Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf political entity
gptkbp:area 388,000 square miles
gptkbp:capital Salisbury
gptkbp:composedOf gptkb:Northern_Rhodesia
gptkb:Southern_Rhodesia
gptkb:Nyasaland
gptkbp:culturalInfluence British_culture
African_cultures
gptkbp:currency gptkb:British_pound
gptkbp:diplomaticRelations gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_Nations
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1963
gptkbp:economicActivity agriculture
mining
manufacturing
gptkbp:education British-style_education
gptkbp:established British_colonial_administration
gptkbp:formed 1953
gptkbp:governmentType federal government
gptkbp:historicalSignificance decolonization process
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
gptkbp:internationalRelations gptkb:British_Commonwealth
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:Sir_Roy_Welensky
gptkbp:legacy historical studies
impact on regional politics
influence_on_African_nationalism
gptkbp:notableEvent 1961 constitutional referendum
1963 dissolution
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Robert_Mugabe
gptkb:Kenneth_Kaunda
gptkb:Hastings_Banda
gptkb:Joshua_Nkomo
gptkb:Sir_Edgar_Whitehead
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:African_National_Congress
gptkb:United_Federal_Party
gptkb:Zimbabwe_African_National_Union
gptkb:Nyasaland_African_Congress
gptkbp:population over 5 million
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:British_Central_Africa_Protectorate
gptkbp:successor independent nations
gptkbp:transportation airports
railways
roads