Kurunegala

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Kurunegala

Summary

Kurunegala is a city[1]. Kurunegala draws 118 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #676 of 5,534).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kurunegala was a member of League of Historical Cities[3].
  • Kurunegala is located in North Western Province[4].
  • Kurunegala is in the country of Sri Lanka[5].
  • Kurunegala's image is recorded as SL Kurunegala asv2020-01 img07.jpg[6].
  • Kurunegala's instance of is recorded as city[7].
  • Kurunegala's instance of is recorded as human settlement[8].
  • Kurunegala's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 148018493[9].
  • Kurunegala's GND ID is recorded as 4474994-6[10].
  • Kurunegala's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no00022086[11].
  • Kurunegala's Commons category is recorded as Kurunegala[12].
  • Kurunegala's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30[13].
  • Kurunegala's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q5885 (tam)-Sriveenkat-குருணாகல்.wav[14].
  • Kurunegala's local dialing code is recorded as 037[15].
  • Kurunegala's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 7.4833333333333, 'lon': 80.366666666667}[16].
  • Kurunegala's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07l3t5[17].
  • Kurunegala's official website is recorded as http://jaffna.mc.gov.lk/en/other_mc.php[18].
  • Kurunegala's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kurunegala[19].
  • Kurunegala's Commons gallery is recorded as Kurunegala[20].
  • Kurunegala's page banner is recorded as SL Kurunegala BANNER asv2020-01.jpg[21].
  • Kurunegala's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Asia/Sri_Lanka/North-Western/Kurunegala/[22].
  • Kurunegala's WOEID is recorded as 2189662[23].
  • Kurunegala's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[24].
  • Kurunegala's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25].
  • Kurunegala's capital of is recorded as Kurunegala District[26].
  • Kurunegala's capital of is recorded as North Western Province[27].

Body

Geography

Kurunegala is in the country of Sri Lanka[5]. Kurunegala is located in North Western Province[4].

Physical Characteristics

Kurunegala's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+11'}[28]. Kurunegala's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+116'}[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city[7] and human settlement[8].

Why It Matters

Kurunegala draws 118 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #676 of 5,534).[2] Kurunegala has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Kurunegala is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca. Retrieved . discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] . lhc-s.org. Retrieved . lhc-s.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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