British Borneo

E806323
former colonial entity historical region

British Borneo was the collective term for the British-controlled territories on the island of Borneo, including colonies and protectorates such as Sarawak, North Borneo, and Labuan, administered under British rule until the mid-20th century.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
British Borneo territories 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former colonial entity ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Brunei NERFINISHED ⓘ
Labuan NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Borneo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currency Malayan dollar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Straits dollar NERFINISHED ⓘ
endCause decolonisation of British Empire ⓘ
formation of Malaysia ⓘ
endTime 1963 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bidayuh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
Dayak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iban NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kadazan-Dusun NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Melanau NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy Brunei Darussalam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCapital Jesselton (later Kota Kinabalu, in North Borneo) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kuching (in Sarawak) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Victoria (in Labuan) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Crown Colony of Labuan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Crown Colony of North Borneo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Sarawak (under British protection, later Crown Colony) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Protectorate of Brunei NERFINISHED ⓘ
includes Brunei (in part, as a British protectorate) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Labuan NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Borneo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
locatedOn Borneo NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
indigenous religions ⓘ
significantEvent Japanese occupation during World War II ⓘ
formation of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963 ⓘ
transfer of North Borneo and Sarawak to Crown Colony status after World War II ⓘ
startTime 19th century ⓘ
todayPartOf Brunei Darussalam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Federal Territory of Labuan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sabah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Crown Colony of Sarawak → partOf → British Borneo ⓘ
Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo → replacedCurrencyAuthorityFor → British Borneo ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Borneo territories
King Edward VII College of Medicine → serviceArea → British Borneo ⓘ