Kandy

Summary

Kandy is a city^[1]. Kandy ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,018 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kandy was a member of Organization of World Heritage Cities^[3].
• Kandy is located in Central Province^[4].
• Kandy is in the country of Sri Lanka^[5].
• Kandy's head of government is recorded as Kesera Senanayake^[6].
• Kandy's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Kandy's instance of is recorded as human settlement^[8].
• Kandy's founder is recorded as Vikramabahu III of Gampola^[9].
• Kandy's twinned administrative body is recorded as Solapur^[10].
• Kandy's postal code is recorded as 20000^[11].
• Kandy's Commons category is recorded as Kandy^[12].
• Kandy's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30^[13].
• Kandy's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 7.293055555555555, 'lon': 80.635}^[14].
• Kandy's official website is recorded as http://kandy.mc.gov.lk/^[15].
• Kandy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kandy^[16].
• Kandy has a population of {'amount': '+161000'}^[17].
• Kandy has a population of {'amount': '+120087'}^[18].
• Kandy's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[19].
• Kandy's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[20].
• Kandy's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5^[21].
• Kandy's capital of is recorded as Central Province^[22].
• Kandy's capital of is recorded as Kandy District^[23].
• Kandy's heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site^[24].
• Kandy's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'si', 'text': 'මහනුවර'}^[25].
• Kandy's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Kandy^[26].
• Kandy's category for people who died here is recorded as Q130146647^[27].

Body

Geography

Kandy is in the country of Sri Lanka^[5]. Kandy is located in Central Province^[4].

Physical Characteristics

Kandy covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+28.53'}^[28]. Kandy sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+500'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+161000'}^[17] and {'amount': '+120087'}^[18].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[7] and human settlement^[8]. Kandy's heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site^[24].

Why It Matters

Kandy ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,018 views/month).^[2] Kandy has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Kandy is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]