
Dissolved, 1970-04-24. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
After two referendums on the issue, the monarchy was abolished on 24 April 1970, when the Gambia became a republic within the Commonwealth.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
The line of monarch of the commonwealth realm of the Gambia.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth II | 1965 – 1970 | 5 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone |
1 rulers, 1 with terms dated as terms, covering 1965 – 1970. Only 5 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of head of government, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Dawda Jawara | 1965 – 1970 |
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.
11,300 km² in 1970. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
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, from 1964Coat of arms of The Gambia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original design by Nicholas Potin , vectorised by user:Fenn-O-maniC 
flag, from 1965Flag of The Gambia · 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 stood5 years
stood longer than 13% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held11,300 km²
held more ground at its peak than 16% 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.
- Rulers on record1
has more rulers on record than 13% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 0 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1955 – 1980, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1967, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q7735661 (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.