Up-Country

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Up-Country is a term commonly used to refer to the central highland region of Sri Lanka, known for its mountainous terrain, tea plantations, and cooler climate.

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Label Occurrences
Up-Country canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf GeographicalArea ⓘ
Region ⓘ
climateFeature Cool nights ⓘ
Frequent mist and rain ⓘ
Mild daytime temperatures ⓘ
climateType Cooler than coastal lowlands ⓘ
contains Badulla District ⓘ
Bandarawela ⓘ
Diyatalawa ⓘ
Ella ⓘ
Haputale ⓘ
Hatton ⓘ
Kandy ⓘ
Kandy District ⓘ
Matale District ⓘ
Nuwara Eliya ⓘ
Nuwara Eliya District ⓘ
Parts of Central Province ⓘ
Parts of Sabaragamuwa Province ⓘ
Parts of Uva Province ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalAssociation Tea estate labor history ⓘ
Up-country Tamil community ⓘ
economicActivity Tea cultivation ⓘ
Tourism ⓘ
Vegetable farming ⓘ
elevationCharacteristic Higher elevation than coastal regions ⓘ
hasLandmark Adam’s Peak region ⓘ
linked to: Adam's Peak

Horton Plains National Park ⓘ
Knuckles Mountain Range ⓘ
World’s End escarpment ⓘ
knownFor Cooler climate ⓘ
Hill stations ⓘ
Scenic landscapes ⓘ
Tea plantations ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
locatedIn Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
partOf Sri Lankan Highlands ⓘ
terrainType Mountainous ⓘ
tourismAttractionType Hill country tourism ⓘ
transportConnection Colombo–Badulla railway line ⓘ
Colombo–Kandy road ⓘ
vegetationType Montane forest ⓘ
Tea estates ⓘ

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

Udarata → alsoKnownAs → Up-Country ⓘ
subject linked to: Udarata (Up-Country)