Straits Settlements

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:British_East_India_Company
gptkb:British_Crown
gptkbp:area 6,540 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Singapore
gptkbp:coatOfArms gptkb:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Straits_Settlements
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Straits_dollar
gptkbp:demographics Chinese majority
Indian minority
Malay minority
gptkbp:dissolved 1946
Post-World War II reorganization
gptkbp:established 1826
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_the_Straits_Settlements
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Sir_Andrew_Clarke
gptkb:Sir_Cecil_Clementi
gptkb:Sir_Shenton_Thomas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Straits Settlements
gptkbp:legalSystem gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_Straits_Settlements
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Legislative_Council_of_the_Straits_Settlements
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Southeast_Asia
gptkbp:mainConstituent gptkb:Singapore
Labuan
Malacca
Penang
gptkbp:mainExports rubber
spices
tin
gptkbp:mainImports manufactured goods
textiles
opium
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Colony_of_Singapore
gptkb:Crown_Colony_of_Labuan
gptkb:Malayan_Union_(Penang_and_Malacca)
gptkbp:notableEvent Japanese occupation (1942–1945)
gptkbp:notableResident gptkb:Kapitan_China_Yap_Ah_Loy
gptkb:Tan_Tock_Seng
gptkb:Sir_Stamford_Raffles
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:population 1,840,000 (1931 census)
gptkbp:postalCode gptkb:Straits_Settlements_Post
SS
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:British_East_India_Company_rule
gptkbp:religion Religious pluralism
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Colony_of_Singapore
gptkb:Crown_Colony_of_Labuan
gptkb:Malayan_Union
gptkbp:type gptkb:settlement
British colony
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_East_India_Company
gptkb:Malaya
gptkb:East_India_Company
gptkb:Ronald_MacPherson
gptkb:Straits_Chinese_cuisine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5