British Crown Colony of Sarawak

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_Crown_Colony_of_Sarawak
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:anthem gptkb:God_Save_the_King/Queen
gptkbp:area 124,449 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Brunei
gptkb:South_China_Sea
gptkb:Dutch_East_Indies
gptkb:British_North_Borneo
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Kuching
gptkbp:colonialStatus British colony
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Malayan_dollar
gptkbp:dissolved 16 September 1963
gptkbp:established 1 July 1946
gptkbp:event gptkb:Formation_of_Malaysia_1963
Japanese occupation ended 1945
Cession to Britain 1946
gptkbp:firstGovernor gptkb:Charles_Arden-Clarke
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_the_Crown_Colony_of_Sarawak
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British Crown Colony of Sarawak
gptkbp:joinedMalaysia 16 September 1963
gptkbp:lastRuler gptkb:Alexander_Waddell
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Borneo
gptkbp:monarchDuringColony gptkb:Elizabeth_II
gptkb:George_VI
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Malay
English
gptkbp:population 900,000 (circa 1960)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Kingdom_of_Sarawak
gptkbp:successor Sarawak (state of Malaysia)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:House_of_Brooke
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7