Kurunegala

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Kurunegala is a major city in Sri Lanka’s North Western Province, serving as an important commercial and transport hub with historical and political significance.

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Label Occurrences
Kurunegala canonical 17

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
averageAnnualRainfall over 2000 mm ⓘ
averageAnnualTemperature around 27 °C ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
connectedByHighway A10 highway ⓘ
A28 highway ⓘ
A6 highway ⓘ
A9 highway (via junctions) ⓘ
linked to: A9 highway
continent Asia ⓘ
coordinates approximately 7.4833°N 80.3667°E ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
elevation approximately 116 metres ⓘ
governingBody Kurunegala Municipal Council ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Maliyadeva College ⓘ
Maliyadeva Girls' College ⓘ
linked to: Maliyadeva College

Wayamba University of Sri Lanka (facilities nearby in province) ⓘ
hasHill Andagala ⓘ
Etagala (Elephant Rock) ⓘ
Ethagala ⓘ
Ibbagala ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance medieval Sinhalese kingdom ⓘ
hasPoliticalSignificance electoral stronghold in Sri Lankan politics ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Kurunegala railway station ⓘ
hasReligiousSite Bodhirukkarama Temple ⓘ
Ibbagala Raja Maha Viharaya ⓘ
historicalPeriodAsCapital late 13th century ⓘ
historicalRole ancient royal capital of Sri Lanka ⓘ
isCommercialCenterFor North Western Province ⓘ
isDistrictCapitalOf Kurunegala District ⓘ
island Sri Lanka ⓘ
isProvincialCapitalOf North Western Province ⓘ
isTransportHub bus transport ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ
road transport ⓘ
leaderTitle Mayor ⓘ
locatedIn Kurunegala District ⓘ
North Western Province ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity agricultural marketing ⓘ
trade ⓘ
transport services ⓘ
nearbyAgriculturalRegion coconut triangle of Sri Lanka ⓘ
paddy cultivation areas ⓘ
nearbyLake Kurunegala Lake ⓘ
otherLanguage Tamil ⓘ
primaryLanguage Sinhala ⓘ
railwayLine Main Line (junction via Polgahawela) ⓘ
Northern Line ⓘ
timeZone Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +5:30 ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Kingdom of Kurunegala ⓘ

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