Uva Province of Sri Lanka

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province of Sri Lanka

Uva Province of Sri Lanka is a largely rural, mountainous region in the island’s southeast, known for its tea plantations, waterfalls, and historic ties to the former Kandyan Kingdom.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Uva Province of Sri Lanka canonical 4
Uva Province, Sri Lanka 2
Uva Development Region of Sri Lanka 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
administrativeCentre Badulla ⓘ
area approximately 8,500 square kilometres ⓘ
areaRankInSriLanka second smallest province by area ⓘ
borderedBy Central Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Central Province

Eastern Province ⓘ
Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Sabaragamuwa Province

Southern Province ⓘ
capital Badulla ⓘ
characteristic largely rural ⓘ
climate tropical highland climate in many areas ⓘ
containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Badulla ⓘ
surface form: Badulla District

Monaragala District ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
ethnicGroup Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Indian Tamils

Sinhalese ⓘ
Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
historicalAssociation Kandyan Kingdom ⓘ
historicalEvent Uva Rebellion ⓘ
knownFor scenic mountain landscapes ⓘ
tea plantations ⓘ
waterfalls ⓘ
languageUsed Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
largestCity Badulla ⓘ
locatedIn Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedInRegion southeastern Sri Lanka ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
tea cultivation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
nativeName ஊவா மாகாணம் ⓘ
ඌව පළාත ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage si ⓘ
ta ⓘ
officialName Uva Province ⓘ
partOf Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
populationRankInSriLanka second least populous province ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
terrain hilly ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ
timeZone Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
touristAttraction Diyaluma Falls ⓘ
Dunhinda Falls ⓘ
Ella ⓘ
Haputale ⓘ
Namunukula mountain range ⓘ
utcOffset +5:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) → modernLocation → Uva Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
subject surface form: Kingdom of Kandy
Sinhalese people → populationMajorityIn → Uva Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uva Province, Sri Lanka
Udarata (Up-Country) → locatedInProvince → Uva Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
subject surface form: Udarata
Central Province of Sri Lanka → borderedBy → Uva Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
North Central Province, Sri Lanka → borderedByProvince → Uva Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uva Province, Sri Lanka
Kandyan architecture → geographicRegion → Uva Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Eastern Development Region of Sri Lanka → borderRegion → Uva Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uva Development Region of Sri Lanka