It is in Asia .
Near Indian ocean.
Answer: ...have obtained independence during post-war period (during 1950s, 1960s and 1970s).
Explanation: we have to include Dutch (Surinam for example), French (Algeria or Vietnam), Belgian (Kongo-Kinshassa) or Portuguese (Angola, Mozambique) colonies. This process included return of white-Europeans colonists back to Europe: the biggest return was that of Algerian French (Pieds-Noirs) and later (not so big) European whites from Portuguese territories (1974-1975-1976).
The isoline representation is the most used method to visualise quantitative phenomena which occur comprehensively and which values vary continuously in space. They are therefore called continua. Examples for such continua are temperature, air pressure, precipitation heights or ground elevations.