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Realm · 1792–1897

Merina Kingdom

Merina Kingdom appears on the map from 1792 to 1897. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1840, it covered about 426,716 km².

One of the realms of Merina Kingdom (Madagascar). The Merina people of Madagascar's central highlands built small rival kingdoms around Antananarivo from the 1500s. Around 1785 Andrianampoinimerina began reuniting Imerina, expanding rice terraces and declaring that the sea would be the border of his rice field.

See Merina Kingdom on the map in 1840

On the map
1792–1897
Greatest extent
1840, about 426,716 km²
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Wikipedia: Merina Kingdom · Wikidata Q1071439

Territory through time

YearsArea drawn
1792–179567,330 km²
1796–180285,401 km²
1803–1810112,887 km²
1811–181367,330 km²
1814–1819112,887 km²
1820–1821173,288 km²
1822–1823244,722 km²
1824369,241 km²
1825–1833374,728 km²
1834–1839397,202 km²
1840–1894426,716 km²
1895–1897426,716 km²

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