Río de la Plata

Period and duration

Río de la Plata — according to the map data from AD 1811 to AD 1833, roughly 22 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.

Greatest extent

Río de la Plata — greatest extent around AD 1811: the mapped borders then cover about 1.7 million km², roughly 1.1% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.

Predecessors and successors

States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:

Before (AD 1810)

After

Neighbours around AD 1811

The largest states in the region at the same time:

Learn more

• Open the world map in AD 1811 — tap the empire for a detailed description
• Río de la Plata on Wikipedia
• All 300 empires at a glance