Crown Colony of Sarawak

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The Crown Colony of Sarawak was a British colonial territory on the island of Borneo that existed after World War II until it joined with other regions to form Malaysia in 1963.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crown colony ⓘ
former British colony ⓘ
historical political entity ⓘ
borderedBy Brunei ⓘ
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

Dutch Borneo ⓘ
linked to: Dutch East Indies

North Borneo ⓘ
South China Sea ⓘ
capital Kuching ⓘ
coatOfArms Coat of arms of Sarawak ⓘ
commonLanguage Malay ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currency Malaya and British Borneo dollar ⓘ
Sarawak dollar ⓘ
endTime 16 September 1963 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bidayuh ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
Iban ⓘ
linked to: Iban people

Malay ⓘ
Melanau ⓘ
event Japanese occupation of Sarawak ended in 1945 ⓘ
ceded by Charles Vyner Brooke to the United Kingdom ⓘ
formation of Malaysia ⓘ
executiveHead Governor of Sarawak ⓘ
flag Flag of the Crown Colony of Sarawak ⓘ
followedBy Malaysia ⓘ
State of Sarawak ⓘ
linked to: Sarawak
governmentType British colonial administration ⓘ
headOfState Elizabeth II ⓘ
George VI ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
legislature Council Negri ⓘ
locatedIn Southeast Asia ⓘ
locatedOn island of Borneo ⓘ
linked to: Borneo
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf British Borneo ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
precededBy Kingdom of Sarawak ⓘ
reasonForEnd accession to the Federation of Malaysia ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional indigenous religions ⓘ
significantEvent anti-cession movement in Sarawak ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
startTime 1 July 1946 ⓘ
todayPartOf Malaysia ⓘ
State of Sarawak ⓘ
linked to: Sarawak

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

Malaya and British Borneo dollar → usedIn → Crown Colony of Sarawak ⓘ
White Rajahs → countryRuled → Kingdom of Sarawak ⓘ
linked to: Crown Colony of Sarawak
White Rajahs → followedBy → British Crown Colony of Sarawak ⓘ
linked to: Crown Colony of Sarawak
Brooke family → ruled → Kingdom of Sarawak ⓘ
linked to: Crown Colony of Sarawak
Brooke family → realmBecame → British Crown Colony of Sarawak ⓘ
linked to: Crown Colony of Sarawak
Rajah of Sarawak → successorPolity → Crown Colony of Sarawak ⓘ
British Military Administration in Borneo → followedBy → Crown Colony of Sarawak ⓘ
Brooke dynasty → followedBy → British Crown Colony of Sarawak ⓘ
linked to: Crown Colony of Sarawak
Vyner Brooke → successor → British Crown Colony of Sarawak ⓘ
linked to: Crown Colony of Sarawak
Kingdom of Sarawak → successor → Crown Colony of Sarawak ⓘ
Kingdom of Sarawak → successor → British Crown Colony of Sarawak ⓘ
linked to: Crown Colony of Sarawak
Council Negri → appliesToJurisdiction → Crown Colony of Sarawak ⓘ
Council Negri → establishedUnder → Crown Colony of Sarawak ⓘ
Council Negri → governs → Crown Colony of Sarawak ⓘ
British Far East → hasPart → Sarawak (Brooke and Crown colony periods) ⓘ
linked to: Crown Colony of Sarawak