British Borneo

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British Borneo was the collective term for the British-controlled territories on the island of Borneo, including colonies and protectorates such as Sarawak, North Borneo, and Labuan, administered under British rule until the mid-20th century.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former colonial entity ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Brunei ⓘ
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

Labuan ⓘ
North Borneo ⓘ
Sarawak ⓘ
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currency Malayan dollar ⓘ
Straits dollar ⓘ
endCause decolonisation of British Empire ⓘ
formation of Malaysia ⓘ
endTime 1963 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bidayuh ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
Dayak ⓘ
linked to: Dayak peoples

Iban ⓘ
Kadazan-Dusun ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
Melanau ⓘ
followedBy Brunei Darussalam ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
hasCapital Jesselton (later Kota Kinabalu, in North Borneo) ⓘ
Kuching (in Sarawak) ⓘ
linked to: Kuching

Victoria (in Labuan) ⓘ
hasPart Crown Colony of Labuan ⓘ
Crown Colony of North Borneo ⓘ
Kingdom of Sarawak (under British protection, later Crown Colony) ⓘ
Protectorate of Brunei ⓘ
includes Brunei (in part, as a British protectorate) ⓘ
Labuan ⓘ
North Borneo ⓘ
Sarawak ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
locatedOn Borneo ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
indigenous religions ⓘ
significantEvent Japanese occupation during World War II ⓘ
formation of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963 ⓘ
transfer of North Borneo and Sarawak to Crown Colony status after World War II ⓘ
startTime 19th century ⓘ
todayPartOf Brunei Darussalam ⓘ
Federal Territory of Labuan ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Sabah ⓘ
Sarawak ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Crown Colony of Sarawak → partOf → British Borneo ⓘ
Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo → replacedCurrencyAuthorityFor → British Borneo territories ⓘ
linked to: British Borneo
North Kalimantan National Army → opposedBy → British colonial authorities in Borneo ⓘ
linked to: British Borneo
Raffles College → regionServed → British Borneo ⓘ
British Far East → hasPart → British Borneo ⓘ