State · 1958 – 1961
United Arab States
A state of 1958 – 1961 — 3 years in the Middle East and North Africa. Its own article says it was dissolved by Nasser on 26 December 1961.
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
- 1958 – 1961
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
How it ended, as its article says
Dissolved by Nasser on 26 December 1961, 1961-12-26. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
The confederation was officially dissolved by Nasser on 26 December 1961.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 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.
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flag, undatedFlag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024) · Public domain .svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Arab_Republic_(1958%E2%80%931971).svg.png)
coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971) · 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 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.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1948 – 1971, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1960, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q856843 (CC0) · 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.