Southern Rhodesia

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:anthem gptkb:God_Save_the_Queen
gptkbp:area 390,580 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Botswana
gptkb:Mozambique
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Northern_Rhodesia
gptkb:Nyasaland
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Salisbury
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Southern_Rhodesian_pound
gptkbp:dissolved 1980
gptkbp:established 1923
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Ndebele
gptkb:Shona
gptkb:White_Rhodesians
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia
gptkbp:governmentType self-governing British colony
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Southern Rhodesia
gptkbp:joinedConfederation 1953
gptkbp:leftFederation 1963
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Africa
gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:mainRiver gptkb:Zambezi
Limpopo
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Cecil_Rhodes
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Umtali
gptkb:Fort_Victoria
gptkb:Salisbury
gptkb:Bulawayo
gptkb:Gwelo
gptkb:Que_Que
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Lancaster_House_Agreement
gptkb:Chimurenga_(Rhodesian_Bush_War)
gptkb:UDI_(Unilateral_Declaration_of_Independence)
gptkbp:nowPartOf gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Federation_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland
gptkbp:population about 7 million (1979)
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:British_South_Africa_Company
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Ian_Smith
gptkb:Abel_Muzorewa
gptkb:Edgar_Whitehead
gptkb:Godfrey_Huggins
gptkb:Roy_Welensky
gptkb:Winston_Field
gptkbp:recognizedBy no country (after 1965 UDI)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkbp:unilateralDeclarationOfIndependence 1965
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4