British West Indies

British territories in the Caribbean, sometimes including former colonies
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British West Indies

Summary

British West Indies is a colony[1]. It draws 640 Wikipedia views per month (colony category, ranking #25 of 146).[2]

Key Facts

  • British West Indies is in the country of British Empire[3].
  • British West Indies's instance of is recorded as colony[4].
  • British West Indies's currency is recorded as British West Indies dollar[5].
  • British West Indies's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 316430183[6].
  • British West Indies's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85146203[7].
  • British West Indies's Commons category is recorded as British Caribbean[8].
  • +1783-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British West Indies[9].
  • British West Indies was dissolved in +1958-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • British West Indies's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 24, 'lon': -71}[11].
  • British West Indies's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01r188[12].
  • British West Indies's topic's main category is recorded as Category:British West Indies[13].
  • British West Indies's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10044525[14].
  • British West Indies's replaced by is recorded as West Indies Federation[15].
  • British West Indies's GeoNames ID is recorded as 3574922[16].
  • British West Indies's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 4001894[17].
  • British West Indies's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'British West Indies'}[18].
  • British West Indies's different from is recorded as Commonwealth Caribbean[19].
  • British West Indies's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -1359580[20].
  • British West Indies's EuroVoc ID is recorded as 2024[21].
  • British West Indies's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007553495605171[22].
  • British West Indies's PM20 geo code is recorded as E27[23].
  • British West Indies's edition humboldt digital ID is recorded as H0005358[24].
  • British West Indies's Wellcome Collection concept ID is recorded as x8gjmdux[25].
  • British West Indies's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/94f48d1f-78cf-4317-a6f2-dbee0e9f4cbd[26].

Body

Geography

British West Indies is in the country of British Empire[3].

Designation and Status

British West Indies's instance of is recorded as colony[4].

History and Context

+1783-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British West Indies[9].

Why It Matters

British West Indies draws 640 Wikipedia views per month (colony category, ranking #25 of 146).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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