Colony of Aden

E12245

British Crown colony former colony

The Colony of Aden was a British Crown colony centered on the port city of Aden in present-day Yemen, serving as a key strategic and commercial hub from 1937 until its incorporation into the Federation of South Arabia.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Aden Colony	19
Colony of Aden canonical	8
Aden Settlement	2
Aden Colony government	1
British Aden	1
British Aden Colony	1
British Colony of Aden	1
British colonial period in Aden	1
British-controlled Aden	1
Crown Colony of Aden	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Crown colony ⓘ former colony ⓘ
capital	Aden ⓘ
colonialPower	United Kingdom ⓘ
commonName	Aden ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currency	Aden shilling ⓘ East African shilling ⓘ Indian rupee ⓘ
dateDissolved	1963-01-18 ⓘ
dateEstablished	1937-04-01 ⓘ
endTime	1963 ⓘ
followedBy	Federation of South Arabia ⓘ Aden ⓘ surface form: State of Aden
governmentType	Crown colony administration ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle	Governor of Aden ⓘ
headOfState	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
historicalEra	Cold War decolonization ⓘ Interwar period ⓘ World War II ⓘ
includedArea	Crater ⓘ Maalla ⓘ Sheikh Othman ⓘ Steamer Point ⓘ
incorporatedInto	Federation of South Arabia ⓘ
incorporationDate	1963-01-18 ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ
locatedIn	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ Middle East ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Yemen ⓘ
locatedOn	Gulf of Aden ⓘ
mainCity	Aden ⓘ
majorPort	Aden ⓘ surface form: Port of Aden
officialName	Colony of Aden self-link ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ British Western Aden Protectorate sphere ⓘ
precededBy	Aden ⓘ surface form: Aden Province
relatedTo	Aden Protectorate ⓘ Federation of South Arabia ⓘ surface form: Protectorate of South Arabia
significantEvent	Aden Emergency ⓘ
sovereignState	United Kingdom ⓘ
startTime	1937 ⓘ
strategicImportance	coaling station on route to India ⓘ naval base controlling entrance to Red Sea ⓘ
todayPartOf	Aden ⓘ surface form: Aden Governorate Yemen ⓘ surface form: Republic of Yemen

Referenced by (36)

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

Bombay Presidency → hasTerritory → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Settlement

Aden (until 1937, administratively linked) → partOf → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Settlement

Aden (until 1937, administratively linked) → precedes → Colony of Aden ⓘ

British Empire → hasPart → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Colony

Colony of Aden → officialName → Colony of Aden self-link ⓘ

Asia (colonial possessions) → includes → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Colony

Aden → wasPartOf → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Colony

Crater → wasPartOf → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Colony

British Western Aden Protectorate sphere → relatedTo → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Colony

Aden shilling → country → Colony of Aden ⓘ

Aden shilling → usedIn → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: British-controlled Aden

Aden shilling → currencyOf → Colony of Aden ⓘ

Maalla → wasUnderAdministrationOf → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Colony government

Maalla → timePeriod → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial period in Aden

Sheikh Othman → historicalTerritory → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Colony

Steamer Point → locatedIn → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Colony

Steamer Point → partOf → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Colony of Aden

Federation of South Arabia → hasPart → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Colony

Aden Protectorate → surrounded → Colony of Aden ⓘ

Eddie Izzard → placeOfBirth → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Colony

People's Democratic Republic of Yemen → precededBy → Colony of Aden ⓘ

Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen → borderedBy → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Aden Colony

British colonial intelligence → appliesToJurisdiction → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Aden

National Liberation Front → operatedIn → Colony of Aden ⓘ

subject surface form: National Liberation Front (South Yemen)

this entity surface form: Aden Colony

Crater mutiny → location → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Colony

Aden rupee → usedIn → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Colony

Aden rupee → country → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Colony

Aden rupee → currencyOf → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Colony

Government of Aden → appliesToJurisdiction → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Colony

Government of Aden → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Colony

Government of Aden → hasJurisdictionOver → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Colony

Government of Aden → appliesToJurisdiction → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crown Colony of Aden

British colonial administration in Aden → administeredTerritory → Colony of Aden ⓘ

Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut → borderedBy → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Colony

Lahej Sultanate → borderedBy → Colony of Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Colony