Galle

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UNESCO World Heritage Site church building city cricket stadium fortress human settlement lighthouse museum public university

Galle is a historic coastal city in southern Sri Lanka renowned for its well-preserved colonial-era fort and long-standing role as a key Indian Ocean trading hub.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Galle canonical	49
Galle Fort	5
Galle District	3
city of Galle	2
Galle Fort (early Portuguese fortifications)	1
Galle Lighthouse	1
Galle city	1
Galle city centre	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ church building ⓘ city ⓘ cricket stadium ⓘ fortress ⓘ human settlement ⓘ lighthouse ⓘ museum ⓘ public university ⓘ
builtBy	Portuguese Empire ⓘ
climate	tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
constructionStart	16th century ⓘ
coordinateLatitude	6.0333 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude	80.2167 ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ
distanceToColombo	about 120 km southwest ⓘ
hasCricketGround	Galle International Stadium ⓘ
hasHeritageSite	Galle self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Galle Fort
hasLandmark	Dutch Reformed Church, Galle ⓘ Galle self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Galle Lighthouse National Maritime Museum, Galle ⓘ
hasUniversity	University of Ruhuna ⓘ
historicalRole	key Indian Ocean trading port ⓘ major port on ancient maritime silk route ⓘ
isCoastalCity	true ⓘ
isDistrictCapitalOf	Galle self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Galle District
isProvincialCapitalOf	Southern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
knownFor	Dutch colonial architecture ⓘ historic lighthouse ⓘ role as Indian Ocean trading hub ⓘ well-preserved colonial-era fortifications ⓘ
languageMajority	Sinhala ⓘ
laterControlledBy	British Empire ⓘ
laterExpandedBy	Dutch Republic ⓘ
locatedIn	Galle self-linksurface differs ⓘ Galle self-linksurface differs ⓘ Galle self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Galle District Galle self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Galle Fort Galle self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Galle Fort Galle self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Galle Fort Southern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedOn	Indian Ocean ⓘ southwestern coast of Sri Lanka ⓘ
mainCampusLocatedIn	Galle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity	fishing ⓘ port-related trade ⓘ tourism ⓘ
nearbyCity	Colombo ⓘ
primaryExportsHistorical	cinnamon ⓘ gems ⓘ spices ⓘ
religionMajority	Buddhism ⓘ
sufferedEvent	2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami ⓘ surface form: 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
timeZone	Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
tradedWith	Arab merchants ⓘ Chinese merchants ⓘ European merchants ⓘ Indian merchants ⓘ
transport	A2 coastal highway ⓘ Colombo–Matara railway line ⓘ
utcOffset	+5:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (63)

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

Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) → majorPort → Galle ⓘ

Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) → hadFort → Galle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Galle Fort

Portuguese Ceylon → mainPort → Galle ⓘ

Portuguese Ceylon → fortifications → Galle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Galle Fort (early Portuguese fortifications)