Federation of the West Indies

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:municipality
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:West_Indies_Federation
gptkbp:anthem gptkb:Forged_from_the_Love_of_Liberty
gptkbp:area 20,239 sq mi
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Port_of_Spain
gptkbp:currency gptkb:West_Indies_dollar
gptkbp:dialCode gptkb:WI
gptkbp:dissolved 31 May 1962
internal political conflicts
withdrawal of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago
gptkbp:established 3 January 1958
gptkbp:flag Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg
gptkbp:governmentType federal parliamentary democracy
gptkbp:headOfState gptkb:Elizabeth_II
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Federation of the West Indies
gptkbp:lastGovernorGeneral gptkb:Lord_Hailes
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:House_of_Representatives
gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:memberState gptkb:Antigua_and_Barbuda
gptkb:Barbados
gptkb:Dominica
gptkb:Grenada
gptkb:Jamaica
gptkb:Montserrat
gptkb:Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis
gptkb:Saint_Lucia
gptkb:Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines
gptkb:Trinidad_and_Tobago
gptkbp:monarch gptkb:Elizabeth_II
gptkbp:motto To Dwell Together In Unity
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:parliament Federal Parliament
gptkbp:population about 3 million (1960)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:British_West_Indies
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Grantley_Adams
gptkbp:purpose political union of British Caribbean colonies
gptkbp:region gptkb:Caribbean
gptkbp:status defunct
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Barbados
gptkb:Jamaica
gptkb:Trinidad_and_Tobago
gptkb:Eastern_Caribbean_States
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:West_Indies_Federation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7