Straits Settlements

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British overseas territory Crown colony colonial administrative unit former British colony

The Straits Settlements were a group of British colonial territories in Southeast Asia, including key trading ports such as Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.

Aliases (9)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British overseas territory → Crown colony → colonial administrative unit → former British colony →
administrativeChange	transferred from East India Company to British Crown in 1867 →
borderedBy	Federated Malay States (later period) → Sultanate of Johor (historically) →
capital	Singapore →
commonLanguage	Hokkien → Malay → Tamil →
contains	Christmas Island → Cocos (Keeling) Islands → Dinding Islands → Labuan → Malacca → Penang → Prince of Wales Island → Province Wellesley → Singapore →
country	United Kingdom →
currency	Straits dollar →
dissolutionDate	1 April 1946 →
dissolved	1946 →
endTimeAsCrownColony	1 April 1946 →
executiveBody	Executive Council of the Straits Settlements →
followedBy	Colony of Penang and Malacca within Federation of Malaya → Colony of Penang and Malacca within Malayan Union → Crown Colony of Labuan (reassigned) → Crown Colony of North Borneo (for Labuan) → Crown Colony of Singapore → Malayan Union →
follows	East India Company rule in the Straits →
formedBy	British East India Company →
governmentType	colonial administration →
headOfGovernment	Governor of the Straits Settlements →
headOfState	Monarch of the United Kingdom →
historicalRegion	Malaya →
inception	1826 →
legislature	Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements →
locatedIn	Malay Peninsula region → Southeast Asia →
namedAfter	Straits of Malacca →
officialLanguage	English →
partOf	British Empire → British Malaya (in a broad sense) →
significantEvent	Japanese occupation during World War II →
startTimeAsCrownColony	1 April 1867 →
strategicImportance	key British naval and commercial base in Asia → major entrepôt for regional trade →

Referenced by (30)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
British Empire → British Malaya → British Malaya ("Straits Settlements of Penang") → British Malaya ("Straits Settlements of Malacca") → British Malaya ("Straits Settlements of Singapore") →	hasPart
Bengal Presidency ("Straits Settlements (at certain periods)") → Governor of the Straits Settlements → Japanese occupation of Malaya →	appliesToJurisdiction
Malacca Volunteer Corps → Singapore Volunteer Corps → Straits dollar →	country
Labuan Volunteer Defence Corps → Singapore Volunteer Corps →	associatedWith
Malacca Volunteer Corps ("British colonial government in the Straits Settlements") →	allegiance
Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps ("Straits Settlements colonial administration") →	commandStructure
Federation of Malaya ("Straits Settlements (Penang and Malacca)") →	createdFrom
Straits dollar →	currencyOf
Unfederated Malay States →	distinctFrom
Crown colony →	example
Straits Settlements ("Colony of Penang and Malacca within Malayan Union") →	followedBy
Governor of the Straits Settlements ("British Crown colony of the Straits Settlements") →	governs
Governor of the Straits Settlements →	headOfGovernmentFor
Asia (colonial possessions) →	includes
Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Borneo territories of the British Empire →	neighboringColonialRegion
Governor of the Straits Settlements →	officeHolderOf
Labuan Volunteer Defence Corps →	operatedIn
Straits Settlements Volunteer Force →	partOf
Straits Settlements Volunteer Force →	regionServed
Straits dollar →	usedIn