Colonial Nigeria

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:area 923,768 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Cameroon
gptkb:French_West_Africa
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Lagos
gptkbp:colonialStatus British colony and protectorate
gptkbp:currency gptkb:British_West_African_pound
gptkbp:dividedInto gptkb:Northern_Nigeria_Protectorate
gptkb:Southern_Nigeria_Protectorate
gptkbp:education gptkb:missionary_schools
gptkbp:endDate 1960
gptkbp:ethnicGroup Hausa
Igbo
Yoruba
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_Colonial_Nigeria
gptkbp:governor gptkb:state_order
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colonial Nigeria
gptkbp:imported gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:independenceDate gptkb:United_Kingdom
1960
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:West_Africa
gptkbp:market palm oil
cocoa
cotton
tin
groundnuts
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Northern_Nigeria_Protectorate
gptkb:Southern_Nigeria_Protectorate
1914
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Aba_Women's_Riot_(1929)
gptkb:Lyttleton_Constitution_(1954)
gptkb:Macpherson_Constitution_(1951)
gptkb:Richards_Constitution_(1946)
Amalgamation of 1914
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Frederick_Lugard
gptkb:Arthur_Richards
gptkb:Hugh_Clifford
gptkb:John_Stuart_Macpherson
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:polityType colony and protectorate
gptkbp:population about 31 million (1952)
gptkbp:populationCensusYear 1952
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Royal_Niger_Company
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Islam
gptkb:Traditional_African_religions
gptkbp:startDate 1900
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Nigeria
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_punitive_expedition_of_1897
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5