British Malaya

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical region
gptkbp:area approximately 132,000 square kilometers
gptkbp:capital Kuala Lumpur
gptkbp:culturalInfluence British_culture
Chinese_culture
Indian_culture
Malay_culture
gptkbp:currency Straits dollar
gptkbp:dissolved 1957
gptkbp:economy agriculture
mining
manufacturing
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:established 19th century
gptkbp:famousLandmark gptkb:Batu_Caves
gptkb:Mount_Kinabalu
gptkb:George_Town
gptkb:Cameron_Highlands
gptkb:Malacca_City
gptkb:Perhentian_Islands
Petronas Towers
Langkawi
Sipadan Island
Kuala Lumpur Tower
gptkbp:geographicalFeature gptkb:Malayan_Peninsula
gptkb:Titiwangsa_Mountains
Sungai Perak
Straits of Malacca
gptkbp:historicalFigures gptkb:Tunku_Abdul_Rahman
gptkb:Sir_Frank_Swettenham
gptkb:Lim_Yew_Hock
gptkb:Tan_Cheng_Lock
gptkb:Lee_Kuan_Yew
gptkbp:historicalSignificance rubber and tin production
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British Malaya
gptkbp:majorIndustry gptkb:Malays
Chinese
Indians
gptkbp:notableEvent Malayan Emergency
Japanese_occupation
Independence_from_British_rule
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Malaysia
gptkbp:population approximately 6 million (1950s)
gptkbp:transportation railways
roads
ports