British Malaya

Summary

British Malaya is a former administrative territorial entity^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of former_administrative_territorial_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,013 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• British Malaya is in the country of British Empire^[3].
• British Malaya's continent is recorded as Asia^[4].
• British Malaya's instance of is recorded as former administrative territorial entity^[5].
• British Malaya's instance of is recorded as historical country^[6].
• British Malaya's capital is recorded as Kuala Lumpur^[7].
• British Malaya's flag image is recorded as Flag of the United Kingdom (1-2).svg^[8].
• British Malaya's shares border with is recorded as United States of Indonesia^[9].
• British Malaya's shares border with is recorded as Dutch East Indies^[10].
• British Malaya's locator map image is recorded as LocationBritishMalaya.png^[11].
• British Malaya's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2001005874^[12].
• British Malaya's Commons category is recorded as British Malaya^[13].
• British Malaya's has part is recorded as Straits Settlements^[14].
• British Malaya's has part is recorded as Federated Malay States^[15].
• British Malaya's has part is recorded as Unfederated Malay States^[16].
• +1826-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British Malaya^[17].
• British Malaya was dissolved in +1957-00-00T00:00:00Z^[18].
• British Malaya's end time is recorded as +1946-03-31T00:00:00Z^[19].
• British Malaya's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b36tj^[20].
• British Malaya's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Malay Peninsula^[21].
• British Malaya's topic's main category is recorded as Category:British Malaya^[22].
• British Malaya's population is recorded as {'amount': '+4385346'}^[23].
• British Malaya's replaced by is recorded as Malayan Union^[24].
• British Malaya's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Malay'}^[25].
• British Malaya's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Malayan'}^[26].
• British Malaya's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'British Malaya'}^[27].

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Founding

+1826-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British Malaya^[17].

Dissolution

British Malaya was dissolved in +1957-00-00T00:00:00Z^[18].

Why It Matters

British Malaya ranks in the top 1% of former_administrative_territorial_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,013 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]