North Borneo (British protectorate)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/North_Borneo_(British_protectorate)
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_region
British colony
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:British_North_Borneo_Company
gptkbp:area approximately 73,600 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:South_China_Sea
gptkb:Dutch_East_Indies
Sarawak
Sulu Sea
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Sandakan
gptkbp:currency gptkb:British_North_Borneo_dollar
gptkbp:currentLocation Sabah
gptkbp:dissolved 1946
gptkbp:established 1882
gptkbp:event gptkb:World_War_II
Japanese occupation (1942–1945)
Cession to the British Crown (1946)
gptkbp:flag Flag of North Borneo (1903–1946)
gptkbp:governor gptkb:William_Hood_Treacher
gptkb:Herbert_Ralph_Hone
Charles Vandeleur Creagh
Edward Peregrine Gueritz
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label North Borneo (British protectorate)
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Borneo
gptkb:Southeast_Asia
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Malaysia
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:population about 331,000 (1939)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Sultanate_of_Sulu
gptkbp:protectorateOf gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Crown_Colony_of_North_Borneo
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Crown_Colony_of_North_Borneo
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7