Galle District

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administrative district second-level administrative division

Galle District is a coastal administrative region in Sri Lanka’s Southern Province, known for its historic city of Galle, colonial-era architecture, and maritime heritage.

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Label Occurrences
Galle District canonical 10

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district ⓘ
second-level administrative division ⓘ
administrativeCenter Galle ⓘ
borderedBy Hambantota District ⓘ
Kalutara District ⓘ
Matara District ⓘ
Ratnapura ⓘ
surface form: Ratnapura District
capital Galle ⓘ
coastType rocky headlands ⓘ
sandy beaches ⓘ
contains Ambalangoda ⓘ
Baddegama ⓘ
Bentota (partly) ⓘ
Elpitiya ⓘ
Galle ⓘ
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications ⓘ
surface form: Galle Fort

Hikkaduwa ⓘ
Unawatuna ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
governingBody Galle District Secretariat ⓘ
hasClimate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Indian Ocean ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity cinnamon cultivation ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
rubber cultivation ⓘ
tea cultivation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications ⓘ
hasMajorReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Sinhala ⓘ
hasRecognizedLanguage Tamil ⓘ
hasTransportInfrastructure Coastal railway line ⓘ
Southern Expressway ⓘ
hasUrbanCouncil Galle Municipal Council ⓘ
Hikkaduwa Urban Council ⓘ
heritageDesignation Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Galle Fort)
knownFor Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications ⓘ
surface form: Galle Fort

colonial-era architecture ⓘ
historic city of Galle ⓘ
maritime heritage ⓘ
locatedIn Southern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOn southern coast of Sri Lanka ⓘ
partOf Southern Province ⓘ
subdivisionType Divisional Secretariats ⓘ
timeZoneUTCOffset +05:30 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode SP ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

National Maritime Museum, Galle → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Galle District ⓘ
Matara District → borderedBy → Galle District ⓘ
Unawatuna → locatedIn → Galle District ⓘ
Hikkaduwa → locatedIn → Galle District ⓘ
Ahangama → locatedIn → Galle District ⓘ
Bentota railway station → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Galle District ⓘ
Bentota → locatedIn → Galle District ⓘ
Hikkaduwa railway station → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Galle District ⓘ
Koggala → locatedIn → Galle District ⓘ
Ambalangoda → locatedIn → Galle District ⓘ