Colombo

E11029
city

Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka, historically significant as a key Indian Ocean trading hub.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Colombo, Sri Lanka 3
Colombo Fort 2
Port of Colombo 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
colonialHistory British control ⓘ
Dutch control ⓘ
Portuguese control ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
ethnicGroup Amsterdam civic guard ⓘ
surface form: Burghers

Sinhalese ⓘ
Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
Tamil people ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan Tamils
formerCapitalOf Sri Lanka ⓘ
governingBody Colombo Municipal Council area ⓘ
surface form: Colombo Municipal Council
hasInternationalAirport Bandaranaike International Airport ⓘ
surface form: Bandaranaike International Airport (nearby, in Katunayake)
hasLandmark Beira Lake ⓘ
Colombo Fort ⓘ
Galle Face Green ⓘ
Gangaramaya Temple ⓘ
Independence Memorial Hall ⓘ
Lotus Tower ⓘ
hasPort Colombo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Port of Colombo
hasRailwayStation Colombo Fort railway station ⓘ
hasSubdivision Colombo Municipal Council area ⓘ
historicalRole key Indian Ocean trading hub ⓘ
major port city ⓘ
isCapitalOf Colombo District ⓘ
Western Province ⓘ
KoppenClimateClassification Af ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
largestCityOf Sri Lanka ⓘ
leaderTitle Mayor of Colombo ⓘ
locatedIn Colombo District ⓘ
surface form: Colombo District, Sri Lanka

South Asia ⓘ
Western Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedOn Indian Ocean ⓘ
west coast of Sri Lanka ⓘ
majorIndustry finance ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
trade ⓘ
nearbyCity Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
partOf Colombo District ⓘ
surface form: Colombo Metropolitan Region

Western Province ⓘ
role commercial capital of Sri Lanka ⓘ
timeZone Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
transportHubFor Sri Lanka ⓘ
utcOffset +5:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (52)

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

UL → airlineHeadquartersCity → Colombo ⓘ
British Ceylon → capital → Colombo ⓘ
Dominion of Ceylon → capital → Colombo ⓘ
Parliament of Ceylon → capital → Colombo ⓘ
Portuguese Ceylon → capital → Colombo ⓘ
Sri Lanka → commercialCapital → Colombo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colombo metropolitan region
this entity surface form: Port of Colombo
D. S. Senanayake → deathPlace → Colombo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colombo Fort
this entity surface form: Colombo Fort
South Asia → hasMajorCity → Colombo ⓘ
Indian Ocean → hasMajorPort → Colombo ⓘ
Colombo → hasPort → Colombo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port of Colombo
Sri Lanka → largestCity → Colombo ⓘ
Negombo → locatedNorthOf → Colombo ⓘ
Senate of Ceylon → location → Colombo ⓘ
Portuguese Ceylon → mainPort → Colombo ⓘ
Parliament of Ceylon → meetsIn → Colombo ⓘ
Galle → nearbyCity → Colombo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colombo metropolitan area
Lord Fisher → placeOfBirth → Colombo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colombo, Sri Lanka
this entity surface form: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Arthur C. Clarke → residence → Colombo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Governor of Ceylon → seat → Colombo ⓘ