Negombo

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city coastal city

Negombo is a coastal city in western Sri Lanka known historically as a strategic colonial port and today for its fishing industry and beach tourism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
coastal city ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
climateClassification Af ⓘ
colonialPower British Empire ⓘ
Dutch Republic ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
distanceToColombo_km approximately 35 ⓘ
economicActivity fish processing ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hospitality industry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
governingBody Negombo Municipal Council ⓘ
hasBeach Negombo Beach ⓘ
hasStructure Angurukaramulla Temple ⓘ
Dutch Fort Negombo ⓘ
Hamilton Canal ⓘ
Negombo Dutch Canal ⓘ
Negombo Fish Market ⓘ
St. Mary’s Church, Negombo ⓘ
historicalRole strategic colonial port ⓘ
knownFor Catholic churches ⓘ
Negombo Lagoon crab and prawns ⓘ
beach tourism ⓘ
canal network ⓘ
fishing industry ⓘ
historic colonial fortifications ⓘ
seafood ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
locatedIn Gampaha District ⓘ
Western Province ⓘ
locatedNear Negombo Lagoon ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Colombo ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater Indian Ocean ⓘ
nickname Little Rome ⓘ
region western Sri Lanka ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
timeZone Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
tourismType beach tourism ⓘ
cultural tourism ⓘ
lagoon tours ⓘ
transport Bandaranaike International Airport nearby ⓘ
Colombo–Katunayake Expressway access ⓘ
railway connection to Colombo ⓘ
utcOffset +5:30 ⓘ

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Portuguese Ceylon → mainPort → Negombo ⓘ