Udarata (Up-Country)

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geographical region historical region

Udarata (Up-Country) refers to the central highland region of Sri Lanka that historically formed the heartland of the Kandyan Kingdom.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Udarata (Up-Country) canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administrativeCenterHistorical Kandy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Central Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Kandyan Udarata

Up Country ⓘ
Up-Country ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Sinhalese people ⓘ
surface form: Kandyan Sinhalese
borderedBy Lowland Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan lowlands
capitalCityHistorically Kandy ⓘ
climateType tropical highland climate ⓘ
colonialPowerThatAnnexed United Kingdom ⓘ
containsCity Badulla ⓘ
Kandy ⓘ
Matale ⓘ
Nuwara Eliya ⓘ
Ratnapura ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalHeritage Kandyan architecture ⓘ
Kandyan dance ⓘ
economicActivity spice cultivation ⓘ
tea cultivation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevationCharacteristic higher elevation than coastal lowlands ⓘ
hasCulturalSite Temple of the Tooth ⓘ
surface form: Temple of the Tooth (Sri Dalada Maligawa)
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Kandy ⓘ
surface form: Sacred City of Kandy
historicalEvent annexation by the British in 1815 ⓘ
historicalPeriod pre-colonial Sri Lanka ⓘ
historicalRole heartland of the Kandyan Kingdom ⓘ
knownFor Buddhist temples ⓘ
Kandyan culture ⓘ
cool climate ⓘ
tea plantations ⓘ
languageMajority Sinhala ⓘ
locatedIn Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedInProvince Central Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Uva Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
partOf Kandyan Kingdom ⓘ
partOfModernState Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
politicalStatusHistorical independent kingdom until 1815 ⓘ
regionType central highland region ⓘ
religionMajority Buddhism ⓘ
strategicFeatureHistorical natural mountain defenses ⓘ
terrainType hilly ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ
usedIn Sri Lankan geographical discourse ⓘ
Sri Lankan historical discourse ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) → coreTerritory → Udarata (Up-Country) ⓘ
subject surface form: Kingdom of Kandy
Kandyan kings → region → Udarata (Up-Country) ⓘ