Udarata (Up-Country)

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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)

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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

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subject surface form: Kingdom of Kandy