British North Borneo

E206263

chartered company territory former British protectorate former colony

British North Borneo was a British protectorate and chartered company territory on the northern part of Borneo, encompassing what is now the Malaysian state of Sabah.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
North Borneo	7
British North Borneo canonical	5
Crown Colony of North Borneo	3
British Borneo	2
British North Borneo Company	2
British North Borneo Company territories	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chartered company territory ⓘ former British protectorate ⓘ former colony ⓘ
administrativeCenter	Sandakan ⓘ
borderedBy	Celebes Sea ⓘ Dutch East Indies ⓘ Sarawak ⓘ South China Sea ⓘ Sulu Sea ⓘ
capital	Sandakan ⓘ
charterGrantedBy	Queen Victoria ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
charterGrantedYear	1881 ⓘ
coatOfArms	Coat of arms of British North Borneo ⓘ
commonLanguage	Malay ⓘ
correspondsTo	Sabah ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currency	Malaya and British Borneo dollar ⓘ surface form: British North Borneo dollar Straits dollar ⓘ
economyBasedOn	plantation agriculture ⓘ rubber production ⓘ timber exports ⓘ tobacco cultivation ⓘ
endDate	1946 ⓘ
flag	Flag of British North Borneo ⓘ
governingCompany	British North Borneo self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: British North Borneo Company
involvedInConflict	World War II ⓘ
joinedFederation	Malaysia ⓘ
joinedFederationAs	Sabah ⓘ
laterAdministrativeCenter	Jesselton ⓘ
laterCapital	Jesselton ⓘ Kota Kinabalu ⓘ
locatedIn	Southeast Asia ⓘ northern Borneo ⓘ present-day Malaysia ⓘ
mainPort	Sandakan ⓘ
occupationPeriod	1942–1945 ⓘ
occupiedBy	Imperial Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
predecessor	Brunei Darussalam ⓘ surface form: Brunei Sultanate Sulu Sultanate ⓘ
protectorateProclaimedYear	1888 ⓘ
region	Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ
sovereign	British monarch ⓘ
startDate	1881 ⓘ
status	British protectorate ⓘ chartered company rule ⓘ
successor	British North Borneo self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Crown Colony of North Borneo
todayPartOf	Malaysia ⓘ Sabah ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Straits dollar → usedIn → British North Borneo ⓘ

Borneo campaign (1945) → location → British North Borneo ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Borneo

Malaya and British Borneo dollar → countryOrRegionUsed → British North Borneo ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Borneo

Malaya and British Borneo dollar → usedIn → British North Borneo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crown Colony of North Borneo

Brunei British protectorate → neighbour → British North Borneo ⓘ

Crown Colony of Labuan (reassigned) → administeredSeparatelyFrom → British North Borneo ⓘ

subject surface form: Crown Colony of Labuan

British North Borneo → governingCompany → British North Borneo self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British North Borneo Company

British North Borneo → successor → British North Borneo self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crown Colony of North Borneo

Battle of Labuan → location → British North Borneo ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Borneo

Japanese Seventeenth Army → location → British North Borneo ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Borneo

Australian I Corps → countryInConflict → British North Borneo ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Borneo

Crown Colony of Sarawak → borderedBy → British North Borneo ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Borneo

Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo → countryServed → British North Borneo ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Borneo

Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo → appliesToJurisdiction → British North Borneo ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Borneo

Jesselton → administeredBy → British North Borneo ⓘ

this entity surface form: British North Borneo Company

Jesselton → partOf → British North Borneo ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Borneo

Jesselton → partOf → British North Borneo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crown Colony of North Borneo

Hugh Low → associatedWith → British North Borneo ⓘ

Convention of London (1884) → appliesToTerritory → British North Borneo ⓘ

Convention of London (1884) → hasLegalEffectOn → British North Borneo ⓘ

this entity surface form: British North Borneo Company territories