Mannar District (Tamil-speaking areas)

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Mannar District (Tamil-speaking areas) is a region in northwestern Sri Lanka where Tamil-speaking communities, particularly Jaffna Tamils, form a significant part of the population and culture.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mannar District (Tamil-speaking areas) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographic region ⓘ
administrativeLanguage Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
affectedBy Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ
coastalRegion true ⓘ
colonialHistory British Ceylon ⓘ
Dutch Ceylon ⓘ
Portuguese Ceylon ⓘ
containsIsland Mannar Island ⓘ
containsTown Mannar ⓘ
linked to: Mannar region
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
crossBorderCulturalTies Tamil communities in Tamil Nadu ⓘ
culturalInfluence Jaffna Tamil culture ⓘ
culturalPractice Catholic feast festivals ⓘ
Saivite Hindu temple worship ⓘ
Tamil-language education ⓘ
culturalRegionOf Sri Lankan Tamils in Northern Province ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lankan Tamils
demographicFeature ethnically mixed settlements ⓘ
significant Tamil-speaking population ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
salt production ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
ethnolinguisticCharacter Tamil-speaking majority or plurality ⓘ
facesBodyOfWater Gulf of Mannar ⓘ
Palk Bay ⓘ
hasTransportLink A14 highway (Medawachchiya–Mannar–Talaimannar Road) ⓘ
historicalConnection Jaffna Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Jaffna

Kingdom of Jaffna ⓘ
linked to: Jaffna Kingdom
linguisticIdentity part of Sri Lanka Tamil-speaking areas ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
northwestern Sri Lanka ⓘ
majorLanguage Tamil ⓘ
nearbyCountry India ⓘ
nearbyIndianState Tamil Nadu ⓘ
partOf Mannar District ⓘ
postWarCharacteristic resettlement of displaced Tamil civilians ⓘ
postWarIssue land disputes and militarization concerns ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousSiteType Catholic churches ⓘ
Hindu temples ⓘ
mosques ⓘ
significantCommunity Jaffna Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lankan Tamils

Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Tamil-speaking Muslims ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Jaffna Tamil → spokenIn → Mannar District (Tamil-speaking areas) ⓘ