Northern Province, Sri Lanka

E90710
province of Sri Lanka

Northern Province, Sri Lanka is the island nation’s northernmost province, centered on the Jaffna Peninsula and known for its Tamil cultural heritage and post-civil war reconstruction.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Northern Province, Sri Lanka canonical 53
Northern Sri Lanka 4
Jaffna District 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
administrativeLanguage Tamil ⓘ
borderedBy Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
North Central Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
North Western Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Palk Strait ⓘ
capital Jaffna ⓘ
containsDistrict Jaffna ⓘ
surface form: Jaffna District

Kilinochchi District ⓘ
Mannar District ⓘ
Mullaitivu District ⓘ
Vavuniya District ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalFeature Hindu temples ⓘ
Tamil language media ⓘ
traditional Tamil festivals ⓘ
demographicImpact significant war-related displacement ⓘ
economySector agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ
ethnicMajority Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
governingBody Northern Provincial Council ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Indian Ocean ⓘ
Palk Bay ⓘ
headOfGovernmentResidence Jaffna ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Chief Minister of Northern Province ⓘ
historicalRegion Jaffna Kingdom ⓘ
knownFor Tamil cultural heritage ⓘ
post-civil war reconstruction ⓘ
largestCity Jaffna ⓘ
locatedIn northern Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedOn Jaffna Islands ⓘ
surface form: Jaffna Peninsula
officialLanguage Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
partOf Tamil cultural region of Sri Lanka ⓘ
postWarIssue demining ⓘ
infrastructure reconstruction ⓘ
resettlement of internally displaced persons ⓘ
religionMajority Hinduism ⓘ
religionMinority Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
significantCity Kilinochchi District ⓘ
surface form: Kilinochchi

Mannar region ⓘ
surface form: Mannar

Mullaitivu ⓘ
Vavuniya District ⓘ
surface form: Vavuniya
timeZone Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +05:30 ⓘ
wasMajorTheatreOf Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ

Referenced by (65)

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

Jaffna → locatedIn → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Jaffna → locatedIn → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna District
Jaffna → capitalOf → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna District
Jaffna → provincialCapitalOf → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Jaffna → locatedOn → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna Peninsula
Jaffna → transportHubFor → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna Peninsula
Tamil people → concentratedIn → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Jaffna Tamil → spokenIn → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Jaffna Tamil → region → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sri Lanka
Swami Rock → region → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-East Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Civil War → location → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Limpopo Province → previousName → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Province
Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil → locatedIn → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Jaffna Public Library → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Jaffna Lagoon → locatedIn → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Nainativu Island (nearby pilgrimage site) → locatedIn → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
subject surface form: Nainativu Island
Jaffna International Airport → locatedIn → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Jaffna International Airport → serves → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Jaffna Fort → locatedInRegion → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
University of Jaffna → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
University of Jaffna → regionServed → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sri Lanka
Palk Strait → borders → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Gulf of Mannar → adjacentTo → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam → headquartersLocation → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam → operationalArea → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka → theater → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Kilinochchi District → locatedIn → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Kilinochchi District → partOf → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Kilinochchi District → region → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sri Lanka
Mannar District (Tamil-speaking areas) → locatedIn → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Vavuniya District (Tamil-speaking areas) → partOf → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Vavuniya District (Tamil-speaking areas) → locatedIn → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sri Lanka
Tamilakam → hasSubregion → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tamil Eelam (historical Tamil regions of Sri Lanka)
Sri Lankan Tamil cinema → producedInRegion → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
North Central Province, Sri Lanka → borderedByProvince → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Velupillai Prabhakaran → placeOfBirth → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Velupillai Prabhakaran → placeOfDeath → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Velupillai Prabhakaran → regionOfActivity → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Indian Peace Keeping Force → location → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Eelam War I → location → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Eelam War II → hasLocation → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Sri Lankan Tamils → region → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Sri Lankan Tamils → populationGroupIn → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Eelam War III → location → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Eelam War IV → location → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Nallur Temple chariot festival → locatedIn → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Palk Bay system → borderedBy → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Mannar region → partOf → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple → locatedIn → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Nagadeepa Purana Viharaya → locatedIn → Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ