Borneo territories of the British Empire

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former colonial territories historical geopolitical entity

The Borneo territories of the British Empire were colonial possessions on the island of Borneo, including areas such as British North Borneo (Sabah), Sarawak, and the protectorate of Brunei, administered under British control in Southeast Asia.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
British North Borneo	2
Borneo territories of the British Empire canonical	1
British Borneo	1
British Borneo (indirectly, later period)	1
British North Borneo Company territories	1
British sphere of influence in Borneo	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former colonial territories ⓘ historical geopolitical entity ⓘ
administeredBy	United Kingdom ⓘ
affectedBy	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
colonialLegacy	Anglophone legal and administrative influences in Sabah and Sarawak ⓘ boundary formation of modern Borneo states ⓘ
colonialPower	United Kingdom ⓘ
economicActivities	oil production ⓘ rubber plantations ⓘ timber extraction ⓘ
formerSovereign	British Crown ⓘ
geopoliticalRole	buffer between British and Dutch spheres in Borneo ⓘ
historicalContext	European colonialism in Asia ⓘ
includedCharteredCompanyTerritory	Borneo territories of the British Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: British North Borneo
includedColony	Sarawak ⓘ surface form: Crown Colony of Sarawak
includedEthnicGroups	Chinese communities ⓘ Dayak peoples ⓘ Malay peoples ⓘ
includedProtectorate	Brunei Darussalam ⓘ surface form: Brunei Protectorate
includes	Borneo territories of the British Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: British North Borneo Brunei Darussalam ⓘ surface form: Brunei Sarawak ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Borneo ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ
mainIsland	Borneo ⓘ
neighboringColonialRegion	Dutch East Indies ⓘ Straits Settlements ⓘ
partiallyBecame	Brunei Darussalam ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ surface form: Sabah Sarawak ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ British colonial presence in Southeast Asia ⓘ
politicalStatus	colonies and protectorates ⓘ
postwarProcess	decolonization in Southeast Asia ⓘ
regionType	colonial possessions ⓘ
religionsPresent	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ indigenous beliefs ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of sea routes in the South China Sea ⓘ
successor	Brunei Darussalam ⓘ surface form: Brunei Malaysia ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Dutch East Indies → borderedBy → Borneo territories of the British Empire ⓘ

Borneo territories of the British Empire → includes → Borneo territories of the British Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British North Borneo

Borneo territories of the British Empire → includedCharteredCompanyTerritory → Borneo territories of the British Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British North Borneo

Asia (colonial possessions) → includes → Borneo territories of the British Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: British North Borneo Company territories

Borneo campaign (1945) → location → Borneo territories of the British Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Borneo

Brunei British protectorate → partOf → Borneo territories of the British Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: British sphere of influence in Borneo

Board of Commissioners of Currency, Straits Settlements → regionServed → Borneo territories of the British Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Borneo (indirectly, later period)