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Moratuwa

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Moratuwa

Summary

Moratuwa is a human settlement[1]. Moratuwa has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Moratuwa is located in Colombo[3].
  • Moratuwa is in the country of Sri Lanka[4].
  • Moratuwa's instance of is recorded as human settlement[5].
  • Moratuwa's postal code is recorded as 10400[6].
  • Moratuwa's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30[7].
  • Moratuwa's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 6.7990722222222, 'lon': 79.876677777778}[8].
  • Moratuwa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Moratuwa[9].
  • Moratuwa's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • Moratuwa's category for people born here is recorded as Q60900629[11].
  • Moratuwa's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Moratuwa[12].
  • Moratuwa sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+28'}[13].

Body

Geography

Moratuwa is in the country of Sri Lanka[4]. Moratuwa is located in Colombo[3].

Physical Characteristics

Moratuwa sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+28'}[13].

Designation and Status

Moratuwa's instance of is recorded as human settlement[5].

Why It Matters

Moratuwa has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Related Entities

Colombo Sri Lanka University of Moratuwa

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca. Retrieved . discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 28d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+05:30
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43101|batch #43101]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level (Q486972) [LKA]"
  2. 29d ago · Dirac · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+28'}
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Colombo
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
    Country → Sri Lanka
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P18]]: MoratuwaBahnhof.jpg, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/261402|batch #261402]]"
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