Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

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province of Sri Lanka

Eastern Province, Sri Lanka is a coastal administrative region on the island’s eastern seaboard known for its ethnically diverse population, natural harbors, and key cities such as Trincomalee and Batticaloa.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Eastern Province, Sri Lanka canonical 56
Eastern Sri Lanka 6
Eastern Province of Sri Lanka 5

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
capital Trincomalee ⓘ
containsCity Ampara ⓘ
Batticaloa ⓘ
Trincomalee ⓘ
containsDistrict Ampara District ⓘ
Batticaloa ⓘ
surface form: Batticaloa District

Trincomalee ⓘ
surface form: Trincomalee District
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
ethnicGroup Burghers (Sri Lanka) ⓘ
surface form: Burghers

Sinhalese ⓘ
Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
Tamil people ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan Tamils
governingBody Eastern Provincial Council ⓘ
hasAirport China Bay Airport ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasHigherEducationInstitution South Eastern University of Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasNaturalFeature beaches ⓘ
lagoon systems ⓘ
natural harbors ⓘ
hasNaturalHarbor Trincomalee ⓘ
surface form: Trincomalee Harbour
hasPortCity Batticaloa ⓘ
Trincomalee ⓘ
hasUniversity Eastern University, Sri Lanka ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Chief Minister of Eastern Province ⓘ
knownFor coastal landscapes ⓘ
ethnically diverse population ⓘ
natural harbors ⓘ
largestCity Batticaloa ⓘ
legislature Eastern Provincial Council ⓘ
locatedIn Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedOn Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: island of Sri Lanka
locatedOnCoastOf eastern seaboard of Sri Lanka ⓘ
officialLanguage Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
partOf Eastern Development Region of Sri Lanka ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
timeZone Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +5:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (71)

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

Trincomalee → locatedIn → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Trincomalee → partOf → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Jaffna → partOf → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Tamil homeland
Batticaloa → locatedIn → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Batticaloa → locatedInRegion → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Sri Lanka
Tamil people → concentratedIn → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Swami Rock → locatedIn → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Sri Lankan Civil War → location → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Sri Lankan Moors → region → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Fort Frederick → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Trincomalee Airport → locatedIn → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Koneswaram Temple → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Uppuveli Beach → locatedIn → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Marble Beach → locatedIn → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Nilaveli Beach → partOf → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Province of Sri Lanka
A15 coastal highway → passesThrough → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Batticaloa Lighthouse → locatedIn → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Batticaloa Lighthouse → region → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Sri Lanka
Northern Province, Sri Lanka → borderedBy → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Batticaloa Fort → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Batticaloa Fort → region → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Sri Lanka
Batticaloa Airport → serves → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Batticaloa Airport → locatedIn → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Batticaloa Airport → regionServed → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Sri Lanka
Batticaloa Lagoon → locatedIn → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Eastern University, Sri Lanka → locatedIn → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Eastern University, Sri Lanka → regionServed → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Pigeon Island → locatedIn → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Pigeon Island → locatedIn → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
subject surface form: Pigeon Island National Park
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam → operationalArea → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka → theater → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Mahaweli River → region → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Province of Sri Lanka
Kallady Bridge → locatedIn → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Kallady Bridge → region → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Sri Lanka
Batticaloa Tamil → spokenIn → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Batticaloa Tamil → geographicDistribution → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Tamil cinema → producedInRegion → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Muslim Moors → significantPopulationIn → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Moors (Sri Lanka) → mainAreasOfResidence → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Province of Sri Lanka
Vedda people → ancestralTerritory → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Sri Lanka
North Central Province, Sri Lanka → borderedByProvince → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Ampara → region → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Sri Lanka
Ampara District → locatedIn → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Chief Minister of Eastern Province → appliesToJurisdiction → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Chief Minister of Eastern Province → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Chief Minister of Eastern Province → appliesToPoliticalEntity → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Uppuveli → locatedIn → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Velupillai Prabhakaran → regionOfActivity → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Indian Peace Keeping Force → location → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
South Eastern University of Sri Lanka → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ