Galle

Summary

Galle is a city^[1]. Galle ranks in the top 8% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,479 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Galle was a member of World Tourism Cities Federation^[3].
• Galle was a member of Organization of World Heritage Cities^[4].
• Galle is located in Southern Province^[5].
• Galle is in the country of Sri Lanka^[6].
• Galle's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Galle's instance of is recorded as human settlement^[8].
• Galle's twinned administrative body is recorded as Velsen^[9].
• Galle's postal code is recorded as 80000^[10].
• Galle's Commons category is recorded as Galle^[11].
• Galle's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30^[12].
• Galle's said to be the same as is recorded as Point de Galle^[13].
• Galle's local dialing code is recorded as 091^[14].
• Galle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 6.032777777777778, 'lon': 80.21555555555555}^[15].
• Galle's significant event is recorded as Siege of Galle^[16].
• Galle's official website is recorded as http://galle.mc.gov.lk^[17].
• Galle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Galle^[18].
• Galle has a population of {'amount': '+93118'}^[19].
• Galle's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[20].
• Galle's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[21].
• Galle's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[22].
• Galle's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[23].
• Galle's capital of is recorded as Galle District^[24].
• Galle's capital of is recorded as Southern Province^[25].
• Galle's heritage designation is recorded as Heritage of Portuguese Influence^[26].
• Galle's heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site^[27].

Body

Geography

Galle is in the country of Sri Lanka^[6]. Galle is located in Southern Province^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Galle sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0'}^[28]. Galle has a population of {'amount': '+93118'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[7] and human settlement^[8]. Heritage statuses include Heritage of Portuguese Influence^[26] and part of UNESCO World Heritage Site^[27].

Why It Matters

Galle ranks in the top 8% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,479 views/month).^[2] Galle has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] Galle is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]