Elopura

E487125

Elopura is the former name of Sandakan, a major coastal town in Sabah, Malaysia, historically known as an important trading and administrative center in North Borneo.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Elopura canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former place name ⓘ
historical name ⓘ
associatedWith British North Borneo Company ⓘ
countryAfterIndependence Malaysia ⓘ
countryDuringColonialPeriod British Empire ⓘ
formerNameOf Sandakan ⓘ
hasCurrentName Sandakan ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agricultural export ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
timber export ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasFunction port town ⓘ
hasGeographicalFeature coastal town ⓘ
hasRole administrative center ⓘ
trading center ⓘ
historicallyKnownAs important administrative center in North Borneo ⓘ
important trading center in North Borneo ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
languageOfName Malay ⓘ
locatedIn Sandakan ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Sabah ⓘ
locatedInCountry Malaysia ⓘ
locatedInRegion North Borneo ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Malaysia Time ⓘ
locatedOn Borneo ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater Sandakan Bay ⓘ
Sulu Sea ⓘ
partOf British North Borneo (historical) ⓘ
partOfHistoricalEntity Crown Colony of North Borneo ⓘ
partOfState Sabah ⓘ
replacedByName Sandakan ⓘ
usedAsNameFor major coastal town in Sabah ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Sandakan → formerName → Elopura ⓘ