British North Borneo

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_North_Borneo
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_region
British colony
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:British_North_Borneo_Company
gptkbp:area approximately 73,620 km²
gptkbp:becameBritishProtectorate 1888
gptkbp:becameCrownColony 1946
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Sandakan
gptkbp:cededTo gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:coatOfArms gptkb:Coat_of_arms_of_British_North_Borneo
gptkbp:currency gptkb:British_North_Borneo_dollar
gptkbp:currentName Sabah
gptkbp:established 1882
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_British_North_Borneo
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British North Borneo
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:northern_Borneo
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Malaysia
16 September 1963
gptkbp:occupationPeriod 1942–1945
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Malay
English
gptkbp:population estimated 331,000 (1939)
gptkbp:wasOccupiedBy gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Labuan_(historically)
gptkb:Borneo_(Kalimantan)
gptkb:Sultanate_of_Sulu
gptkb:British_protectorate_(17th–19th_centuries)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6