Jesselton

E297449

Jesselton is the former colonial-era name of Kota Kinabalu, the capital city of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jesselton canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial administrator ⓘ
former city name ⓘ
historical place name ⓘ
administeredBy British North Borneo Company ⓘ
associatedWith British Empire ⓘ
colonial administration ⓘ
capitalOf Sabah ⓘ
category Former names of cities ⓘ
History of Sabah ⓘ
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
connectedTo interior of North Borneo ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
developedAs commercial centre ⓘ
faces South China Sea ⓘ
formerNameOf Kota Kinabalu ⓘ
function administrative centre ⓘ
port town ⓘ
geographicFeature coastal city ⓘ
hasFormerName Jesselton ⓘ
hasHeritage colonial-era architecture (largely lost or transformed) ⓘ
hasTown Jesselton ⓘ
historicalSignificance early colonial administrative centre in North Borneo ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
locatedIn Malaysian Borneo ⓘ
linked to: northern Borneo

Sabah ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC+08:00 ⓘ
locatedOn Borneo ⓘ
northwest coast of Borneo ⓘ
modernEquivalent Kota Kinabalu urban area ⓘ
linked to: Kota Kinabalu
namedAfter Sir Charles Jessel ⓘ
partOf Crown Colony of North Borneo ⓘ
North Borneo ⓘ
presentDayCity Kota Kinabalu ⓘ
presentDayCountry Malaysia ⓘ
presentDayState Sabah ⓘ
railwayTerminusOf North Borneo Railway ⓘ
linked to: Sabah State Railway
region East Malaysia ⓘ
replacedBy Kota Kinabalu ⓘ
status defunct toponym ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
transportRole railway hub ⓘ
seaport ⓘ
urbanSuccessor Kota Kinabalu City ⓘ
linked to: Kota Kinabalu
usedDuring British colonial period ⓘ
wasColonialEraName true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Kota Kinabalu → formerName → Jesselton ⓘ
Kota Kinabalu → hasFormerName → Jesselton ⓘ
subject linked to: Jesselton
North Borneo → hasTown → Jesselton ⓘ
subject linked to: Jesselton