Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka

E107692

province of Sri Lanka

Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka is a southwestern administrative region known for its lush rainforests, gem mining (especially in Ratnapura), and rich cultural heritage.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Sabaragamuwa Province	34
Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka canonical	6
Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka	6
Sabaragamuwa region	3
Ratnapura, British Ceylon	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T682444 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka
Context triple: [Kingdom of Kandy, modernLocation, Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka]

A. Southern Province, 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.
B. Central Province of Sri Lanka
The Central Province of Sri Lanka is a mountainous inland region known for its historic cities like Kandy, tea plantations, and cultural significance as a heartland of Sinhalese heritage.
C. Northern Province, 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.
D. Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Eastern Province, Sri Lanka is a coastal administrative region on the island’s eastern seaboard known for its ethnically diverse population, natural harbors, and key cities such as Trincomalee and Batticaloa.
E. Uva Province of Sri Lanka
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.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka
Target entity description: Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka is a southwestern administrative region known for its lush rainforests, gem mining (especially in Ratnapura), and rich cultural heritage.

A. Southern Province, 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.
B. Central Province of Sri Lanka
The Central Province of Sri Lanka is a mountainous inland region known for its historic cities like Kandy, tea plantations, and cultural significance as a heartland of Sinhalese heritage.
C. Northern Province, 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.
D. Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Eastern Province, Sri Lanka is a coastal administrative region on the island’s eastern seaboard known for its ethnically diverse population, natural harbors, and key cities such as Trincomalee and Batticaloa.
E. Uva Province of Sri Lanka
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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
borderedBy	Central Province ⓘ Southern Province ⓘ Uva Province ⓘ Western Province ⓘ
capital	Ratnapura ⓘ
contains	Belihuloya area ⓘ Bopath Ella Falls ⓘ Dedugala area ⓘ Kitulgala Forest Reserve ⓘ Kitulgala town ⓘ Kuragala archaeological site ⓘ Samanala Kanda ⓘ Samanalawewa Reservoir ⓘ Sinharaja Forest Reserve ⓘ Sri Pada area ⓘ Udawalawe National Park ⓘ
containsAdministrativeDivision	Kegalle District ⓘ Ratnapura District ⓘ linked to: Ratnapura
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasCity	Kegalle ⓘ Ratnapura ⓘ
hasCulturalTradition	Sabaragamuwa dance tradition ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Indian Tamils ⓘ linked to: Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka Sinhalese ⓘ Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
hasIndustry	agriculture ⓘ gem cutting ⓘ rubber production ⓘ tea production ⓘ
hasNaturalResource	precious stones ⓘ semi-precious stones ⓘ
hasReligion	Buddhism ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ
hasRiver	Kalu Ganga ⓘ Kelani Ganga ⓘ Walawe Ganga ⓘ
hasTown	Balangoda ⓘ Embilipitiya ⓘ Kuruwita ⓘ Mawanella ⓘ Pelmadulla ⓘ Ruwanwella ⓘ
knownFor	gem mining ⓘ rainforests ⓘ rich cultural heritage ⓘ rubber plantations ⓘ tea plantations ⓘ
language	Sinhala ⓘ Tamil ⓘ
largestCity	Ratnapura ⓘ
locatedInRegion	southwestern Sri Lanka ⓘ
officialName	Sabaragamuwa Province ⓘ linked to: Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka
partOf	Sri Lanka ⓘ
timeZone	Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset	+05:30 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (50)

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

Kingdom of Kandy → modernLocation → Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ

subject linked to: Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)

Sirimavo Bandaranaike → birthPlace → Ratnapura, British Ceylon ⓘ