Ratnapura

E337108

city human settlement

Ratnapura is a major city in Sri Lanka renowned as the country’s primary gem-mining and trading center.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ratnapura District	7
Ratnapura canonical	5

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ human settlement ⓘ
agriculturalProduct	fruits ⓘ rice ⓘ rubber ⓘ tea ⓘ
averageAnnualRainfall	high ⓘ
climateClassification	tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ
countryCapital	not a national capital ⓘ
distanceFrom	about 100 km southeast of Colombo ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ gem mining industry ⓘ
etymology	derived from Sanskrit words for “city of gems” ⓘ
gemTypeMined	cat’s eye chrysoberyl ⓘ garnet ⓘ ruby ⓘ sapphire ⓘ Topaz ⓘ surface form: topaz
hasEducationalInstitution	University of Sabaragamuwa (nearby in Belihuloya, district) ⓘ
hasIndustry	small-scale manufacturing ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasReligiousSite	Maha Saman Devalaya ⓘ
isDistrictCapitalOf	Ratnapura self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ratnapura District
isProvincialCapitalOf	Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Sabaragamuwa Province
knownFor	gem mining ⓘ gem trade ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ Sinhala ⓘ Tamil ⓘ
locatedIn	Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Sabaragamuwa Province
locatedInAdministrativeDivision	Ratnapura self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ratnapura District
locatedInRegion	southwestern Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Kalu Ganga ⓘ
majorReligion	Buddhism ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ
nearbyAttraction	Sinharaja Forest Reserve ⓘ Udawalawe National Park ⓘ
nickname	City of Gems ⓘ
roadConnectionTo	Balangoda ⓘ Colombo ⓘ Embilipitiya ⓘ Pelmadulla ⓘ
timeZone	Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset	+5:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Udarata (Up-Country) → containsCity → Ratnapura ⓘ

subject surface form: Udarata

Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka → capital → Ratnapura ⓘ

subject surface form: Sabaragamuwa Province

Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka → largestCity → Ratnapura ⓘ

subject surface form: Sabaragamuwa Province

Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka → containsAdministrativeDivision → Ratnapura ⓘ

subject surface form: Sabaragamuwa Province