British Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:administeredBy British Colonial Office (after 1924)
British South Africa Company (until 1924)
gptkbp:area 752,614 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Angola
gptkb:Mozambique
gptkb:Southern_Rhodesia
gptkb:Belgian_Congo
gptkb:Nyasaland
gptkb:South-West_Africa
Tanganyika
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Lusaka
gptkb:Livingstone
gptkbp:currency Pound sterling
gptkbp:dissolved 1964
gptkbp:established 1911
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Tonga
gptkb:Bemba
gptkb:Lunda
gptkb:Kaonde
gptkb:Luvale
gptkb:Lozi
gptkb:Tumbuka
gptkb:Ngoni
Chewa
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_Northern_Rhodesia
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:British_colonial_administration
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia
gptkbp:independenceDate gptkb:Zambia
gptkbp:leftFederation 1963
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Africa
gptkb:South-Central_Africa
gptkbp:mainExports copper
agricultural products
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Federation_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland
gptkbp:mergedIntoYear 1953
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Cecil_Rhodes
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Federation_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland_(1953–1963)
Copperbelt strike of 1935
Independence (1964)
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:population over 2 million (1964)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:North-Eastern_Rhodesia
gptkb:North-Western_Rhodesia
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Traditional_African_religions
gptkbp:successor Republic of Zambia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_Protectorate
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7