Batticaloa

E13209
city human settlement

Batticaloa is a coastal city in eastern Sri Lanka known historically as an important regional port and trading center.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Batticaloa canonical 26
Batticaloa District 12
Batticaloa city 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
climate tropical climate ⓘ
climateType tropical wet and dry climate ⓘ
coastType lagoon and ocean coastline ⓘ
colonialPower British Empire ⓘ
Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Empire

Portuguese Empire ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
ethnicCommunity Muslims ⓘ
Sinhalese people ⓘ
surface form: Sinhalese

Tamil people ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan Tamils
hasEducationalInstitution Eastern University, Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasLandmark Batticaloa Fort ⓘ
Batticaloa Lighthouse ⓘ
Kallady Bridge ⓘ
historicalEra colonial period in Sri Lanka ⓘ
historicalRole important regional port ⓘ
trading center ⓘ
isCoastalCity true ⓘ
isRegionalPort true ⓘ
isTradingCenter true ⓘ
knownFor Batticaloa Lagoon ⓘ
coastal scenery ⓘ
fishing industry ⓘ
historical port activities ⓘ
lagoon ecosystem ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedInRegion Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Sri Lanka
locatedOn Batticaloa Lagoon ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
eastern coast of Sri Lanka ⓘ
majorLanguage Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
partOf Batticaloa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Batticaloa District
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
services ⓘ
trade ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
servesAs administrative capital of Batticaloa District ⓘ
timeZone Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
transport A15 coastal highway ⓘ
Batticaloa Airport ⓘ
railway connection to Colombo ⓘ
utcOffset +5:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

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

Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) → majorPort → Batticaloa ⓘ
Batticaloa → partOf → Batticaloa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Batticaloa District
Eastern Province, Sri Lanka → largestCity → Batticaloa ⓘ
Eastern Province, Sri Lanka → containsCity → Batticaloa ⓘ
Eastern Province, Sri Lanka → containsDistrict → Batticaloa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Batticaloa District
Eastern Province, Sri Lanka → hasPortCity → Batticaloa ⓘ
A15 coastal highway → connects → Batticaloa ⓘ
Batticaloa Lighthouse → locatedIn → Batticaloa ⓘ
Batticaloa Fort → locatedIn → Batticaloa ⓘ
Batticaloa Fort → nearbyCity → Batticaloa ⓘ
Batticaloa Fort → hasViewOf → Batticaloa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Batticaloa town
Batticaloa Airport → serves → Batticaloa ⓘ
Batticaloa Airport → locatedIn → Batticaloa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Batticaloa District
Batticaloa Airport → cityServed → Batticaloa ⓘ
Batticaloa Lagoon → near → Batticaloa ⓘ
Batticaloa Lagoon → borderedBy → Batticaloa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Batticaloa District
Batticaloa Lagoon → hasIsland → Batticaloa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puliyanthivu (Batticaloa town island)
Eastern University, Sri Lanka → locatedIn → Batticaloa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Batticaloa District
Eastern University, Sri Lanka → locatedIn → Batticaloa ⓘ
Kallady Bridge → locatedIn → Batticaloa ⓘ
Kallady Bridge → connects → Batticaloa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Batticaloa city
Kallady Bridge → near → Batticaloa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Batticaloa town centre
Batticaloa Tamil → spokenIn → Batticaloa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Batticaloa District
Balu Mahendra → birthPlace → Batticaloa ⓘ
Ampara → roadConnectionTo → Batticaloa ⓘ
Ampara District → borderedBy → Batticaloa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Batticaloa District
Eastern Provincial Council → governs → Batticaloa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Batticaloa District
Indian Peace Keeping Force → areaOfResponsibility → Batticaloa ⓘ
Black July → location → Batticaloa ⓘ
Eastern Development Region of Sri Lanka → containsCity → Batticaloa ⓘ
Eastern Development Region of Sri Lanka → containsDistrict → Batticaloa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Batticaloa District
Eelam War II → hasLocation → Batticaloa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Batticaloa District
Sri Lankan Tamils → majorCity → Batticaloa ⓘ
Sri Lankan national highway network → connects → Batticaloa ⓘ
BTC → locatedInCity → Batticaloa ⓘ
subject surface form: Batticaloa Airport
BTC → cityServed → Batticaloa ⓘ
VCCB → locatedInCity → Batticaloa ⓘ
subject surface form: Batticaloa Airport
VCCB → serves → Batticaloa ⓘ
subject surface form: Batticaloa Airport
VCCB → servesCity → Batticaloa ⓘ
Eravur → locatedIn → Batticaloa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Batticaloa District
Eravur → isNear → Batticaloa ⓘ
Eravur → isPartOf → Batticaloa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Batticaloa urban region
Faculty of Health-Care Sciences → locatedIn → Batticaloa ⓘ
subject surface form: Faculty of Health-Care Sciences, Eastern University, Sri Lanka
this entity surface form: Batticaloa District