Danish West Indies

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Danish_West_Indies
GPTKB entity
Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:abolishedSlavery 1848
gptkbp:area 340 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Charlotte_Amalie
gptkbp:colonizedBy gptkb:Denmark
gptkbp:composedOf gptkb:Saint_Croix
gptkb:Saint_John
gptkb:Saint_Thomas
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Danish_West_Indian_daler
gptkbp:dissolved 1917
gptkbp:established 1671
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_Denmark
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Peter_von_Scholten
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Danish West Indies
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Caribbean
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Dansk_Vestindien
gptkbp:officialLanguage Danish
English
gptkbp:population about 27,000 (1911 census)
gptkbp:sells gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:status part of United States
gptkbp:successor gptkb:United_States_Virgin_Islands
gptkbp:treatyOfSale gptkb:Treaty_of_the_Danish_West_Indies_(1916)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:U.S._Virgin_Islands
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4