Straits Settlements

Summary

Straits Settlements is a crown colony^[1]. It draws 772 Wikipedia views per month (crown_colony category, ranking #7 of 44).^[2]

Key Facts

• Straits Settlements is in the country of British Empire^[3].
• Straits Settlements's continent is recorded as Asia^[4].
• Straits Settlements's instance of is recorded as crown colony^[5].
• Straits Settlements's capital is recorded as Singapore^[6].
• Straits Settlements's official language is recorded as English^[7].
• Straits Settlements's currency is recorded as Straits dollar^[8].
• Straits Settlements's flag image is recorded as Flag of the British Straits Settlements (1904–1925).svg^[9].
• Straits Settlements's anthem is recorded as God Save the King^[10].
• Straits Settlements's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of arms of the Straits Settlements.svg^[11].
• Straits Settlements's basic form of government is recorded as East India Company^[12].
• Straits Settlements's followed by is recorded as Colony of Singapore^[13].
• Straits Settlements's followed by is recorded as Malayan Union^[14].
• Straits Settlements's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 4073154387452930970002^[15].
• Straits Settlements's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84005016^[16].
• Straits Settlements's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00564596^[17].
• Straits Settlements's part of is recorded as British Malaya^[18].
• Straits Settlements's Commons category is recorded as Straits Settlements^[19].
• +1826-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Straits Settlements^[20].
• Straits Settlements was dissolved in +1946-01-01T00:00:00Z^[21].
• Straits Settlements's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 1.3666666666667, 'lon': 103.8}^[22].
• Straits Settlements's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dhfn^[23].
• Straits Settlements's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Straits Settlements^[24].
• Straits Settlements's NLA Trove people ID is recorded as 881017^[25].
• Straits Settlements's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Straits Settlements's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[27].

Body

Geography

Straits Settlements is in the country of British Empire^[3]. Its continent is recorded as Asia^[4]. Its part of is recorded as British Malaya^[18].

Designation and Status

Straits Settlements's instance of is recorded as crown colony^[5].

History and Context

+1826-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Straits Settlements^[20].

Why It Matters

Straits Settlements draws 772 Wikipedia views per month (crown_colony category, ranking #7 of 44).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]