British North Borneo

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British North Borneo was a British protectorate and chartered company territory on the northern part of Borneo, encompassing what is now the Malaysian state of Sabah.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chartered company territory
former British protectorate
former colony
administrativeCenter Sandakan
borderedBy Celebes Sea
Dutch East Indies
Sarawak
South China Sea
Sulu Sea
capital Sandakan
charterGrantedBy Queen Victoria
United Kingdom
charterGrantedYear 1881
coatOfArms Coat of arms of British North Borneo
commonLanguage Malay
correspondsTo Sabah
country United Kingdom
currency British North Borneo dollar
Straits dollar
economyBasedOn plantation agriculture
rubber production
timber exports
tobacco cultivation
endDate 1946
flag Flag of British North Borneo
governingCompany British North Borneo Company
involvedInConflict World War II
joinedFederation Malaysia
joinedFederationAs Sabah
laterAdministrativeCenter Jesselton
laterCapital Jesselton
Kota Kinabalu
locatedIn Southeast Asia
northern Borneo
present-day Malaysia
mainPort Sandakan
occupationPeriod 1942–1945
occupiedBy Empire of Japan
linked to: Imperial Japan
officialLanguage English
predecessor Brunei Sultanate
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

Sulu Sultanate
protectorateProclaimedYear 1888
region Maritime Southeast Asia
sovereign British monarch
startDate 1881
status British protectorate
chartered company rule
successor Crown Colony of North Borneo
todayPartOf Malaysia
Sabah

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Straits dollar usedIn British North Borneo
Borneo campaign (1945) location North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Malaya and British Borneo dollar countryOrRegionUsed North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Malaya and British Borneo dollar usedIn Crown Colony of North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Brunei British protectorate neighbour British North Borneo
Crown Colony of Labuan administeredSeparatelyFrom British North Borneo
British North Borneo governingCompany British North Borneo Company
linked to: British North Borneo
British North Borneo successor Crown Colony of North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Battle of Labuan location North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Japanese Seventeenth Army location British Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Australian I Corps countryInConflict British Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Crown Colony of Sarawak borderedBy North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo countryServed North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo appliesToJurisdiction North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Jesselton administeredBy British North Borneo Company
linked to: British North Borneo
Jesselton partOf North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Jesselton partOf Crown Colony of North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Hugh Low associatedWith British North Borneo
Convention of London (1884) appliesToTerritory British North Borneo
Convention of London (1884) hasLegalEffectOn British North Borneo Company territories
linked to: British North Borneo
Elopura locatedInRegion North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Elopura partOf British North Borneo (historical)
linked to: British North Borneo
Elopura associatedWith British North Borneo Company
linked to: British North Borneo
Elopura partOfHistoricalEntity Crown Colony of North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Japanese occupation of Southeast Asia appliesToTerritorialEntity North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
British East Indies hasPart North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Southwestern Philippines near North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
British Military Administration in Borneo appliesToJurisdiction North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
British Military Administration in Borneo followedBy Crown Colony of North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Kingdom of Sarawak borderedBy North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Northern Borneo historicallyRuledBy British North Borneo Company
subject linked to: northern Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Malaysia Day relatedTo North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
North Kalimantan National Army locatedIn North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Flag of British North Borneo country British North Borneo
Flag of British North Borneo usedBy British North Borneo Company
linked to: British North Borneo
Flag of British North Borneo usedBy British North Borneo (territory)
linked to: British North Borneo
Coat of arms of British North Borneo country British North Borneo
Coat of arms of British North Borneo usedBy British North Borneo Chartered Company
linked to: British North Borneo
Coat of arms of British North Borneo usedBy Colony of British North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Coat of arms of British North Borneo emblemOf British North Borneo Chartered Company
linked to: British North Borneo
Coat of arms of British North Borneo emblemOf Crown Colony of North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Brunei Bay operation location North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
British Borneo includes North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
British Borneo appliesToJurisdiction North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
British Borneo hasPart Crown Colony of North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
British Far East hasPart North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
British Far East hasPart Sabah (colonial period)
linked to: British North Borneo
Jesselton, North Borneo country North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Jesselton, North Borneo locatedIn North Borneo
linked to: British North Borneo
Jesselton, North Borneo colonialNameUnder British North Borneo Company
linked to: British North Borneo