Colony of Singapore

postwar Singapore as a British crown colony (1946-1958)
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Colony of Singapore

Summary

Colony of Singapore is a crown colony[1]. It draws 658 Wikipedia views per month (crown_colony category, ranking #12 of 44).[2]

Key Facts

  • Colony of Singapore is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Colony of Singapore's continent is recorded as Asia[4].
  • Colony of Singapore's instance of is recorded as crown colony[5].
  • Colony of Singapore's capital is recorded as Singapore[6].
  • Colony of Singapore's currency is recorded as Malaya and British Borneo dollar[7].
  • Colony of Singapore's currency is recorded as Malayan dollar[8].
  • Colony of Singapore's flag image is recorded as Flag of Singapore (1946–1952).svg[9].
  • Colony of Singapore's coat of arms image is recorded as Singaport.svg[10].
  • Colony of Singapore's follows is recorded as Straits Settlements[11].
  • Colony of Singapore's locator map image is recorded as Singapore in its region (zoom).svg[12].
  • +1946-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Colony of Singapore[13].
  • Colony of Singapore was dissolved in +1959-00-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Colony of Singapore's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 1.3, 'lon': 103.85}[15].
  • Colony of Singapore's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fft7g[16].
  • Colony of Singapore's replaces is recorded as British Military Administration[17].
  • Colony of Singapore's replaced by is recorded as State of Singapore[18].

Body

Geography

Colony of Singapore is in the country of United Kingdom[3]. Its continent is recorded as Asia[4].

Designation and Status

Colony of Singapore's instance of is recorded as crown colony[5].

History and Context

+1946-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Colony of Singapore[13].

Why It Matters

Colony of Singapore draws 658 Wikipedia views per month (crown_colony category, ranking #12 of 44).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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