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Matara District

district of Sri Lanka
AdministrativeArea district_of_sri_lanka Q1281285
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Matara District

Summary

Matara District is a district of Sri Lanka[1]. It draws 33 Wikipedia views per month (district_of_sri_lanka category, ranking #16 of 25).[2]

Key Facts

  • Matara District is located in Southern Province[3].
  • Matara District is in the country of Sri Lanka[4].
  • Matara District's instance of is recorded as district of Sri Lanka[5].
  • Matara District's capital is recorded as Matara[6].
  • Matara District's locator map image is recorded as Matara district.svg[7].
  • Matara District's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as LK-32[8].
  • Matara District's Commons category is recorded as Matara District[9].
  • Matara District's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 5337946[10].
  • Matara District's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 6.1666666666667, 'lon': 80.5}[11].
  • Matara District's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b9gbc[12].
  • Matara District's official website is recorded as http://www.ds.gov.lk/dist_matara/english/index.php[13].
  • Matara District's FIPS 10-4 is recorded as CE15[14].
  • Matara District's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Matara District[15].
  • Matara District's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as da5d2c40-b201-4e43-ba0f-0ae49d6bbca7[16].
  • Matara District's GeoNames ID is recorded as 1235845[17].
  • Matara District's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Matara District[18].
  • Matara District's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1282.5'}[19].
  • Matara District's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2228034[20].
  • Matara District's geoshape is recorded as Data:Sri Lanka/Mātara.map[21].
  • Matara District's Who's on First ID is recorded as 85673795[22].
  • Matara District's iNaturalist place ID is recorded as 11087[23].

Body

Geography

Matara District is in the country of Sri Lanka[4]. It is located in Southern Province[3].

Physical Characteristics

Matara District's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1282.5'}[19].

Designation and Status

Matara District's instance of is recorded as district of Sri Lanka[5].

Why It Matters

Matara District draws 33 Wikipedia views per month (district_of_sri_lanka category, ranking #16 of 25).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

Related Entities

Gotabaya Rajapaksa Sri Lanka

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . FIPS 10-4. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . iNaturalist. Retrieved . inaturalist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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