What the records say
- When
- 1963
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- North Borneo
- Coordinates
- 5.50° N, 117.00° E
- Process
- unification
- Type
- Unification (new entity from 2+ pre-existing)
- Pop
- 478000
- Area km2
- 76115
- Gaining
- Malaysia
- Losing
- United Kingdom
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
North Borneo
British protectorate in Asia from 1877 to 1946
North Borneo was a British protectorate in the northern part of the island of Borneo. The territory of North Borneo was originally established by concessions of the Sultanates of Brunei and Sulu in 1877 and 1878 to a German-born representative of Austria-Hungary, businessman and diplomat, Gustav Overbeck.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation
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