Southern Province, Sri Lanka

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province of Sri Lanka

Southern Province, Sri Lanka is a coastal administrative region in the south of Sri Lanka known for its historic cities, beaches, and cultural heritage.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Southern Province of Sri Lanka 2
Southern Sri Lanka 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater Indian Ocean ⓘ
capital Galle ⓘ
containsAdministrativeDivision Galle ⓘ
surface form: Galle District

Hambantota ⓘ
surface form: Hambantota District

Matara District ⓘ
containsCity Galle ⓘ
Hambantota ⓘ
Matara ⓘ
containsProtectedArea Bundala National Park ⓘ
Sinharaja Forest Reserve ⓘ
Yala National Park ⓘ
containsTown Ahangama ⓘ
Hikkaduwa ⓘ
Kataragama ⓘ
Koggala ⓘ
Mirissa ⓘ
Tangalle ⓘ
Tissamaharama ⓘ
Unawatuna ⓘ
Weligama ⓘ
containsWorldHeritageSite Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
governmentType Provincial Council ⓘ
hasAirport Hambantota ⓘ
surface form: Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport
hasCoastline Indian Ocean ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Sinhalese ⓘ
Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
Tamil people ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan Tamils
hasExecutiveHead Governor of Southern Province ⓘ
hasHeadOfGovernment Governor of Southern Province ⓘ
surface form: Chief Minister of Southern Province
hasLegislature Southern Provincial Council ⓘ
hasPort Port of Galle ⓘ
hasReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
knownFor beaches ⓘ
cultural heritage ⓘ
historic cities ⓘ
largestCity Galle ⓘ
locatedInRegion southern Sri Lanka ⓘ
officialLanguage Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
partOf Sri Lanka ⓘ
timeZone Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +5:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Colombo–Matara railway line → connects → Southern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Province of Sri Lanka
Galle → isProvincialCapitalOf → Southern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Galle → locatedIn → Southern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
University of Ruhuna → locatedInRegion → Southern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Sinhalese people → populationMajorityIn → Southern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Sri Lankan Moors → region → Southern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Colombo–Matara railway line → regionServed → Southern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Province of Sri Lanka
University of Ruhuna → regionServed → Southern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Sri Lanka