Ruhuna region

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former kingdom historical region

The Ruhuna region is a historic area in southern Sri Lanka, known as an ancient Sinhalese kingdom and cultural heartland centered around cities like Tissamaharama.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Ruhuna region canonical	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former kingdom ⓘ historical region ⓘ
centeredAround	Tissamaharama NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	tropical ⓘ
contains	Bundala National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Kataragama sacred city NERFINISHED ⓘ Tissamaharama Raja Maha Vihara NERFINISHED ⓘ Yala National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient irrigation tanks ⓘ ancient stupas of Tissamaharama ⓘ paddy cultivation areas ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ
ethnicMajority	Sinhalese NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCity	Hambantota NERFINISHED ⓘ Kataragama NERFINISHED ⓘ Matara NERFINISHED ⓘ Tangalle NERFINISHED ⓘ Tissamaharama NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasRiver	Kirindi Oya NERFINISHED ⓘ Menik Ganga NERFINISHED ⓘ Walawe River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSacredSite	Kataragama Devalaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Kirivehera NERFINISHED ⓘ Tissamaharama Vihara NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalCapital	Tissamaharama NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalName	Rohana NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPopulation	Sinhalese NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Sinhalese Buddhist culture ⓘ ancient hydraulic civilization ⓘ resistance against foreign invasions ⓘ rice cultivation ⓘ wildlife and national parks ⓘ
languageMajority	Sinhala NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	southern Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedOn	island of Sri Lanka ⓘ
overlapsWith	Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Province of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Uva Province of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Sinhalese cultural sphere NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionMajority	Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedAs	power base for Sinhalese rulers ⓘ
subregionOf	Southern Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasKingdomDuring	Anuradhapura period NERFINISHED ⓘ Polonnaruwa period NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tissamaharama → partOf → Ruhuna region ⓘ

Yala National Park → partOf → Ruhuna region ⓘ