Aden (until 1937, administratively linked)

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British colonial possession port city

Aden (until 1937, administratively linked) was a strategic port city on the Arabian Peninsula that functioned as a British-controlled outpost closely tied to the administration of British India before becoming a separate colony.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Aden as a separate Crown Colony	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colonial possession ⓘ port city ⓘ
administrativelyLinkedTo	British India ⓘ
controlledBy	British Empire ⓘ
followedBy	Aden (until 1937, administratively linked) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Aden as a separate Crown Colony
governedAsPartOf	British India ⓘ
hasCapital	Aden ⓘ
hasColonialAdministrationType	administration under Government of India ⓘ
hasEconomicRole	bunkering port ⓘ entrepôt for regional trade ⓘ
hasFunction	coaling station ⓘ naval base ⓘ strategic port ⓘ
hasLegalChange	separated from British India in 1937 ⓘ
hasPoliticalStatus	British-controlled outpost ⓘ dependency of British India ⓘ
hasSovereign	United Kingdom ⓘ
linkedTo	Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ Red Sea trade network ⓘ
locatedIn	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ Arabian Peninsula ⓘ surface form: southern Arabia
locatedNear	Bab-el-Mandeb Strait ⓘ
locatedOn	Gulf of Aden ⓘ
partOf	Colony of Aden ⓘ surface form: Aden Settlement British imperial communications system ⓘ
precedes	Colony of Aden ⓘ
strategicFor	British maritime routes to India ⓘ Suez Canal ⓘ surface form: Red Sea trade routes
usedBy	British India Steam Navigation Company ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ surface form: British Royal Navy

Referenced by (2)

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

Aden (until 1937, administratively linked) → followedBy → Aden (until 1937, administratively linked) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden as a separate Crown Colony

British India → includedTerritory → Aden (until 1937, administratively linked) ⓘ