British Sierra Leone Colony

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:British_colony
gptkbp:administrativeDivision	Colony of Sierra Leone Protectorate of Sierra Leone
gptkbp:area	about 71,740 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy	gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean gptkb:Liberia gptkb:French_Guinea
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Freetown
gptkbp:coatOfArms	Coat of arms of British Sierra Leone Colony
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:British_West_African_pound
gptkbp:disbanded	1961
gptkbp:established	1808
gptkbp:ethnicGroup	Krio Mende Temne
gptkbp:flag	Flag of British Sierra Leone Colony
gptkbp:governedBy	gptkb:Governor_of_Sierra_Leone
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:homeport	gptkb:Freetown_Harbour
gptkbp:independenceDate	27 April 1961
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:West_Africa
gptkbp:mainExports	gptkb:café gptkb:jewelry gptkb:wood palm oil cocoa
gptkbp:mergedInto	1951 Sierra Leone Protectorate
gptkbp:notableEvent	World War II involvement Abolition of slave trade Abolitionist settlement Creole migration Freetown as Royal Navy base
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Sir_Samuel_Rowe gptkb:Sir_Milton_Margai Sir Henry Light
gptkbp:officialLanguage	English
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:British_West_Africa
gptkbp:population	about 2 million (by 1961)
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Province_of_Freedom
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Christianity gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Sierra_Leone
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Kingdom_of_Koya
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British Sierra Leone Colony