Galle

Summary

Galle is a city^[1]. Galle ranks in the top 8% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (366 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 image is recorded as SL Galle Fort asv2020-01 img23.jpg^[7].
• Galle's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Galle's instance of is recorded as human settlement^[9].
• Galle's twinned administrative body is recorded as Velsen^[10].
• Galle's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 234665746^[11].
• Galle's GND ID is recorded as 4224011-6^[12].
• Galle's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84195936^[13].
• Galle's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 15539208t^[14].
• Galle's postal code is recorded as 80000^[15].
• Galle's Commons category is recorded as Galle^[16].
• Galle's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30^[17].
• Galle's said to be the same as is recorded as Point de Galle^[18].
• Galle's local dialing code is recorded as 091^[19].
• Galle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 6.032777777777778, 'lon': 80.21555555555555}^[20].
• Galle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0273mk^[21].
• Galle's significant event is recorded as Siege of Galle^[22].
• Galle's official website is recorded as http://galle.mc.gov.lk^[23].
• Galle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Galle^[24].
• Galle's page banner is recorded as Galle WV banner1.JPG^[25].
• Galle's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 5c10587b-ef8d-4d89-acda-e36bbe00869f^[26].
• Galle's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Asia/Sri_Lanka/Southern/Galle/^[27].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Galle's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0'}^[28]. Galle's population is recorded as {'amount': '+93118'}^[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[8] and human settlement^[9]. Heritage statuses include Heritage of Portuguese Influence^[30] and part of UNESCO World Heritage Site^[31].

Why It Matters

Galle ranks in the top 8% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (366 views/month).^[2] Galle has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Galle is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]