British East Africa

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colonial territory former British colony historical region

British East Africa was a former British colonial territory in East Africa, primarily encompassing present-day Kenya and neighboring regions, administered under various imperial arrangements until the mid-20th century.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
British East Africa canonical 10
British Kenya 4
British East Africa Protectorate 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial territory ⓘ
former British colony ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administeredBy British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Colonial Office of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Foreign Office of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ
German East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italian Somaliland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uganda Protectorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Nairobi NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currency East African rupee NERFINISHED ⓘ
East African shilling NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity cash-crop agriculture ⓘ
railway construction ⓘ
trade in coffee ⓘ
trade in tea ⓘ
endDate 1963 ⓘ
endEvent independence of Kenya ⓘ
ethnicGroupsAffected Kikuyu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Luo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maasai NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadGovernor Governor of Kenya Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ
Governor of the East Africa Protectorate ⓘ
hasPort Mombasa NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRailway Uganda Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesTerritoryOf British Somaliland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tanganyika NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zanzibar NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Africa ⓘ
East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
British colonial Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor Imperial British East Africa Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
startDate 1895 ⓘ
startEvent establishment of the East Africa Protectorate ⓘ
successor Dominion of Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Republic of Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedLegalSystem English common law ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

East African High Commission → appliesToJurisdiction → British East Africa ⓘ
British colonial intelligence → appliesToJurisdiction → British East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Kenya
British colonial intelligence → appliesToJurisdiction → British East Africa ⓘ
Shadows on the Grass → mainLocation → British East Africa ⓘ
Denys Finch Hatton: A Biography → settingRegion → British East Africa ⓘ
Karen Blixen → residence → British East Africa ⓘ
Denys Finch Hatton → residence → British East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Kenya
Denys Finch Hatton → associatedWith → British East Africa ⓘ
Bror Blixen → residence → British East Africa ⓘ
Bror Blixen → placeOfActivity → British East Africa ⓘ
King's African Rifles → recruitedFrom → British East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: British East Africa Protectorate
King's African Rifles → recruitedFrom → British East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kenya Colony
Habiba Akumu Obama → citizenship → British East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Kenya
Sarah Onyango Obama → placeOfBirth → British East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kenya Colony
Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty of 1890 → recognizedSphereOfInfluence → British East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Empire in East Africa
Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty of 1890 → definedBoundaryBetween → British East Africa ⓘ
Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty of 1890 → relatedTo → British East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: British East Africa Protectorate
Nairobi West Aerodrome → locatedIn → British East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Kenya (historical)
East African shilling → country → British East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Kenya
East African shilling → region → British East Africa ⓘ