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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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.

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

subject surface form: 1972 Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka

this entity surface form: Republic of Sri Lanka

British India Command → operatedIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

Star India → operatesInCountry → Sri Lanka ⓘ

SriLankan Airlines → operatingBaseCountry → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Bandung Conference → organizedBy → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

Damascene steel → originRegion → Sri Lanka ⓘ

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

Southern Province, Sri Lanka → partOf → Sri Lanka ⓘ

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

subject surface form: Udarata

this entity surface form: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Saint Lawrence → patronage → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Bharatanatyam → performedIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Madhavi Malalgoda Ariyabandu → placeOfActivity → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Dudley Senanayake → placeOfBirth → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

Lord Fisher → placeOfBirth → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

Dudley Senanayake → placeOfDeath → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Mark Aitchison Young → placeOfWork → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Buddhism → practicedIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

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

subject surface form: 1972 Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka

this entity surface form: Ceylon

Tamil → primaryRegion → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Sinhala script → primaryUsageRegion → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Magha Puja → publicHolidayIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Vesak → publicHolidayIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Dravidian languages → region → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Nayakkar dynasty → region → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Tamil literature → region → Sri Lanka ⓘ

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

Pali → regionOfInfluence → Sri Lanka ⓘ

SAARC Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Centre → regionServed → Sri Lanka ⓘ

South East Asia Command → regionServed → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington, D.C. → represents → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Parliament of Ceylon → republicTransition → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Sri Lanka

Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington, D.C. → sendingCountry → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Ramayana → setting → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lanka

Dutch settlers → settledIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

Dutch settlers → settledIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Treaty of San Francisco → signatory → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon

Malay peoples → significantPopulationIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Indo-Aryan languages → spokenIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Malayic languages → spokenIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Sinhala → spokenIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Indo-Iranian languages → spokenInRegion → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Theravada → spreadTo → Sri Lanka ⓘ

British Ceylon → successor → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Dominion of Ceylon → successorState → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Sri Lanka

Dominion of Ceylon → successorState → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Flag of Ceylon → successorState → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Sri Lanka

Legislative Council of Ceylon → successorState → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Parliament of Ceylon → successorState → Sri Lanka ⓘ

Emblem of Ceylon → symbolizes → Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon