Crown Colony of Singapore

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Crown_Colony_of_Singapore
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:anthem gptkb:God_Save_the_King
gptkbp:area 581.5 km2
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Singapore
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Malayan_dollar
Singapore dollar
gptkbp:dissolved 1959
gptkbp:established 1946
gptkbp:event Japanese occupation (1942–1945)
Formation of State of Singapore (1959)
Self-government granted (1959)
Separation from Straits Settlements (1946)
gptkbp:flag Flag of the Crown Colony of Singapore
gptkbp:governmentType British colony
gptkbp:governor gptkb:William_Goode
gptkb:Franklin_Charles_Gimson
gptkb:Robert_Black
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Crown Colony of Singapore
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Legislative_Council_of_Singapore
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Southeast_Asia
gptkbp:monarch gptkb:Elizabeth_II
gptkb:George_VI
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Chinese
gptkb:Malay
gptkb:Tamil
English
gptkbp:population 1,445,929 (1957 census)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Straits_Settlements
gptkbp:successor gptkb:State_of_Singapore
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Straits_Settlements_government
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7