Crown Colony of Labuan (reassigned)

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The Crown Colony of Labuan was a British colonial territory centered on the island of Labuan off the coast of Borneo, administered separately as a strategic trading and naval outpost.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British crown colony ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
administeredSeparatelyFrom British North Borneo ⓘ
Straits Settlements ⓘ
borderedBy North Borneo (region) ⓘ
linked to: Sabah
capital Victoria, Labuan ⓘ
linked to: Labuan
colonialPower United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currency Straits dollar ⓘ
establishedBy United Kingdom ⓘ
establishedFor coaling station ⓘ
naval base ⓘ
strategic trading outpost ⓘ
governmentType colonial administration ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn South China Sea ⓘ
historicalRegion Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ
legalSystem English common law (colonial adaptation) ⓘ
locatedIn Borneo ⓘ
South China Sea ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
locatedOn Labuan Island ⓘ
namedAfter Labuan Island ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity coal bunkering ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
trade ⓘ
regionType island colony ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
significance strategic control of sea lanes around Borneo ⓘ
support point for British commercial interests in the region ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
strategicFor British Royal Navy ⓘ
linked to: Royal Navy
usedAs base for British influence in Borneo ⓘ
entrepôt ⓘ
naval station ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Straits Settlements → followedBy → Crown Colony of Labuan (reassigned) ⓘ
Straits Settlements → followedBy → Crown Colony of North Borneo (for Labuan) ⓘ
linked to: Crown Colony of Labuan (reassigned)
Government of the Straits Settlements → followedBy → Crown Colony of Labuan administration under British North Borneo ⓘ
linked to: Crown Colony of Labuan (reassigned)
British Borneo → hasPart → Crown Colony of Labuan ⓘ
linked to: Crown Colony of Labuan (reassigned)