Dominion of Ceylon

Summary

Dominion of Ceylon is a Commonwealth realm^[1]. It draws 650 Wikipedia views per month (commonwealth_realm category, ranking #13 of 24).^[2]

Key Facts

• Dominion of Ceylon's continent is recorded as Asia^[3].
• Dominion of Ceylon's instance of is recorded as Commonwealth realm^[4].
• Dominion of Ceylon's instance of is recorded as historical country^[5].
• Dominion of Ceylon's capital is recorded as Colombo^[6].
• Dominion of Ceylon's official language is recorded as English^[7].
• Dominion of Ceylon's official language is recorded as Sinhala^[8].
• Dominion of Ceylon's official language is recorded as Tamil^[9].
• Dominion of Ceylon's currency is recorded as Sri Lankan rupee^[10].
• Dominion of Ceylon's flag image is recorded as Flag of Ceylon (1948–1951).svg^[11].
• Dominion of Ceylon's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of arms of Ceylon (1952–1972).svg^[12].
• Dominion of Ceylon's basic form of government is recorded as constitutional monarchy^[13].
• Dominion of Ceylon's ISNI is recorded as 0000000107900093^[14].
• Dominion of Ceylon's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 137707668^[15].
• Dominion of Ceylon's GND ID is recorded as 19826-2^[16].
• Dominion of Ceylon's locator map image is recorded as Sri Lanka (orthographic projection).svg^[17].
• Dominion of Ceylon's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80061038^[18].
• Dominion of Ceylon's IdRef ID is recorded as 02721480X^[19].
• Dominion of Ceylon's Commons category is recorded as Dominion of Ceylon^[20].
• +1948-02-04T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Dominion of Ceylon^[21].
• Dominion of Ceylon was dissolved in +1972-05-22T00:00:00Z^[22].
• Dominion of Ceylon's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 6.934444444444445, 'lon': 79.84277777777777}^[23].
• Dominion of Ceylon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05b6rpt^[24].
• Dominion of Ceylon's IOC country code is recorded as CEY^[25].
• Dominion of Ceylon's replaces is recorded as British Ceylon^[26].
• Dominion of Ceylon's replaced by is recorded as Sri Lanka^[27].

Body

Founding

+1948-02-04T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Dominion of Ceylon^[21].

Dissolution

Dominion of Ceylon was dissolved in +1972-05-22T00:00:00Z^[22].

Why It Matters

Dominion of Ceylon draws 650 Wikipedia views per month (commonwealth_realm category, ranking #13 of 24).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]