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