Eastern Province

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Eastern Province is a coastal administrative region in eastern Sri Lanka known for its diverse ethnic communities, agriculture, and strategic Indian Ocean shoreline.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Eastern Province canonical 18

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater Indian Ocean ⓘ
commonlyUsedLanguage English ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
ethnicGroup Burghers ⓘ
Sinhalese ⓘ
Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
indigenous communities ⓘ
governingBody Eastern Provincial Council ⓘ
hasAirport China Bay Airport ⓘ
hasCapital Trincomalee ⓘ
hasCity Ampara ⓘ
Batticaloa ⓘ
Trincomalee ⓘ
hasCoastline Indian Ocean ⓘ
hasDistrict Ampara District ⓘ
Batticaloa District ⓘ
linked to: Batticaloa

Trincomalee District ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity coconut cultivation ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
livestock farming ⓘ
paddy cultivation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasGovernmentType provincial council ⓘ
hasLargestCity Batticaloa ⓘ
hasMilitaryFacility Sri Lanka Navy bases ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka Navy
hasPort Trincomalee Harbour ⓘ
linked to: Trincomalee
hasProtectedArea Kumana National Park ⓘ
Lahugala Kitulana National Park ⓘ
hasRiver Gal Oya ⓘ
Maduru Oya ⓘ
Mahaweli River ⓘ
linked to: Mahaweli Ganga
knownFor agriculture ⓘ
diverse ethnic communities ⓘ
strategic Indian Ocean shoreline ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedOn island of Sri Lanka ⓘ
officialLanguage Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
partOf Eastern Development Region of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
strategicImportance access to Bay of Bengal shipping lanes ⓘ
control of eastern Sri Lankan coastline ⓘ
timeZone Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +05:30 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

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

Uva Province → borderedBy → Eastern Province ⓘ
subject linked to: Uva Province of Sri Lanka
Balu Mahendra → birthPlace → Eastern Province ⓘ
Ampara → locatedIn → Eastern Province ⓘ
Ampara → countrySubdivision → Eastern Province ⓘ
Eastern Provincial Council → jurisdiction → Eastern Province ⓘ
Eastern Provincial Council → locatedIn → Eastern Province ⓘ
Provincia Oriental → alsoKnownAs → Eastern Province ⓘ
Eravur → locatedIn → Eastern Province ⓘ
Uva → borderedBy → Eastern Province ⓘ
ඌව පළාත → borderedBy → Eastern Province ⓘ
Uva Province → borderedBy → Eastern Province ⓘ
Colombo–Trincomalee route → regionServed → Eastern Province ⓘ
Mahaweli Ganga → flowsThrough → Eastern Province ⓘ
Al-Qaisariyah market → locatedIn → Eastern Province ⓘ
Vedda language → spokenIn → Eastern Province ⓘ