territory of Ceylon
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The territory of Ceylon was the geographic domain of the former British Crown colony and later independent state of Ceylon, corresponding largely to present-day Sri Lanka.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former territory
ⓘ
historical geographic region ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
British Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBySea |
Bay of Bengal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laccadive Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCity |
Galle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jaffna NERFINISHED ⓘ Kandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| correspondsTo | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOf | Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClimate | tropical climate ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Burghers
ⓘ
Indian Tamils NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinhalese NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lankan Moors NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lankan Tamils NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormerName | Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGeographicFeature |
Adam's Peak
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Jaffna Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Kandy plateau ⓘ Mahaweli River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Sinhala NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLargestCity | Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainIsland | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligion |
Buddhism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ |
| modernName | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | British Empire ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | territory of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| separatedBy |
Gulf of Mannar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Palk Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sovereignState | Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsTerritoryFrom | British Ceylon period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsTerritoryUntil | Republic of Sri Lanka (1972) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedByPoliticalEntity |
British Ceylon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dominion of Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Ceylon (1948–1972) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasColonyOf | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasCrownColonyOf | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.