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.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form As subject As object
Udarata 47 0

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 NERFINISHED →
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 (1)

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

subject surface form: Kingdom of Kandy