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.

Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ceylon	60
Republic of Sri Lanka	6
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka	4
Sri Lankan	2
Lanka	1
Sri Lanka (historically and intermittently)	1
Sri Lankan government	1
island of Ceylon	1
island of Sri Lanka	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 (320)

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

Temple of the Tooth → country → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Trincomalee → country → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Trincomalee Airport → country → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Udarata (Up-Country) → country → Sri Lanka ⓘ

subject surface form: Udarata

University of Jaffna → country → Sri Lanka ⓘ

University of Ruhuna → country → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Uppuveli Beach → country → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Ceylon Independence Act 1947 → countryGrantedIndependence → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

Ceylon Independence Act 1947 → countryGrantedIndependence → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Indian Ocean raid → countryInvolved → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

D. S. Senanayake → countryLedToIndependence → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami → countryMostAffected → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Michael Ondaatje → countryOfBirth → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Arthur C. Clarke → countryOfCitizenship → Sri Lanka ⓘ

D. S. Senanayake → countryOfCitizenship → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

D. S. Senanayake → countryOfCitizenship → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Dudley Senanayake → countryOfCitizenship → Sri Lanka ⓘ

S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike → countryOfCitizenship → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike → countryOfCitizenship → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Sirimavo Bandaranaike → countryOfCitizenship → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

Madhavi Malalgoda Ariyabandu → countryOfOrigin → Sri Lanka ⓘ

UL → countryOfRegistryOfAirline → Sri Lanka ⓘ

SAARC Cultural Centre → countryOfService → Sri Lanka ⓘ

APNIC → countryServed → Sri Lanka ⓘ

SAARC Disaster Management Centre → countryServed → Sri Lanka ⓘ

CAS → countryUsage → Sri Lanka ⓘ

subject surface form: Chief of the Air Staff

Sri Lanka Standard Time → countryUsedIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Tamil → countryWhereOfficialLanguage → Sri Lanka ⓘ

1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka → created → Sri Lanka ⓘ

subject surface form: 1972 Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka

this entity surface form: Republic of Sri Lanka

IR64 rice variety → cultivatedIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

subject surface form: IR64

Pala Empire → culturalInfluence → Sri Lanka ⓘ

1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka → definedCitizenshipOf → Sri Lanka ⓘ

subject surface form: 1972 Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka

this entity surface form: Republic of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka → demonym → Sri Lanka self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sri Lankan

Tamil people → diaspora → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Tamil cinema → distributionMarkets → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Sinhalese people → ethnicMajorityOf → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Sinhalese people → ethnogenesisLocation → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Crown colony → example → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

Slavery Abolition Act 1833 → excludedJurisdiction → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom → filmingLocation → Sri Lanka ⓘ

SriLankan Airlines → flagCarrierOf → Sri Lanka ⓘ

ALK → flagCarrierOf → Sri Lanka ⓘ

subject surface form: SriLankan Airlines

Colombo → formerCapitalOf → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Sri Lanka → formerName → Sri Lanka self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

Ceylon rupee → formerOfficialCurrencyOf → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

BIMSTEC → foundingMemberState → Sri Lanka ⓘ

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

South East Asia Command → garrison → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

Southern Dravidian → geographicDistribution → Sri Lanka ⓘ