Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
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The Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was a British colonial entity in West Africa that unified several previously separate territories into what later became the modern nation-state of Nigeria.
All labels observed (13)
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British protectorate
ⓘ
former British colony ⓘ historical political entity ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Cameroon
ⓘ
surface form:
Cameroons
French West Africa ⓘ |
| capital | Lagos ⓘ |
| colonialAdministrationCenter | Lagos ⓘ |
| colonialPower | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| colonialStatus | crown colony and protectorate ⓘ |
| containedEthnicGroup |
Fulani
ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ Igbo ⓘ Ijaw ⓘ Kanuri ⓘ Yoruba ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| currency | British West African pound ⓘ |
| endDate | 1960-10-01 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | amalgamation of the Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria and the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria ⓘ |
| export |
cocoa
ⓘ
groundnuts ⓘ palm oil ⓘ tin ⓘ |
| flag |
flag of British colonial Nigeria
ⓘ
surface form:
Flag of Nigeria under British rule
|
| governmentType | colonial administration ⓘ |
| headOfStateTitle | Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| includedRegion |
Eastern Nigeria
ⓘ
Lagos Colony ⓘ Northern Nigeria ⓘ Western Nigeria ⓘ |
| independenceDate | 1960-10-01 ⓘ |
| independenceFrom | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| introducedSystem | indirect rule ⓘ |
| legalSystem | English common law ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Africa
ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ |
| mainReligion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ traditional African religions ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | British Empire ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Protectorate of Northern Nigeria
|
| reasonForEnd | independence of Nigeria ⓘ |
| representativeOfHeadOfStateTitle | Governor ⓘ |
| sovereignState | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| startDate | 1914-01-01 ⓘ |
| successor |
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Federation of Nigeria
Nigeria ⓘ |
| usedFor | resource extraction ⓘ |
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
British Nigeria
this entity surface form:
Federation of Nigeria
this entity surface form:
British Nigeria
this entity surface form:
British colonial rule in Northern Nigeria
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
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predecessor
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Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
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predecessor
→
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Protectorate of Northern Nigeria
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
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successor
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Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Federation of Nigeria
this entity surface form:
British Protectorate of Southern Nigeria
this entity surface form:
Southern Protectorate of Nigeria
this entity surface form:
British colonial Nigeria
this entity surface form:
British colonial period in Nigeria
this entity surface form:
Northern Nigeria Protectorate (historical)
this entity surface form:
Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria
this entity surface form:
British colony of Nigeria
this entity surface form:
British colonial government in Nigeria