Sri Lanka

E23066

UN member state island country sovereign state

Sri Lanka is an island nation in the Indian Ocean known for its rich cultural heritage, diverse landscapes, and strategic location off the southern coast of India.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Sri Lanka canonical	1,434
Ceylon	187
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka	12
Republic of Sri Lanka	8
Sri Lankan	5
Lanka	2
island of Ceylon	2
Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka)	1
Island of Ceylon	1
Sri Lanka (historically and intermittently)	1
Sri Lankan government	1
Sri Lankans	1
Unitary state of Sri Lanka	1
island of Sri Lanka	1
Шри-Ланка	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UN member state ⓘ island country ⓘ sovereign state ⓘ
becameRepublic	1972 ⓘ
borderedBySea	Bay of Bengal ⓘ Laccadive Sea ⓘ
callingCode	+94 ⓘ
capital	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
climate	tropical ⓘ
commercialCapital	Colombo ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
currency	Ceylon rupee ⓘ surface form: Sri Lankan rupee
currencyCode	LKR ⓘ
demonym	Sri Lanka self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sri Lankan
drivesOn	left ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Tamil people ⓘ surface form: Indian Tamils Sinhalese ⓘ Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ Tamil people ⓘ surface form: Sri Lankan Tamils
formerName	Sri Lanka self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ceylon
governmentType	unitary semi-presidential republic ⓘ
hasMountain	Pidurutalagala ⓘ
hasRiver	Mahaweli River ⓘ
hasWorldHeritageSite	Ancient City of Polonnaruwa ⓘ Ancient City of Sigiriya ⓘ Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications ⓘ Sacred City of Anuradhapura ⓘ Kandy ⓘ surface form: Sacred City of Kandy Sinharaja Forest Reserve ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle	Prime Minister of Sri Lanka ⓘ
headOfStateTitle	President of Sri Lanka ⓘ
highestPoint	Pidurutalagala ⓘ
independenceDate	1948-02-04 ⓘ
independenceFrom	United Kingdom ⓘ
internetTLD	.lk ⓘ .இலங்கை ⓘ .ලංකා ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2	LK ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha3	LKA ⓘ
largestCity	Colombo ⓘ
legislativeCapital	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
legislature	Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ surface form: Parliament of Sri Lanka
locatedIn	Indian Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf	India ⓘ
memberOf	Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ Non-Aligned Movement ⓘ South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ surface form: SAARC United Nations ⓘ
nationalAnimal	Asiatic lion ⓘ surface form: Sri Lankan lion
nationalFlower	blue water lily ⓘ
nationalSport	volleyball ⓘ
nationalSymbol	Asiatic lion ⓘ surface form: Sri Lankan lion
officialLanguage	Sinhala ⓘ Tamil ⓘ
popularSport	cricket ⓘ
recognizedLanguage	English ⓘ
region	South Asia ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ
religionMajority	Buddhism ⓘ
separatedFrom	India by Palk Strait ⓘ
strategicLocation	major Indian Ocean sea lanes ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+05:30 ⓘ
UNMembershipDate	1955-12-14 ⓘ

Referenced by (1,658)

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

Asia → containsCountry → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Slavery Abolition Act 1833 → excludedJurisdiction → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

Member States of the United Nations → includes → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → originalSignatory → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Westminster system → usedInCountry → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Hinduism → hasPrimaryRegion → Sri Lanka ⓘ

WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia → memberState → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Malay peoples → significantPopulationIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Indian peafowl → nativeTo → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Indian Standard Time → usedBy → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sri Lanka (historically and intermittently)

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation → foundingMemberState → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Madhavi Malalgoda Ariyabandu → citizenship → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Madhavi Malalgoda Ariyabandu → countryOfOrigin → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Madhavi Malalgoda Ariyabandu → placeOfActivity → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Dominion of Ceylon → country → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

Dominion of Ceylon → commonName → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

Dominion of Ceylon → successorState → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Sri Lanka

Dominion of Ceylon → successorState → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Dominion of Ceylon → todayPartOf → Sri Lanka ⓘ

South Asia → hasCountry → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Tamil → primaryRegion → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Tamil → countryWhereOfficialLanguage → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Indo-Aryan languages → spokenIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Indo-Aryan languages → usedAsOfficialLanguageIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Indian Ocean → hasMajorIsland → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Indian Ocean → hasMajorRimCountry → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Dutch settlers → settledIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

Dutch settlers → settledIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Sinhala → spokenIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Sinhala → officialLanguageOf → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Sinhala → hasOfficialStatusIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Sinhala → majorityLanguageIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Sinhala → usedIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sri Lankan government

Buddhism → practicedIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Asian New Zealander → hasAncestry → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sri Lankan

Trincomalee → country → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Portuguese Ceylon → locatedIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

Portuguese Ceylon → locatedInPresentDay → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Bandung Conference → organizedBy → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

Geneva Round (1947) → involvesOrganization → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Portuguese Empire → territory → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

Galle → country → Sri Lanka ⓘ

subject surface form: Galle Fort

Jaffna → country → Sri Lanka ⓘ

British Ceylon → country → Sri Lanka ⓘ

British Ceylon → locatedOn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: island of Ceylon

British Ceylon → successor → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Batticaloa → country → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) → country → Sri Lanka ⓘ

subject surface form: Kingdom of Kandy

SriLankan Airlines → country → Sri Lanka ⓘ