Jesselton

E297449

British colonial administrator former city name historical place name

Jesselton is the former colonial-era name of Kota Kinabalu, the capital city of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Jesselton canonical	5

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colonial administrator ⓘ former city name ⓘ historical place name ⓘ
administeredBy	British North Borneo ⓘ surface form: British North Borneo Company
associatedWith	British Empire ⓘ colonial administration ⓘ
capitalOf	Sabah ⓘ
category	Former names of cities ⓘ History of Sabah ⓘ
colonialPower	United Kingdom ⓘ
connectedTo	interior of North Borneo ⓘ
country	Malaysia ⓘ
developedAs	commercial centre ⓘ
faces	South China Sea ⓘ
formerNameOf	Kota Kinabalu ⓘ
function	administrative centre ⓘ port town ⓘ
geographicFeature	coastal city ⓘ
hasFormerName	Jesselton self-linksurface differs ⓘ
hasHeritage	colonial-era architecture (largely lost or transformed) ⓘ
hasTown	Jesselton self-linksurface differs ⓘ
historicalSignificance	early colonial administrative centre in North Borneo ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Malay ⓘ
locatedIn	northern Borneo ⓘ surface form: Malaysian Borneo Sabah ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	UTC+08:00 ⓘ
locatedOn	Borneo ⓘ northwest coast of Borneo ⓘ
modernEquivalent	Kota Kinabalu ⓘ surface form: Kota Kinabalu urban area
namedAfter	Sir Charles Jessel ⓘ
partOf	British North Borneo ⓘ surface form: Crown Colony of North Borneo British North Borneo ⓘ surface form: North Borneo
presentDayCity	Kota Kinabalu ⓘ
presentDayCountry	Malaysia ⓘ
presentDayState	Sabah ⓘ
railwayTerminusOf	Sabah State Railway ⓘ surface form: North Borneo Railway
region	East Malaysia ⓘ
replacedBy	Kota Kinabalu ⓘ
status	defunct toponym ⓘ
timePeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
transportRole	railway hub ⓘ seaport ⓘ
urbanSuccessor	Kota Kinabalu ⓘ surface form: Kota Kinabalu City
usedDuring	British colonial period ⓘ
wasColonialEraName	true ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Kota Kinabalu → formerName → Jesselton ⓘ

British North Borneo → laterCapital → Jesselton ⓘ

British North Borneo → laterAdministrativeCenter → Jesselton ⓘ

Jesselton → hasFormerName → Jesselton self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Kota Kinabalu

Jesselton → hasTown → Jesselton self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: North Borneo