Province of Burma

E304685

former British colony former administrative division historical political entity

The Province of Burma was a former administrative division under British colonial rule that encompassed regions such as Arakan before Burma’s independence.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
British India (Burma Province)	1
Province of Burma canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former British colony ⓘ former administrative division ⓘ historical political entity ⓘ
borderedBy	Andaman Sea ⓘ Bay of Bengal ⓘ British India ⓘ China ⓘ Thailand ⓘ surface form: Siam
capital	Yangon ⓘ surface form: Rangoon
colonialPower	British Crown ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
commonLanguage	Burmese ⓘ
containsAdministrativeTerritory	Arakan ⓘ Irrawaddy Delta ⓘ Pegu ⓘ Tenasserim ⓘ Upper Burma ⓘ
country	British India ⓘ
currency	Indian rupee ⓘ
economyBasedOn	mineral extraction ⓘ rice cultivation ⓘ timber exports ⓘ
establishedAs	province of British India ⓘ
establishedBy	British Empire ⓘ
followedBy	Burma (until 1937) ⓘ surface form: British Burma Colony of Burma ⓘ Burma (until 1937) ⓘ surface form: Union of Burma
governmentType	colonial administration ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Bamar ⓘ Chin ⓘ Kachin ⓘ Karen ⓘ Mon ⓘ Arakan ⓘ surface form: Rakhine Shan ⓘ
legalSystem	British common law ⓘ
locatedIn	Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ British India ⓘ
precededBy	Kingdom of Burma ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Theravada ⓘ surface form: Theravada Buddhism
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
todayPartOf	Myanmar ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Arakan → wasPartOf → Province of Burma ⓘ

Mongnai → locatedInCountryBeforeIndependence → Province of Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: British India (Burma Province)