Northern Rhodesia

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former British protectorate former colony in Africa historical African territory

Northern Rhodesia was a former British protectorate in south-central Africa that later became the independent nation of Zambia in 1964.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Northern Rhodesia canonical	11
British protectorate of Northern Rhodesia	1
Northern Rhodesia (British protectorate)	1
Northern Rhodesia (indirectly via Congo)	1
Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)	1
Northern Rhodesia (present-day Zambia)	1
Northern Rhodesia copperbelt region	1
protectorate of Northern Rhodesia	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former British protectorate ⓘ former colony in Africa ⓘ historical African territory ⓘ
borderedBy	Angola ⓘ Bechuanaland Protectorate ⓘ Belgian Congo (as associated territory) ⓘ surface form: Belgian Congo Congo Free State ⓘ Nyasaland ⓘ Namibia ⓘ surface form: South-West Africa Rhodesia ⓘ surface form: Southern Rhodesia Tanzania ⓘ surface form: Tanganyika Territory
capital	Lusaka, Zambia ⓘ surface form: Lusaka
colonialPower	United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
continent	Africa ⓘ
countryToday	Zambia ⓘ
currency	Pound sterling ⓘ surface form: pound sterling
demographicChange	rapid urbanization in Copperbelt in mid-20th century ⓘ
earlierCharteredCompanyRule	British South Africa Company ⓘ
earlierCharteredCompanyRuleEnd	1924 ⓘ
earlierCharteredCompanyRuleStart	1890s ⓘ
economyBasedOn	copper mining ⓘ
establishedAsProtectorate	1924 ⓘ
federationMembershipEnd	1963 ⓘ
federationMembershipStart	1953 ⓘ
flagUsedUntil	1964 ⓘ
formerCapital	Livingstone ⓘ
formerNameOf	territory of modern Zambia ⓘ
governmentType	colonial administration ⓘ
headOfState	British monarch ⓘ
independenceDate	1964-10-24 ⓘ
independenceFrom	United Kingdom ⓘ
independenceMovementLeader	Kenneth Kaunda ⓘ
independenceMovementOrganization	United National Independence Party ⓘ
legalSystem	English common law ⓘ
locatedIn	south-central Africa ⓘ
majorEthnicGroups	AbaBemba ⓘ surface form: Bemba Lozi ⓘ Nyanja ⓘ Tonga ⓘ
notableRegion	Ndola ⓘ surface form: Copperbelt
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland ⓘ
religionMajority	Christianity ⓘ
representedBy	Governor of Northern Rhodesia ⓘ
status	British protectorate ⓘ
succeededBy	Zambia ⓘ
worldWarIIContribution	African soldiers and labor for British war effort ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Denise Scott Brown → countryOfBirth → Northern Rhodesia ⓘ

Tanganyika → borderedBy → Northern Rhodesia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Rhodesia (present-day Zambia)

Trust Territory of Ruanda-Urundi → borderedBy → Northern Rhodesia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Rhodesia (indirectly via Congo)

Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → memberTerritory → Northern Rhodesia ⓘ

Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → predecessor → Northern Rhodesia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Rhodesia (British protectorate)

British South Africa → associatedWith → Northern Rhodesia ⓘ

The Africa House → mainSubject → Northern Rhodesia ⓘ

The Africa House → settingLocation → Northern Rhodesia ⓘ

Bechuanaland Protectorate → borderedBy → Northern Rhodesia ⓘ

Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → appliesToJurisdiction → Northern Rhodesia ⓘ

King's African Rifles → recruitedFrom → Northern Rhodesia ⓘ

Zimbabwe–Zambia border → historicalColonialEntityOnZambiaSide → Northern Rhodesia ⓘ

Barotseland region → historicallyPartOf → Northern Rhodesia ⓘ

subject surface form: Barotseland

this entity surface form: British protectorate of Northern Rhodesia

British protectorate administration in Northern Rhodesia → countryGoverned → Northern Rhodesia ⓘ

British protectorate administration in Northern Rhodesia → administered → Northern Rhodesia ⓘ

this entity surface form: protectorate of Northern Rhodesia

Nkana, Northern Rhodesia → locatedIn → Northern Rhodesia ⓘ

Nkana, Northern Rhodesia → colonialNameOfCountry → Northern Rhodesia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)

Copperbelt Province → formedFrom → Northern Rhodesia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Rhodesia copperbelt region