Uva Province of Sri Lanka

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Uva Province of Sri Lanka is a largely rural, mountainous region in the island’s southeast, known for its tea plantations, waterfalls, and historic ties to the former Kandyan Kingdom.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
administrativeCentre Badulla ⓘ
area approximately 8,500 square kilometres ⓘ
areaRankInSriLanka second smallest province by area ⓘ
borderedBy Central Province ⓘ
Eastern Province ⓘ
Sabaragamuwa Province ⓘ
Southern Province ⓘ
capital Badulla ⓘ
characteristic largely rural ⓘ
climate tropical highland climate in many areas ⓘ
containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Badulla District ⓘ
linked to: Badulla

Monaragala District ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
ethnicGroup Indian Tamils ⓘ
Sinhalese ⓘ
Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
historicalAssociation Kandyan Kingdom ⓘ
historicalEvent Uva Rebellion ⓘ
knownFor scenic mountain landscapes ⓘ
tea plantations ⓘ
waterfalls ⓘ
languageUsed Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
largestCity Badulla ⓘ
locatedIn Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedInRegion southeastern Sri Lanka ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
tea cultivation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
nativeName ஊவா மாகாணம் ⓘ
ඌව පළාත ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage si ⓘ
ta ⓘ
officialName Uva Province ⓘ
partOf Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
populationRankInSriLanka second least populous province ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
terrain hilly ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ
timeZone Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
touristAttraction Diyaluma Falls ⓘ
Dunhinda Falls ⓘ
Ella ⓘ
Haputale ⓘ
Namunukula mountain range ⓘ
utcOffset +5:30 ⓘ

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

Kingdom of Kandy → modernLocation → Uva Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Sinhalese people → populationMajorityIn → Uva Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Uva Province of Sri Lanka
Udarata → locatedInProvince → Uva Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
subject linked to: Udarata (Up-Country)
Central Province of Sri Lanka → borderedBy → Uva Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
North Central Province, Sri Lanka → borderedByProvince → Uva Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Uva Province of Sri Lanka
Kandyan architecture → geographicRegion → Uva Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Eastern Development Region of Sri Lanka → borderRegion → Uva Development Region of Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Uva Province of Sri Lanka
Walawe Ganga → locatedIn → Uva Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Uva Province of Sri Lanka
Walawe Ganga → countrySubdivision → Uva Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Uva Province of Sri Lanka
Colombo–Galle–Hambantota–Wellawaya Highway (A2) → passesThrough → Uva Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Uva Province of Sri Lanka
Mahaweli Development Programme → geographicScope → Uva Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Maduru Oya → locatedIn → Uva Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Uva Province of Sri Lanka
Rantembe Dam → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Uva Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Uva Province of Sri Lanka
Ruhuna → modernAdministrativeOverlap → Uva Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Eastern Line (Sri Lanka) → locatedIn → Uva Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Uva Province of Sri Lanka
Ruhuna region → overlapsWith → Uva Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Colombo–Badulla railway line → connectsRegion → Uva Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
National Union of Workers → operatesIn → Uva Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Uva Province of Sri Lanka
Up-country Tamils → mainRegions → Uva Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
subject linked to: up-country Tamils