Jesselton, North Borneo

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Jesselton, North Borneo was the former colonial name for what is now Kota Kinabalu, the capital city of the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo.

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Jesselton, North Borneo canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial-era place name
former city name
associatedWithEthnicGroups Bajau NERFINISHED
Chinese community in North Borneo
Kadazan-Dusun NERFINISHED
capitalOfPresentDayRegion Sabah NERFINISHED
climateType tropical rainforest climate
colonialNameUnder British Empire NERFINISHED
British North Borneo Company NERFINISHED
country North Borneo NERFINISHED
formerNameOf Kota Kinabalu NERFINISHED
functionedAs railway terminus
governedBy Governor of North Borneo NERFINISHED
hasPresentDayMetropolitanAreaName Greater Kota Kinabalu GENERATED
hasRole administrative centre of North Borneo
port town
historicalEra early 20th century
late 19th century
historicalStatus principal town of North Borneo
languageOfColonialAdministration English
locatedIn North Borneo NERFINISHED
locatedInGeographicRegion East Malaysia NERFINISHED
northern Borneo NERFINISHED
locatedInIslandGroup Malay Archipelago NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Kota Kinabalu NERFINISHED
Sabah NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDayCountry Malaysia NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion West Coast Division, North Borneo NERFINISHED
locatedOn Borneo NERFINISHED
locatedOnWaterbody South China Sea NERFINISHED
namedAfter Sir Charles Jessel NERFINISHED
nearbyLandmark Mount Kinabalu NERFINISHED
nearbySea South China Sea NERFINISHED
partOf British protectorate of North Borneo
Crown Colony of North Borneo NERFINISHED
presentDayAdministrativeStatus capital city of Sabah
presentDayCountry Malaysia NERFINISHED
presentDayName Kota Kinabalu NERFINISHED
presentDayStateCapitalOf Sabah NERFINISHED
presentDayTimeZone Malaysia Time
replacedByName Kota Kinabalu NERFINISHED
servedBy North Borneo Railway NERFINISHED
transportHubFor West Coast of North Borneo NERFINISHED
usedAs administrative headquarters of North Borneo government
commercial centre of North Borneo

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Edwina Ashley placeOfDeath Jesselton, North Borneo