Province Wellesley

E127721

former administrative division mainland territory

Province Wellesley was a mainland territory on the Malay Peninsula that formed part of the British colonial Straits Settlements, opposite Penang Island.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Province Wellesley canonical	5

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former administrative division ⓘ mainland territory ⓘ
acquiredBy	British East India Company ⓘ
acquisitionPurpose	to protect Penang from mainland threats ⓘ to secure Penang Island ⓘ
administeredBy	British Empire ⓘ Government of British India ⓘ surface form: British colonial government
borderedBy	Kedah ⓘ Perak ⓘ
colonialPower	United Kingdom ⓘ
colonialUnitOf	British Malaya ⓘ
country	Straits Settlements ⓘ
currentLocation	Malaysia ⓘ Penang ⓘ surface form: Penang state
hasCoastlineOn	Strait of Malacca ⓘ surface form: Straits of Malacca
hasSuccessor	Seberang Perai City Council jurisdiction ⓘ
historicalNameOf	Seberang Perai ⓘ
historicalStatus	component of the Straits Settlements until mid-20th century ⓘ
languageUsed	English (administration) ⓘ
locatedIn	British Malaya ⓘ Straits Settlements ⓘ surface form: Malaya Southeast Asia ⓘ
locatedOn	Malay Peninsula ⓘ
namedAfter	Lord Wellesley ⓘ Lord Wellesley ⓘ surface form: Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
oppositeOf	Penang ⓘ surface form: Penang Island
partOf	Straits Settlements ⓘ surface form: British Crown Colony of the Straits Settlements Penang ⓘ Penang ⓘ surface form: Penang Settlement Straits Settlements ⓘ Straits Settlements ⓘ surface form: Straits Settlements colony
timePeriod	19th–20th century ⓘ
usedFor	agricultural production ⓘ buffer zone for Penang ⓘ rice cultivation ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Straits Settlements → contains → Province Wellesley ⓘ

Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps → garrison → Province Wellesley ⓘ

Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Province Wellesley ⓘ

Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps → namedAfter → Province Wellesley ⓘ

Seberang Perai → formerName → Province Wellesley ⓘ