Mannar District (Tamil-speaking areas)
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Mannar District (Tamil-speaking areas) is a region in northwestern Sri Lanka where Tamil-speaking communities, particularly Jaffna Tamils, form a significant part of the population and culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mannar District (Tamil-speaking areas) canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural region
ⓘ
geographic region ⓘ |
| administrativeLanguage |
Sinhala
ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ |
| affectedBy | Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ |
| coastalRegion | true ⓘ |
| colonialHistory |
British Ceylon
ⓘ
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch Ceylon
Portuguese Ceylon ⓘ |
| containsIsland | Mannar Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsTown |
Mannar region
ⓘ
surface form:
Mannar
|
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| crossBorderCulturalTies | Tamil communities in Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| culturalInfluence | Jaffna Tamil culture ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
Catholic feast festivals
ⓘ
Saivite Hindu temple worship ⓘ Tamil-language education ⓘ |
| culturalRegionOf |
Sri Lankan Tamils
ⓘ
surface form:
Sri Lankan Tamils in Northern Province
|
| demographicFeature |
ethnically mixed settlements
ⓘ
significant Tamil-speaking population ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
fishing
ⓘ
salt production ⓘ small-scale agriculture ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticCharacter | Tamil-speaking majority or plurality ⓘ |
| facesBodyOfWater |
Gulf of Mannar
ⓘ
Palk Bay ⓘ |
| hasTransportLink | A14 highway (Medawachchiya–Mannar–Talaimannar Road) ⓘ |
| historicalConnection |
Jaffna
ⓘ
surface form:
Jaffna Peninsula
Jaffna Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Jaffna
|
| linguisticIdentity | part of Sri Lanka Tamil-speaking areas ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northern Province, Sri Lanka
ⓘ
northwestern Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| majorLanguage | Tamil ⓘ |
| nearbyCountry | India ⓘ |
| nearbyIndianState | Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| partOf | Mannar District ⓘ |
| postWarCharacteristic | resettlement of displaced Tamil civilians ⓘ |
| postWarIssue | land disputes and militarization concerns ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| religiousSiteType |
Catholic churches
ⓘ
Hindu temples ⓘ mosques ⓘ |
| significantCommunity |
Sri Lankan Tamils
ⓘ
surface form:
Jaffna Tamils
Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ Tamil-speaking Muslims ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.