Balangoda

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Balangoda is a town in south-central Sri Lanka known for its archaeological significance and as a regional commercial center in the Sabaragamuwa Province.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Balangoda canonical 3
Balangoda town 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
administrativeDivisionType urban council ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
demographics multi-ethnic population ⓘ
distanceFromColombo_km about 143 ⓘ
elevation_m about 610 ⓘ
governingBody Balangoda Urban Council ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka (nearby) ⓘ
hasNearbyArchaeologicalCulture Balangoda Man culture ⓘ
hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite Batadombalena ⓘ
Fa Hien Cave ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Sri Pada (Adam’s Peak) region ⓘ
linked to: Adam's Peak
hasNearbyNaturalFeature Sinharaja Forest Reserve (regional vicinity) ⓘ
central highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasRoadConnection A4 highway ⓘ
hasRole regional commercial center ⓘ
hasTransport bus services ⓘ
regional road network ⓘ
knownFor archaeological significance ⓘ
languageSpoken Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
locatedIn Ratnapura District ⓘ
linked to: Ratnapura

Sabaragamuwa Province ⓘ
locatedInRegion south-central Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedOnRoute Colombo–Batticaloa road ⓘ
majorCrop paddy ⓘ
rubber ⓘ
tea ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
nearestMajorCity Ratnapura ⓘ
officialLanguage Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
postalCode 70100 ⓘ
primaryReligion Buddhism ⓘ
region Sabaragamuwa ⓘ
secondaryReligion Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
timeZone Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +5:30 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Sabaragamuwa Province → hasTown → Balangoda ⓘ
Ratnapura → roadConnectionTo → Balangoda ⓘ
Kuragala archaeological site → near → Balangoda town ⓘ
linked to: Balangoda
Belihuloya area → locatedNear → Balangoda ⓘ