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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Up Country canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographicalRegion ⓘ
region ⓘ
agriculturalProduct Ceylon tea ⓘ
vegetables ⓘ
climate temperate ⓘ
climateType wet zone highland climate ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalSignificance associated with colonial-era plantations ⓘ
important for Sri Lankan tea industry ⓘ
economicActivity tea cultivation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
vegetable farming ⓘ
elevationRange generally above 600 meters ⓘ
feature tea factories ⓘ
valleys ⓘ
waterfalls ⓘ
winding roads ⓘ
hasCity Kandy ⓘ
hasTown Badulla ⓘ
Hatton ⓘ
Nuwara Eliya ⓘ
highestPointNearby Pidurutalagala ⓘ
includes Badulla District ⓘ
Kandy District ⓘ
Nuwara Eliya District ⓘ
knownFor cooler climate ⓘ
hill country tourism ⓘ
scenic landscapes ⓘ
tea plantations ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
locatedIn Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
partOf Sri Lankan Hill Country ⓘ
popularWith domestic tourists ⓘ
international tourists ⓘ
relativeClimate cooler than coastal regions of Sri Lanka ⓘ
relativeLocation east of Colombo ⓘ
north of southern lowlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
terrain mountainous ⓘ
tourismAttractionType eco-tourism ⓘ
hiking and trekking ⓘ
tea estate tours ⓘ
transportConnection Colombo–Kandy road ⓘ
Main Line railway of Sri Lanka ⓘ
vegetation montane forests ⓘ
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)