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Key facts
- Status
- Division within Bengal Presidency (1826–1867) Crown colony (1867–1946)
- Capital
- George Town , (1826–1832) , Singapore , (1832–1946)
- Official languages
- English
- Common languages
- English Malay Chinese Tamil
- Government
- Monarchy
- 1826 1830 first
- George IV
- 1936 1946 last
- George VI
- 1934 1946 last
- Shenton Thomas
- Historical era
- British Empire
- Anglo dutch treaty
- 17 March 1824
- Converted to crown colony
- 1 April 1867
- Labuan incorporated
- 1 January 1907
- Japanese invasion of malaya and beginnin
- 8 December 1941
- Fall of singapore
- 15 February 1942
- Formal surrender by japan to british mil
- 12 September 1945
- Federated into the malayan union and the
- 1 April 1946
- Labuan to crown colony of north borneo
- 15 July 1946
- Currency
- Straits dollar (1898–1939), Malayan dollar (1939–1946)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- crown colony
- Part of
- British Malaya
- Official name
- 叻嶼呷/海峽殖民地
- Country
- British Empire
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Singapore
- Official language
- English language
- Currency
- Straits dollar
- Form of government
- East India Company
- Anthem
- God Save the King
- Followed by
- Malayan Union
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- Commons category
- Straits Settlements
- topic's main category
- Category:Straits Settlements
- inception
- 1826-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1946-01-01
- replaces
- Johor Sultanate
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- native label
- 叻嶼呷/海峽殖民地
- replaced by
- Japanese occupation of Singapore
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Article · 中文
海峽殖民地（英語：Straits Settlements），是大英帝国於1826年至1946年對於馬六甲海峽週邊及鄰近地區各殖民地的管理建制。最初由新加坡（石叻埠）、檳城（槟榔屿）和馬六甲（吗六呷）三個重要英屬港口組成，因此被当时當地華人稱為三州府或者叻嶼呷，之後海峽殖民地加入天定（1874年至1935年）及納閩（1906年至1946年）。
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