West Indies Federation

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:municipality
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Federation_of_the_West_Indies
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 and secession of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago
gptkbp:established 3 January 1958
gptkbp:federalAnthem gptkb:Forged_from_the_Love_of_Liberty
gptkbp:federalCapital gptkb:Port_of_Spain
gptkbp:federalCurrency gptkb:West_Indies_dollar
gptkbp:federalFlag Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg
gptkbp:federalGovernorGeneral gptkb:Lord_Hailes
gptkbp:federalLegislature Federal Parliament
gptkbp:federalPrimeMinister gptkb:Grantley_Herbert_Adams
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 West Indies Federation
gptkbp:lastGovernorGeneral gptkb:Lord_Hailes
gptkbp:legislature Federal Parliament
gptkbp:location gptkb:Caribbean
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:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:population 3,238,000
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:British_West_Indies
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Grantley_Herbert_Adams
gptkbp:purpose political union of British Caribbean colonies
gptkbp:status dissolved
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Caribbean_Community
gptkb:CARIFTA
independent states of the former federation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_West_Indies
gptkb:British_Caribbean_territories
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6